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42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 7536 (2026)

 Enumeration not exclusive.

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§ 7536.  Enumeration not exclusive.

The enumeration in section 7533 (relating to construction of documents) through 7535 (relating to rights of fiduciaries and other persons) does not limit or restrict the exercise of the general powers, conferred in section 7532 (relating to general scope of declaratory remedy), in any proceeding, where declaratory relief is sought, in which a judgment or decree will terminate the controversy or remove an uncertainty.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1984–2024 · leading case: Mueller v. Pa. State Police Hdqtrs., 532 A.2d 900 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1987).
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Mueller v. Pa. State Police Hdqtrs., 532 A.2d 900 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1987). “§7533, specifically permits a person interested in a document, such as the administrative directive at issue here, to obtain a judicial construction of and a declaration of rights under that document, Section 7536 of the Declaratory Judgments Act, 42 Pa. C. S. §7536, provides…”
Com. Dept. of Pub. Welfare v. Joyce, 563 A.2d 590 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1989). · cites it 2× “" 42 Pa.C.S. § 7536. The purpose of a declaratory judgment is to "afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status and other legal relations" and such relief is to be "liberally construed and administered.”
Psea, Aplt. v. Pserb (Pa. 2024). “65 42 Pa.C.S. § 7536. 66 FOAC, 261 A.3d at 490.”
Fox Ridge Vill., LP v. PUC (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2021). “Citing Section 7536 of the Declaratory Judgments Act (Act), 42 Pa.C.S. § 7536, the ALJ noted that declaratory relief is appropriate where the judgment or decree will terminate the controversy or remove uncertainty.”
Psea, Aplt. v. Pserb (Pa. 2024). “65 42 Pa.C.S. § 7536. 66 FOAC, 261 A.3d at 490.”
St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. v. Liberty Mut. Ins., 32 Pa. D. & C.3d 11 (1984). “42 Pa. C.S. §7536. Under the act, any person whose rights, status, or other legal relations are affected by a statute, may have determined any question of construction arising under the statute and obtain a declaration of his rights, status or other legal relations to it.”
Mowery v. Prudential Prop. & Cas. Ins., 44 Pa. D. & C.3d 652 (1987). “42 Pa.C.S. §7536. Under the Declaratory Judgment Act, any person whose rights, status, or other legal relations are affected by a statute, may have determined any question of controversy arising under the statue and obtain a declaration of his rights, status, or other legal…”
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