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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) Default.--No enforcement action shall be taken by the owner until the occupant has been in default continuously for a period of 30 days.
(b) Rights of owner.--After the occupant has been in default continuously for a period of 20 days, the owner shall have the right to deny the occupant's access to the leased space. The owner may also enter and remove the personal property from the leased space to another suitable storage space pending its sale or other disposition after the occupant has been in default continuously for a period of 30 or more days.
(c) Towing right.--If the property upon which the lien is claimed is a motor vehicle, trailer or watercraft and the occupant is in default for 60 consecutive days, the owner may have the property towed. If a motor vehicle, trailer or watercraft is towed as authorized under this subsection, the owner shall not be liable for any damages to the motor vehicle, trailer or watercraft not caused by any negligence of the owner once an adequately insured or bonded tower takes possession of the property.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Pennsylvania Statutes Title 73 P.S. Trade and Commerce § 1905. Enforcement of lien - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/pa/title-73-ps-trade-and-commerce/pa-st-sect-73-1905/
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