PRIOR PRINTER'S NO. 2582
PRINTER'S NO. 3892
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1715
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY PETRI, D. COSTA, MILLARD, MILNE, SNYDER, STAATS,
TRUITT AND WHEELAND, NOVEMBER 30, 2015
AS REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69, No.20), entitled "An
act relating to the rights, obligations and liabilities of
landlord and tenant and of parties dealing with them and
amending, revising, changing and consolidating the law
relating thereto," in recovery of possession, further
providing for hearing, judgment, writ of possession and
payment of rent by tenant.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 503 of the act of April 6, 1951 (P.L.69,
No.20), known as The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, added July
6, 1995 (P.L.261, No.36), is amended to read:
Section 503. Hearing; Judgment; Writ of Possession; Payment
of Rent by Tenant.--(a) On the day and at the time appointed or
on a day to which the case may be adjourned, the [justice of the
peace] magisterial district judge shall proceed to hear the
case. If it appears that the complaint has been sufficiently
proven, the [justice of the peace] magisterial district judge
shall enter judgment against the tenant:
(1) that the real property be delivered [up] to the
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