Warranty of Habitability for Landlord Tenant Law
Many tenants grow frustrated when a landlord does not make timely repairs, or when the conduct of neighbors interferes with the ability to live in an apartment. The Implied Warranty of Habitability We more...

Mold and Chemical Contamination Cases in Residential Housing
Many people find mold, or some other contamination in their home or apartment. They go to a doctor and are told the symptoms they exhibit must be coming from the mold or chemical. They then assume a more...

Real Estate Tax Sales The Upset Sale
Upset Sale: The Initial Tax Sale 1. The municipal taxing districts return to the tax claim bureau all tax accounts that remain unpaid at the end of the year on or before April 30 of the following year. 2. Notice of Sale: Service 72 P.S. 5860.308; 5860.602; 72 P.S. 5860.607a ... more...

Marcellus Shale Gas and Oil Title Issues in PA
Pennsylvania has a statutory framework which permits the division of the fee simple title of real estate into surface rights and mineral rights. Fee simple is the English name for complete ownership of real estate. Mineral rights, from the point of view of real estate title, are ... more...

EXTENT OF LIEN OF JUDGMENT IN PENNSYLVANIA
A. Lien Against All Real Property of Judgment Debtor: When entered of record, a judgment operates as a lien against all real property of the judgment debtor in the county in which it was filed. 42 Pa. C.S.A. 4303(a) (1982). The lien of a judgment binds all real property of the... more...