Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 24355. Penalty for failure to file

Any such person, firm, or corporation, who makes or causes to be made a subdivision or allotment of land as aforesaid, and sells, conveys, or mortgages any lot, parcel, or tract thereof, before a map or plat of such subdivision or allotment has been recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds of the county in which the land is situated, shall be subject to a penalty of one hundred ($100) dollars for each lot, parcel, or tract so sold, conveyed, or mortgaged, to be sued for in any court, having jurisdiction of an action for a fine or penalty, by and for the use of the city of the second class in which the land is situated.  A description of such lot, parcel, or tract by metes and bounds in the deed, mortgage, or other instrument of sale, conveyance, or mortgage shall not be sufficient to exempt the seller, mortgagor, or agent from the penalty herein provided.