Pennsylvania's Abandoned and Blighted Property Conservatorship Act allows neighbors and nonprofits statewide to petition courts for conservator appointments.
Pennsylvania's Abandoned and Blighted Property Conservatorship Act (Act 135 of 2008, 68 P.S. Sec. 1101 et seq.) creates a statewide framework allowing parties in interest, including neighbors within 2,000 feet and nonprofit corporations, to petition the Court of Common Pleas to appoint a conservator over blighted, vacant residential or non-residential property. The court must find the property has been vacant 12 months, is dangerous, and the owner has failed to maintain it. Conservators can rehabilitate, lease, sell, or take title with priority over existing liens.
Owners losing conservatorship cases pay rehabilitation costs and may forfeit title. Failure to act on court orders results in conservator sale and lien priority.
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