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No. Many Pennsylvania courts have said your landlord cannot evict you by self-help, meaning such things as padlocking your door, shutting off your utilities, using force to evict you, or using any eviction method other than going to court.

No. Many Pennsylvania courts have said your landlord cannot evict you by self-help, meaning such things as padlocking your door, shutting off your utilities, using force to evict you, or using any eviction method other than going to court.

In Pennsylvania, the landlord can evict a tenant for violating the terms of the written lease agreement. The landlord must provide an eviction notice called a 15-Day Notice to Quit for at-will tenants and other tenants who have resided in the rental property for one year or less.

Tenants can use the Pennsylvania Tenant Notice to Vacate Form to inform landlords and property managers of their intention to vacate the rental property at least 30 days before they intend to move out, or longer if required by the terms of their Pennsylvania Lease Agreement.

Upon payment delinquency or other lease violation, the landlord sends the tenant a written notice (Notice to Quit; 15-day or 30-day notice, depending on the length of tenancy) Failing to resolve, the landlord can serve the tenant an eviction notice, which will then go to trial.

FYI The Notice to Quit does not have to be notarized, typed or on a special form in order for it to be a legal Notice to Quit. A LANDLORD CAN EVICT YOU FOR THREE REASONS: (1) YOU HAVE BREACHED YOUR LEASE; (2) YOU HAVE NOT PAID RENT; (3) THE LEASE TERM HAS ENDED.