PRINTER'S NO. 805
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
823
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY WHITE, ROTHMAN, STAATS, RYAN, KAUFFMAN, MILLARD,
NEILSON, ZIMMERMAN, WARNER, GAYDOS, BROOKS, BOBACK, CIRESI,
WHEELAND, HEFFLEY AND ROWE, MARCH 8, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 8, 2021
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in burglary and other criminal
intrusion, providing for removal of persons from residential
property.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 18 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 3503.1. Removal of persons from residential property.
(a) General rule.--A law enforcement officer having probable
cause based on an affidavit under subsection (d) to believe that
a person on residential property has no lawful right of
occupancy or entry on the property or is trespassing as provided
under section 3503 (relating to criminal trespass), shall have
the authority to remove the person from the premises without
making an arrest.
(b) Warrant required.--If probable cause exists to believe
that a person on a residential property has no lawful right of
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