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68 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5101 (2026)

 Short title of subpart.

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SUBPART D

PLANNED COMMUNITIES

 

Chapter

  51.  General Provisions

  52.  Creation, Alteration and Termination of Planned Communities

  53.  Management of Planned Community

  54.  Protection of Purchasers

 

Enactment.  Subpart D was added December 19, 1996, P.L.1336, No.180, effective in 45 days.

 

 

CHAPTER 51

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Sec.

5101.  Short title of subpart.

5102.  Applicability.

5103.  Definitions.

5104.  Variation by agreement.

5105.  Separate titles and taxation.

5106.  Applicability of local ordinances, regulations and building codes.

5107.  Eminent domain.

5108.  Supplemental general principles of law applicable.

5109.  Construction against implicit repeal.

5110.  Uniformity of application and construction.

5111.  Severability.

5112.  Unconscionable agreement or term of contract.

5113.  Obligation of good faith.

5114.  Remedies to be liberally administered.

5115.  Businesses operated by minors.

 

Enactment.  Chapter 51 was added December 19, 1996, P.L.1336, No.180, effective in 45 days.

§ 5101.  Short title of subpart.

This subpart shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Planned Community Act.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 17 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1998–2026 · leading case: Starling v. Lake Meade Prop. Owners Ass'n, 162 A.3d 327 (Pa. 2017).
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Starling v. Lake Meade Prop. Owners Ass'n, 162 A.3d 327 (Pa. 2017). · cites it 2× “180, 68 Pa.C.S. §§ 5101, et seq. I. Background Because this case reaches us following the Superior Court’s reversal of the trial court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of the Lake Meade Property Owners Association, Inc.”
Saw Creek Cmty. Ass'n v. Cnty. of Pike, 866 A.2d 260 (Pa. 2005). · cites it 4× “180, § 1 (68 Pa.C.S. §§ 5101 — 5414). [2] The Association paid the tax due on the restaurant and sales office under protest.”
Springfield Twp. v. Mellon PSFS Bank, 889 A.2d 1184 (Pa. 2005). · cites it 2× “, in Title 68 of Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, immediately preceding the Uniform Planned Community Act, 68 Pa.C.S. § 5101 et seq., the Uniform Law Comment has been published); it chose not to do so here.”
Laurel Road HOA, Inc. v. W.E. Freas & N. Freas, 191 A.3d 938 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2018). “68 Pa.C.S. §§ 5101 -5414. "Our standard of review of a non-jury trial is to determine whether the findings of the trial court are supported by competent evidence, and whether an error of law was committed.”
J.R. Cellucci & E.H. Cellucci, his wife v. Laurel HOA, 142 A.3d 1032 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2016). “Owners asserted that under Pennsylvania law, the filing of an assessment fee claim under the Uniform Planned Community Act of 1996 (UPCA), 68 Pa.C.S. §§ 5101 -5414, is merely notice of a claim or charge on the property and a statutory lien which is neither a final judgment nor a…”
Hackett, R. v. Indian King Residents Assn., 195 A.3d 248 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2018). “IKRA is a homeowners' association created by a Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions ("Declaration") 2 under the Uniform Planned Community Act ("UPCA"), 68 Pa.C.S. § 5101 - 5414. In the two years following the injury, Appellant underwent three surgeries.”
McLafferty v. Council for the Ass'n of Owners of Condo. No. One, Inc., 148 A.3d 802 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2016). “In support of their position, Defendants direct our attention to the Uniform Planned Community Act (“UPCA”), 68 Pa.C.S. § 5101, effective in 1997, and cases decided under that statute.”
Barcia v. Fenlon, 37 A.3d 1 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2012). “2 *3 The Association was founded prior to the enactment of the Uniform Planned Community Act (the Act), 68 Pa.C.S. §§ 5101— 5414. Pursuant to the Act, certain of its provisions apply to homeowners’ associations founded before the enactment of the Act; other provisions of the Act…”
McMahon v. Pleasant Valley West Ass'n, 952 A.2d 731 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2008). “The Pleasant Valley West subdivision is a private planned residential community located in Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, that is governed and managed by the Association, a non-profit corporation which operates as a homeowners association under the Pennsylvania Uniform Planned…”
Cumberland Dev. & Mktg. Inc. v. Lake Adventure Cmty. Ass'n, 44 Pa. D. & C.4th 118 (1998). · cites it 2× “68 Pa.C.S. §5101 et seq. . The defendant appealed this court’s November 15, 1995 decision to the Pennsylvania Superior Court which transferred the action to the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court.”
Starling, W. v. Lake Meade Prop., Aplt. (Pa. 2017). “180, 68 Pa.C.S. §§ 5101, et seq. I. Background Because this case reaches us following the Superior Court’s reversal of the trial court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of the Lake Meade Property Owners Association, Inc.”
J. Dana v. Lofts at 1234 Condo. Assoc. (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2020). “This assertion, however, still does not overcome the statute of 25 We recognize that this Court has permitted the late filing of an action challenging the validity of an amendment to a declaration under PUCA’s sister legislation, the Uniform Planned Community Act (UPCA), 68 Pa.…”
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