# Pennsylvania — Eviction notice periods for nonpayment of rent by US state — how long a landlord must wait, quoted from the state statute

For Pennsylvania, notice period is within ten days from the date of the service thereof; notice period in days is 10; statute is 68 P.S. § 250.501(b) (Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, § 501(b)), recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.

- **State:** Pennsylvania _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Notice period:** within ten days from the date of the service thereof _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Notice period in days:** 10 _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Right to cure by paying:** Not in the notice section. Section 503(c) of the same act lets the tenant, “at any time before any writ of possession is actually executed … in any case for the recovery of possession solely because of failure to pay rent due”, stop the eviction by paying the rent in arrears and the costs. _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Statute:** 68 P.S. § 250.501(b) (Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, § 501(b)) _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> In case of failure of the tenant, upon demand, to satisfy any rent reserved and due, the notice shall specify that the tenant shall remove within ten days from the date of the service thereof.

## Source

- https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/HTM/1951/0/0020..HTM

Last verified: 2026-09-02. Review by: 2027-09-02.
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