Deadline to file suit against a government unit where the written statement was not filed · Pennsylvania

For Deadline to file suit against a government unit where the written statement was not filed · Pennsylvania, requirement is Deadline to file suit against a government unit where the written statement was not filed; state is Pennsylvania; deadline is six months; what must be done in that time is If the statement provided for by this subsection is not filed, any civil action or proceeding commenced against the government unit more than six months after the date of injury to person or property shall be dismissed; when the clock starts is after the date of injury to person or property, recorded from its source on 2026-08-27.

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What the source says

(2) If the statement provided for by this subsection is not filed, any civil action or proceeding commenced against the government unit more than six months after the date of injury to person or property shall be dismissed and the person to whom any such cause of action accrued for any injury to person or property shall be forever barred from proceeding further thereon within this Commonwealth or elsewhere. The court shall excuse failure to comply with this requirement upon a showing of reasonable excuse for failure to file such statement.

— legis.state.pa.us, retrieved 2026-08-27

Source

• legis.state.pa.ushttps://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/CT/HTM/42/00.055.022.000..HTM

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