Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

18 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 6502 (2026)

Refrigerators and iceboxes.

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§ 6502. Refrigerators and iceboxes.

(a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a summary offense if he discards or abandons in any place accessible to children any refrigerator or icebox having a capacity of 1.5 cubic feet or more with an attached lid or door, or being the owner, lessee or manager of any place accessible to children knowingly permits an abandoned or discarded refrigerator, icebox or chest to remain there with an attached lid or door.

(b) Effect of violation.--A violation of this section shall not in itself render a person guilty of manslaughter, assault or other crime against a person who may suffer death or injury from entrapment in an icebox or refrigerator.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 1 case, 1976–1976 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Hughes, 364 A.2d 306 (Pa. 1976).

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Commonwealth v. Hughes, 364 A.2d 306 (Pa. 1976). “334, § 1, 18 Pa.C.S. § 6502. 10 . In upholding a Kentucky disorderly conduct statute which provided in part that one could not “recklessly [create] a risk” of “public inconvenience, annoyance or alarm”, the United States Supreme Court observed: “The root of the vagueness…”

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