PRINTER'S NO. 75
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
71
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY ROTHMAN, BERNSTINE, IRVIN, KEEFER, F. KELLER,
MACKENZIE, RYAN, ZIMMERMAN AND JONES, JANUARY 28, 2019
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON URBAN AFFAIRS, JANUARY 28, 2019
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, 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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