30-Day Notice to Quit
(Eviction) (PA)

Summary

This 30-day notice to quit may be used by a Pennsylvania landlord to provide a residential or commercial tenant under a lease for a term of more than one year with the statutorily required 30 days' notice prior to instituting an action for eviction following the tenant's nonmonetary default or holdover. The template contains practical guidance and drafting notes. For a full listing of key content covering residential leasing agreements, see Residential Leasing Resource Kit. The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 (Act), 68 Pa. Stat. Ann. §§ 250.501-250.514 governs eviction actions in Pennsylvania. Pursuant to 68 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 250.501(b), before a landlord may begin an eviction action to remove a tenant from the leased premises for a nonmonetary default under a lease with a term of more than one year, the landlord is required to serve the tenant with a 30-day notice to quit. The notice should state the breach(es) upon which the eviction is based, and indicate the time within which the tenant is required to vacate and surrender the premises. If the reason for eviction involves the use or sale of illegal drugs at or from the premises the landlord is only required to provide the tenant with 10 days' notice to quit. See 68 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 250.501(d) and 68 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 250.505-A. Longer notice requirements apply to monetary and nonmonetary defaults by a mobile home tenant. See 68 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 250.501(c). For a notice to quit for a nonmonetary default or holdover by a tenant where the lease term is indefinite or is for a term of one year or less, see 15-Day Notice to Quit (Eviction) (PA). For a template of notice to quit for a monetary default, see 10-Day Notice to Quit (Eviction) (PA). For further guidance, see Residential Landlord-Tenant Litigation (PA) and Commercial Landlord-Tenant Litigation (PA).