42 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 55 - Limitation Of Time

Subchapter A.  General Provisions

Subchapter B.  Civil Actions and Proceedings

  • Section 5521 - Limitations On Foreign Claims
    (a) Short title of section.--This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Statute of Limitations on Foreign Claims Act." (b)...
  • Section 5522 - Six Months Limitation
    (a) Notice prerequisite to action against government unit.-- (1) Within six months from the date that any injury was sustained or any cause of...
  • Section 5523 - One Year Limitation
    The following actions and proceedings must be commenced within one year: (1) An action for libel, slander or invasion of privacy. (2) An action...
  • Section 5524 - Two Year Limitation
    The following actions and proceedings must be commenced within two years: (1) An action for assault, battery, false imprisonment, false arrest, malicious prosecution or...
  • Section 5524.1 - Limitation And Application For Asbestos Claims (Unconstitutional)
    § 5524.1. Limitation and application for asbestos claims (Unconstitutional). (Nov. 24, 2004, P.L.1243, No.152, eff. imd.) 2013 Unconstitutionality. Act 152 of 2004 was declared...
  • Section 5525 - Four Year Limitation
    (a) General rule.--Except as provided for in subsection (b), the following actions and proceedings must be commenced within four years: (1) An action upon...
  • Section 5526 - Five Year Limitation
    The following actions and proceedings must be commenced within five years: (1) An action for revival of a judgment lien on real property. (2)...
  • Section 5527 - Six Year Limitation
    (a) Eminent domain.-- (1) (i) If a condemnor has filed a declaration of taking, a petition for the appointment of viewers for the assessment...
  • Section 5528 - Fifteen Year Limitation
    Except as otherwise provided by section 17 (relating to periods of limitation) of the act of August 9, 1971 (P.L.286, No.74), known as the...
  • Section 5529 - Twenty Year Limitation
    (a) Execution against personal property.--An execution against personal property must be issued within 20 years after the entry of the judgment upon which the...
  • Section 5530 - Twenty-one Year Limitation
    (a) General rule.--The following actions and proceedings must be commenced within 21 years: (1) An action for the possession of real property. (2) An...
  • Section 5531 - No Limitation
    The following actions and proceedings may be commenced at any time notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter except section 5521 (relating to limitations...
  • Section 5532 - Absence Or Concealment
    (a) General rule.--If, when a cause of action accrues against a person, he is without this Commonwealth, the time within which the action or...
  • Section 5533 - Infancy, Insanity Or Imprisonment
    (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided by statute, insanity or imprisonment does not extend the time limited by this subchapter for the commencement of...
  • Section 5534 - War
    (a) Cause of action accruing in foreign country.--Where a cause of action, whether originally accrued in favor of a resident or nonresident of this...
  • Section 5535 - Effect Of Other Actions And Proceedings
    (a) Termination of prior matter.-- (1) If a civil action or proceeding is timely commenced and is terminated, a party, or his successor in...
  • Section 5536 - Construction Projects
    (a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b), a civil action or proceeding brought against any person lawfully performing or furnishing the design, planning,...
  • Section 5537 - Land Surveying
    All actions to recover any or all damages against any person engaged in the practice of land surveying occurring as the result of any...
  • Section 5538 - Landscape Architecture
    (a) General rule.--All actions to recover any or all damages against any person engaged in the practice of landscape architecture occurring as the result...

Subchapter C.  Criminal Proceedings

  • Section 5551 - No Limitation Applicable
    A prosecution for the following offenses may be commenced at any time: (1) Murder. (2) Voluntary manslaughter. (3) Conspiracy to commit murder or solicitation...
  • Section 5552 - Other Offenses
    (a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, a prosecution for an offense must be commenced within two years after it is committed....
  • Section 5553 - Summary Offenses Involving Vehicles
    (a) General rule.--Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c), proceedings for summary offenses under Title 75 (relating to vehicles) must be commenced within...
  • Section 5554 - Tolling Of Statute
    Except as provided by section 5553(e) (relating to disposition of proceedings within two years), the period of limitation does not run during any time...

Subchapter D.  Appeals

Last modified: October 8, 2016