Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

68 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5301 (2026)

Organization of unit owners' association.

✓ current as of May 2026

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CHAPTER 53

MANAGEMENT OF PLANNED COMMUNITY

Sec.

5301. Organization of unit owners' association.

5302. Power of unit owners' association.

5303. Executive board members and officers.

5304. Transfer of special declarant rights.

5305. Termination of contracts and leases of declarant.

5306. Bylaws.

5307. Upkeep of planned community.

5308. Meetings.

5309. Quorums.

5310. Voting; proxies.

5311. Tort and contract liability.

5312. Insurance.

5313. Surplus funds.

5314. Assessments for common expenses.

5315. Lien for assessments.

5316. Association records.

5317. Association as trustee.

5318. Conveyance or encumbrance of common facilities.

5319. Other liens affecting planned community.

5320. Declarant delivery of items to association.

5321. Alternative dispute resolution in planned communities.

5322. Complaints filed with Bureau of Consumer Protection.

Enactment. Chapter 53 was added December 19, 1996, P.L.1336, No.180, effective in 45 days.

Cross References. Chapter 53 is referred to in section 5102 of this title.

§ 5301. Organization of unit owners' association.

A unit owners' association shall be organized no later than the date the first unit in the planned community is conveyed to a person other than a successor declarant. The membership of the association at all times shall consist exclusively of all the unit owners or, following termination of the planned community, of all former unit owners entitled to distributions of proceeds under section 5218 (relating to easement to facilitate completion, conversion and expansion) or their heirs, successors or assigns. The association shall be organized as a profit or nonprofit corporation or as an unincorporated association.

Cross References. Section 5301 is referred to in sections 5103, 5222 of this title.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 2004–2020 · leading case: Laurel Road HOA, Inc. v. W.E. Freas & N. Freas, 191 A.3d 938 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2018).

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Laurel Road HOA, Inc. v. W.E. Freas & N. Freas, 191 A.3d 938 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2018). · cites it 3× “The Superior Court, therefore, acknowledged the possibility that the planned community may base viable claims on common law principles.”

Pinecrest Lake Cmty. Trust ex rel. Carroll v. Monroe Cnty. Bd. of Assessment Appeals, 64 A.3d 71 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2013). · cites it 11× “68 Pa.C.S. § 5301. The trial court recognized the Community’s unit owners are not members of a unit owners’ association.”

Saw Creek Cmty. Ass'n v. Cnty. of Pike, 866 A.2d 260 (Pa. 2005). · cites it 2× “See 68 Pa.C.S. § 5301. Saw Creek primarily consists of townhouses, which are independently owned by *261 homeowners in Saw Creek.”

Gustine Uniontown Assocs., Ltd. v. Anthony Crane Rental, Inc., 842 A.2d 334 (Pa. 2004). “, Planned Community Law, 68 Pa.C.S. § 5301 et seq., and Cooperative Law, 68 Pa.”

Little Mountain Cmty. Ass'n v. S. Columbia Corp., 92 A.3d 1191 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2014). “Those sections, however, do not include 68 Pa.C.S. § 5301 (organization of unit owners’ association) as a retroactive provision.”

Briar Hill North Ass'n, Inc. v. J.K. Keil (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2020). “Section 5301 of the Act, 68 Pa. C.S. § 5301, provides: A unit owners’ association shall be organized no later than the date the first unit in the planned community is conveyed to a person other than a successor declarant.”

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