Section 8381 – Short title of subchapter
§ 8381. Short title of subchapter. This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the Drug Nuisance Law.
Section 8382 – Definitions
§ 8382. Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this subchapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: “Community-based organization.” Any group affiliated with or organized for the benefit of one or more communities or neighborhoods, or any group organized to benefit the quality […]
Section 8383 – Action to abate
§ 8383. Action to abate. Wherever there is reason to believe that a drug-related nuisance exists, the district attorney, the Attorney General, if requested by a district attorney, the solicitor for the county or municipality, a resident within 1,000 feet of the property, including a tenant of the property, the owner of property or any […]
Section 8384 – Complaint
§ 8384. Complaint. (a) Adverse impact.–The complaint or an affidavit attached thereto shall describe the adverse impact associated with the drug nuisance upon the surrounding neighborhood. Adverse impact includes, without limitation, the presence of any one or more of the following conditions: (1) Diminished property value. (2) Increased fear of residents to walk through and […]
Section 8385 – Service of original process
§ 8385. Service of original process. (a) General rule.–A copy of the summons and complaint shall be served upon the defendant at least five business days prior to the first hearing in the action. Service of original process shall be made in accordance with the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure. (b) Posting at property.–If personal […]
Section 8386 – Preliminary injunction
§ 8386. Preliminary injunction. Upon the filing of a motion for preliminary injunction to abate the drug-related nuisance, the plaintiff shall be entitled to a hearing on the motion for preliminary injunction within 10 business days of the filing. If it shall be made to appear, by affidavit or otherwise, that there is a substantial […]
Section 8387 – Protection of witnesses
§ 8387. Protection of witnesses. At the time of an application for the issuance of a restraining order or an injunction if proof of the existence of the drug-related nuisance depends, in whole or part, upon the affidavits of witnesses who are not law enforcement officers, upon a showing of prior threats of violence or […]
Section 8338.1 – Liability for damages from donated vehicles or equipment to volunteer fire companies
§ 8338.1. Liability for damages from donated vehicles or equipment to volunteer fire companies. (a) General rule.–A person is not subject to civil liability arising from the nature or condition of vehicles or equipment which were reasonably believed to be in good condition, donated in good faith to a volunteer fire company and for which […]
Section 8355 – Certification of pleadings, motions and other papers
§ 8355. Certification of pleadings, motions and other papers. Every pleading, motion and other paper of a party represented by an attorney shall be signed by at least one attorney of record in his individual name and his address shall be stated. A party who is not represented by an attorney shall sign his pleading, […]
Section 8339 – Agricultural immunity
§ 8339. Agricultural immunity. (a) General rule.–No cause of action shall arise against the owner, tenant or lessee of land or premises for injuries to any person, other than an employee or contractor of the owner, tenant or lessee, who is on the land or premises for the purpose of picking and purchasing agricultural or […]