Create documents for Pennsylvania and check the Pennsylvania rules behind them. Every rule below links to the statute or official source we checked.
The statewide rules we verified for Pennsylvania, last checked October 2026. Local ordinances can add to them.
Pennsylvania limits security deposits to two months' rent in the first year of a lease and one month's rent afterward, requires return with an itemized damage list within 30 days, and has no statute setting notice for landlord entry.
In Pennsylvania a landlord must give a 10-day notice to quit for nonpayment of rent and a 15-day notice for other breaches or to end a month-to-month tenancy (30 days for leases longer than one year), unless the lease waives or shortens notice.
Pennsylvania generally requires only a written will signed at the end by the testator, with no attesting witnesses at signing, but two competent witnesses must prove the will at probate unless it is self-proved.
Pennsylvania requires a power of attorney to be dated, signed, acknowledged before a notary, and witnessed by two adults.
A Pennsylvania living will must be signed by the principal and witnessed by two individuals age 18 or older; notarization is not required.
In Pennsylvania the seller's signature on the PA title must be notarized or verified, typically at an authorized PennDOT agent such as a notary or tag service; ownership transfers on the title itself.
Pennsylvania recorders require a deed to bear a notary acknowledgment, and a 1 percent state realty transfer tax applies, usually alongside a local realty transfer tax.
General information, not legal advice. Laws change, and cities can add their own rules, so check the current statute before you rely on it.
Each document is set up for Pennsylvania law. Documents marked with a check show the Pennsylvania rules we verified on their page.
These documents do not change from state to state, so they work in Pennsylvania as they are.
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