Pennsylvania Deceased Tenant Estate and Landlord Coordination Packet
PENNSYLVANIA DECEASED TENANT ESTATE AND LANDLORD COORDINATION PACKET
Before use: Section 514 applies to a deceased sole tenant of a residential unit, with an executor or administrator choosing to terminate a lease entered into or extended on or after Act 116 of 2016's effective date. The written notice must give fourteen days and the termination date is the later of the last day of the second calendar month after the death month or actual surrender of the unit with all the tenant's personal property removed. Confirm estate appointment, other occupants, lease coverage and both dates. This statute does not grant the landlord an automatic right to remove or dispose of estate property.
Threshold and date record
| Item | Document and calculation |
|---|---|
| Deceased tenant, unit, lease and date of death | [NAME / ADDRESS / LEASE / RECORD / DATE] |
| Sole-tenant status and other occupants | [LEASE / OCCUPANCY / REVIEWER] |
| Lease entered into or extended after Act 116 effective-date gate | [LEASE / DATE / REVIEWER] |
| Executor or administrator appointment | [COURT / CASE / LETTERS / NAME] |
| Last day of second calendar month following death month | [DEATH MONTH / FIRST MONTH / SECOND MONTH / DATE] |
| Fourteen-day written-notice period from delivery | [NOTICE DATE / EARLIEST DATE] |
| Surrender of unit and removal of all tenant property | [KEYS / INVENTORY / DATE] |
| Later-of termination date, updated after surrender | [CALCULATION / RESULT] |
A. Executor or administrator: lease termination notice
Date: [__/__/____] To landlord: [NAME / ADDRESS]
I am [NAME], the ☐ executor ☐ administrator of the estate of [DECEASED TENANT], appointed by [COURT / CASE NUMBER] on [DATE]. A copy of my authority is attached. The decedent was the sole tenant of the residential unit at [ADDRESS] under a lease entered into or extended on [DATE].
Under § 514 of the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951, I elect to terminate the lease on the later of: (1) [DATE], the last day of the second calendar month after [DEATH MONTH], or (2) the date the unit is surrendered and all of the deceased tenant's personal property has been removed. This is written notice given at least fourteen days before the earliest proposed termination date. The current proposed date is [DATE], subject to revision if surrender and removal occur later.
I request a property-removal appointment on [DATE / TIME] or [ALTERNATE] and will coordinate an inventory, key return and written surrender acknowledgment. Please send the rent and deposit ledger, any supported damage claim and future correspondence to [ESTATE ADDRESS / EMAIL]. This notice does not assign estate property to the landlord or make me personally liable for an estate obligation.
Executor or administrator signature: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____]
Delivery record: [METHOD / ADDRESS / DATE / PROOF]
B. Landlord: receipt, access and surrender acknowledgment
Date: [__/__/____] To estate representative: [NAME / ADDRESS]
I received your § 514 written notice on [DATE] and appointment document [DESCRIPTION]. I will coordinate access for property removal on [DATE / TIME] at [UNIT]. The last day of the second calendar month after the death month is [DATE]. The unit was ☐ surrendered on [DATE] with keys returned ☐ not yet surrendered. All tenant property was ☐ removed on [DATE] ☐ not yet removed; remaining items are [INVENTORY / LOCATION]. Based on the later-of rule, the lease termination date is currently [DATE / PENDING].
This acknowledgment records access and possession facts; it does not transfer title to any item. Any claim for rent, other debt, supported damage or expense directly resulting from death will be itemized to the estate. No breach or inadequate-notice penalty will be assessed merely because the estate used § 514(a) to terminate the lease.
Landlord signature: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____]
Delivery record: [METHOD / DATE / PROOF]
C. Property handoff and estate accounting record
Access date and place: [DATE / UNIT]. Recipient: [NAME / COURT AUTHORITY / ID CHECK]. Landlord: [NAME].
| Item or group | Condition and identification | Removed or remains |
|---|---|---|
| [ITEM] | [DETAIL / PHOTO] | [STATUS] |
| [ITEM] | [DETAIL / PHOTO] | [STATUS] |
Unit surrender and keys: [DATE / PROOF]. All tenant property removed: [DATE / INVENTORY]. Later-of lease termination date: [DATE / REVIEWER].
| Estate-accounting item | Basis and amount |
|---|---|
| Rent or other debt incurred before termination | [LEDGER / AMOUNT] |
| Premises damage and direct death-related expense claimed | [PHOTOS / INVOICES / AMOUNT] |
| Deposit and any balance to authorized estate recipient | [RECEIPT / CALCULATION / RECIPIENT] |
| Breach or inadequate-notice penalty for using § 514(a) | $0 |
Recipient signature: ____________________ Landlord signature: ____________________ Date: [__/__/____]
This record confirms physical custody and accounting entries only. Verify separate authority before any unclaimed property disposition.
About this template
- Last updated
- October 3, 2026
- Citations checked
- October 3, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 § 514
Landlord-tenant paperwork governs who can stay in a property, on what terms, and what happens when something goes wrong. Leases, notices to quit, security deposit demands, and habitability complaints all have state and often city-specific requirements for timing, content, and service. Getting the paperwork right is what makes an eviction actually succeed or a security deposit actually come back, because judges regularly dismiss cases over small procedural mistakes.
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Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on October 3, 2026.
Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 § 514(a) (checked October 3, 2026): "if the deceased tenant is the sole tenant of the residential unit, the executor or administrator of the estate of a tenant who dies during the term of a residential lease shall have the option to terminate the lease upon fourteen days' written notice to the landlord"
Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 § 514(a)(1)-(2) (checked October 3, 2026): "the last day of the second calendar month that follows the calendar month in which the tenant died"
Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 § 514(a)(2) (checked October 3, 2026): "upon surrender of the rental unit and removal of all of the tenant's personal property."
Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 § 514(b) (checked October 3, 2026): "Nothing under this section shall be construed to relieve the tenant's estate of liability for rent money or any other debt incurred prior to the date of termination of the lease, including damages to the premises"
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