Landlord notice deadlines — Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania, the checked deadlines on this page cover: pay or quit, ending a tenancy. Each figure carries its statute and the stamp Rules checked October 2026. Run your exact dates through the checker — the period is only half the answer; the counting rule is the other half.
| Pay or quit | 10 calendar days — the tenant may pay and cure (68 P.S. § 250.501(b)). 10-day notice to quit for nonpayment. The tenant may stop the eviction by paying all rent owed plus court costs at any point before the actual eviction. A written lease can waive the notice-to-quit requirement entirely — check the lease first. |
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| End a tenancy | 15 days — month-to-month or lease of 1 year or less (68 P.S. § 250.501). 15 days' written notice. 30 days — lease over 1 year (68 P.S. § 250.501). 30 days' written notice. |
| How days are counted | Notice periods run from the date of service of the notice (§ 250.501(b)). No weekend/holiday counting rule was verified from a primary source for this dataset. |
| Allowed service methods | written notice served on the tenant; Pennsylvania courts require strict compliance with the statute for content and service, and email service does not comply even if the lease permits it |
| Just cause | No statewide just-cause requirement. |
| Sources checked | https://www.nolo.com/landlord-tenant/landlord-tenant-laws-pennsylvania.html https://www.nolo.com/landlord-tenant/how-to-delay-an-eviction-in-pennsylvania.html |
Raising the rent: Pennsylvania sets no statutory notice period for a rent increase and no cap. Thirty days is the working standard in practice and most leases say so, but it is not a statutory deadline — the lease controls. Philadelphia and Pittsburgh add tenant-protection rules of their own. This cell sets days to null on purpose: printing 30 as a statute would be wrong.
Local rules sit on top of state law in many places — city just-cause lists, rent boards, and prescribed local forms. A state deadline is the floor of the analysis, never a promise that no local rule adds to it.
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