Pennsylvania has no statute setting an advance-notice period for landlord entry. The Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 is silent on access, so entry is governed by the lease and the tenant's common-law right to quiet enjoyment. Most leases and practitioners treat 24 hours' notice as reasonable, with emergencies excepted.
No section of the Landlord and Tenant Act of 1951 (68 P.S. Sections 250.101 et seq.) requires a landlord to give notice before entering, and Pennsylvania has no separate statewide entry statute. A landlord's right of access therefore comes from the lease and from the tenant's common-law covenant of quiet enjoyment, which bars unreasonable intrusion. In practice, leases authorize entry for repairs, inspections, and showings on reasonable prior notice, and 24 hours is widely treated as reasonable. In a genuine emergency, such as fire or a water leak, a landlord may enter without notice. Because the rule is contractual and common-law rather than statutory, the lease language is the controlling document.
No specific statutory penalty. Repeated unreasonable or unannounced entry can support a tenant claim for breach of the covenant of quiet enjoyment or constructive eviction under common law.
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