Pennsylvania Former-Tenant Abandoned Personal Property Notice

Pennsylvania Notice of Rights Regarding Abandoned Personal Property

Abandonment Gate

Select the supported condition under Section 505.1(b):

• ☐ Tenant vacated after termination of a written lease
• ☐ Possession order entered; tenant vacated and removed substantially all property
• ☐ Possession order executed
• ☐ Tenant gave a forwarding address, vacated, and removed substantially all property
• ☐ Tenant vacated without intent to return, rent is more than 15 days past due, and rights notice was posted

Additional checks:

• Premises are not inhabited: ☐ Confirmed
• Tenant is not deceased: ☐ Confirmed
• Protection-from-abuse order known or reported: ☐ No ☐ Yes — apply the 30-day protection in subsection (h)

Statutory Notice

To former tenant: [________________________________]

Former premises: [________________________________]

Forwarding/emergency addresses: [________________________________]

Personal property remaining at [ADDRESS] is now considered to have been abandoned. Within 10 days of the postmark date of this notice, you must retrieve any items you wish to keep or contact your landlord at [TELEPHONE NUMBER AND ADDRESS] to request that the property be retained or stored. If requested, storage will be provided for up to 30 days from the postmark date of this notice at a place of your landlord's choosing, and you will be responsible for costs of storage.

• Postmark date: [__/__/____]
• Ten-day retrieve/request deadline: [__/__/____]
• Thirty-day storage deadline if requested: [__/__/____]
• Property location and retrieval hours: [________________________________]

The landlord will exercise ordinary care and make the property reasonably available for retrieval during the applicable period. If the conditions supporting abandonment cease to exist, the landlord will not dispose of or exercise control over the property.

Mailing and Custody Record

• First-class mail to leased premises: ☐ Sent
• First-class mail to tenant-provided forwarding address: ☐ Sent ☐ None
• First-class mail to emergency-purpose address: ☐ Sent ☐ None
• Inventory, photographs, ordinary-care record, and copies retained: ☐ Yes
• Tenant requested storage on: [________________________________]
• Storage location/cost disclosure: [________________________________]

Landlord/agent signature and date: [________________________________]

Sources and References

• Section 505.1, Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 — Pennsylvania General Assembly — https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/LI/uconsCheck.cfm?txtType=HTM&yr=1951&sessInd=0&smthLwInd=0&act=20&chpt=5&sctn=5&subsctn=1
• 2014 Act 167 amendment text — https://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/HTM/2014/0/0167..HTM