Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 7531 (2026)
Short title of subchapter.
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SUBCHAPTER C
DECLARATORY JUDGMENTS
Sec.
7531. Short title of subchapter.
7532. General scope of declaratory remedy.
7533. Construction of documents.
7534. Before breach of contract.
7535. Rights of fiduciaries and other persons.
7536. Enumeration not exclusive.
7537. Remedy discretionary.
7538. Applications for relief.
7539. Issues of fact.
7540. Parties.
7541. Construction of subchapter.
Cross References. Subchapter C is referred to in section 7390 of this title.
§ 7531. Short title of subchapter.
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Declaratory Judgments Act."
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 135
cases (15 in the last 5 years), 1979–2026 · leading case: Governor's Off. v. Off. of Open Records, Aplt., 98 A.3d 1223 (Pa. 2014).
Governor's Off. v. Off. of Open Records, Aplt., 98 A.3d 1223 (Pa. 2014). “[J-96-2013] - 9 Thus, while the purpose of the Declaratory Judgment Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 7531 et. seq., is to “settle and to afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status, and other legal relations, and is to be liberally construed and administered,”…”
Nutter v. Dougherty, 938 A.2d 401 (Pa. 2007). “[8] Appellee Nutter sought, in Count I, relief under the Declaratory Judgments Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 7531, et seq., directing these putative mayoral candidates to abide by the Ordinance's campaign finance limits.”
Re: Trust Under Deed of D. Kulig Apl of Budke, C., 175 A.3d 222 (Pa. 2017). “142, § 2 (codified as amended, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 7531, et seq.). 11 See generally Nathaniel W.”
Nationwide Mut. Ins. v. Wickett, 763 A.2d 813 (Pa. 2000). “NOTES [1] 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 7531 et seq. [2] The decedent's children filed the action as co-administrators of his estate and in their own right as his surviving natural children.”
Phantom Fireworks Showrooms, LLC v. Tom Wolf, Governor of the Comwlth of PA, 198 A.3d 1205 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2018). “"Its purpose is to settle and to afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status, and other legal relations, and is to be liberally construed and administered.”
Pa. Mfrs.' Ass'n Ins. Co. v. Johnson Matthey, Inc., 188 A.3d 396 (Pa. 2018). “In its petition, Insurer brought a claim pursuant to the Declaratory Judgments Act ("DJA"), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 7531 - 7541. Specifically, Insurer requested that the court enter an order declaring that Insurer has no obligation to defend or indemnify JMI in connection with a lawsuit…”
Cash Am. Net of Nevada, LLC v. Commonwealth, Dep't of Banking, 8 A.3d 282 (Pa. 2010). “The Department observes that Cash America answered the Department's counterclaim without challenging the Commonwealth Court's authority under the Declaratory Judgment Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 7531 et seq., to grant the declaration the Department requested.”
Keystone ReLeaf, LLC v. Pennsylvania Dep't of Health, Off. of Med. Marijuana, 186 A.3d 505 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2018). “42 Pa. C.S. §§ 7531 -7541. One Respondent objected on the ground that Petitioner failed to properly join PurePenn, LLC, as an indispensable party in the Amended Petition.”
M.J. Brouillette v. T. Wolf, Governor, 213 A.3d 341 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2019). “With respect to the purported violations of Article 8, Section 12(a) of the Pennsylvania Constitution and Sections 613(1) and 701(g) of the Administrative Code as asserted in Counts I, II, and III of the Amended Petition, the Governor and the Treasurer demur, 17 in relevant…”
Carlino E. Brandywine, L.P. v. Brandywine Vill. Ass'n, 197 A.3d 1189 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2018). “1 In its Action for Declaratory Judgment, BVA requested that the trial court make certain declarations regarding various easements and rights-of-way that Carlino's predecessors-in-title had granted to BVA to install, maintain and use a road for ingress and egress to BVA's…”
Doe v. Johns-Manville Corp., 471 A.2d 1252 (Pa. 1984). “The solution which McGee seeks in the present suit by way of the Declaratory Judgment Act, 42 Pa.C.S. § 7531 et seq., *473 is a determination that his cause of action for asbestos related disease does not accrue, and, therefore, the statute of limitations does not begin to run…”
A. Funk O. Harrison, a minor, by his guardian A. Lee v. Tom Wolf, in his Off. capacity as Governor of Pennsylvania PA DEP, 144 A.3d 228 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2016). “Declaratory Relief Petitioners' remaining requests seek declaratory relief pursuant to the Declaratory Judgments Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 7531 -7541. [T]he purpose of the Declaratory Judgment[s] Act .”
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