42 Pa. C.S. § 5527 : Consolidated Statutes — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE — ACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER MATTERS GENERALLY — LIMITATION OF TIME — CIVIL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS — Six year limitation
(a) Eminent domain(1)(i) If a condemnor has filed a declaration of taking, a petition for the appointment of viewers for the assessment of damages under 26 Pa.C.S. (relating to eminent domain) must be filed within six years from the date on which the condemnor first made payment in accordance with
26 Pa.C.S. § 307(a) or (b) (relating to possession, right of entry and payment of compensation).
(ii) If payment is not required to be made under
26 Pa.C.S. § 307(a) to obtain possession, a petition for the appointment of viewers must be filed within six years of the filing of the declaration of taking.
(2) If the condemnor has not filed a declaration of taking, a petition for the appointment of viewers for the assessment of damages under 26 Pa.C.S. must be filed within six years from the date on which the asserted taking, injury or destruction of the property occurred or could reasonably have been discovered by the condemnee.
(b) Other civil action or proceedingAny civil action or proceeding which is neither subject to another limitation specified in this subchapter nor excluded from the application of a period of limitation by
section 5531 (relating to no limitation) must be commenced within six years.
42 Pa.C.S. § 5527
1976, July 9, P.L. 586, No. 142, § 2, effective 6/27/1978. Amended 1980, Dec. 5, P.L. 1104, No. 189, § 5, imd. effective; 1982, Dec. 20, P.L. 1409, No. 326, art. II, § 201, effective in 60 days; 2006, May 4, P.L. 112, No. 34, § 3, effective in 120 days [9/1/2006].