Pennsylvania landlord entry laws
How much notice your landlord owes you before coming in, when they may enter without it, and what Pennsylvania law lets you do about it.
Notice required
No statute
The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 was searched in full — 85,000-plus characters — for every formulation of a right of access or notice to enter. There is none.
Why we won't write you a demand letter for Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania does not regulate landlord entry by statute, so there is no rule for a letter to enforce.
What to do right now
Read your lease — it is your only source of a notice right in Pennsylvania. Put any objection in writing and keep it.
Your city may give you more
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have their own rental ordinances that may give you more than state law does.
We don't write an entry letter for Pennsylvania. The reason is above, and it is not a limitation of ours — it is what the law here does and does not give you. If your landlord is also withholding a deposit, charging a late fee the law doesn't allow, or refusing repairs, those are areas where we can send a certified demand on your behalf.
Other Pennsylvania tenant rights
Landlords who get one of these wrong often get another wrong too.
How this page was checked
- Read from the source. Every deadline, cap and penalty here was taken from Pennsylvania's landlord-tenant law — the statute, session law or administrative code itself.
- No legal-information websites. Commercial summaries were used only to find a provision, never as authority for it. An automated check fails our build if any state we serve cites a secondary source.
- Locked against drift. The verified figures are pinned by regression tests, so a later edit cannot quietly change a deadline or a penalty.
- Last verified August 21, 2026. Laws change — confirm the current text before relying on it.
General information, not legal advice. We are not a law firm.
Compare all 51 jurisdictions — notice periods range from 12 hours to 72, and thirteen states have no rule at all.