42 Pa. C.S. § 5521 : Consolidated Statutes — JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE — ACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS AND OTHER MATTERS GENERALLY — LIMITATION OF TIME — CIVIL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS — Limitations on foreign claims TEXT PDF (a) Short title of sectionThis section shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Statute of Limitations on Foreign Claims Act." (b) General ruleThe period of limitation applicable to a claim accruing outside this Commonwealth shall be either that provided or prescribed by the law of the place where the claim accrued or by the law of this Commonwealth, whichever first bars the claim. (c) DefinitionAs used in this section "claim" means any right of action which may be asserted in a civil action or proceeding and includes, but is not limited to, a right of action created by statute. 42 Pa.C.S. § 5521 1976, July 9, P.L. 586, No. 142, § 2, effective 6/27/1978.