SUBCHAPTER B CIVIL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS Sec. 5521. Limitations on foreign claims. 5522. Six months limitation. 5523. One year limitation. 5524. Two year limitation. 5524.1. Limitation and application for asbestos claims. 5525. Four year limitation. 5526. Five year limitation. 5527. Six year limitation. 5528. Fifteen year limitation. 5529. Twenty year limitation. 5530. Twenty-one year limitation. 5531. No limitation. 5532. Absence or concealment. 5533. Infancy, insanity or imprisonment. 5534. War. 5535. Effect of other actions and proceedings. 5536. Construction projects. 5537. Land surveying. 5538. Landscape architecture. Existing Actions and Proceedings. Section 25(a) of Act 142 of 1976 provided that any civil action or proceeding: (1) the time heretofore limited by statute for the commencement of which is reduced by any provision of Act 142; and (2) which is not fully barred by statute on the day prior to the effective date of Act 142; may be commenced within one year after the effective date of Act 142, or within the period heretofore limited by statute, whichever is less, notwithstanding any provisions of Subchapter B of this chapter or any other provision of Act 142 providing a shorter limitation. § 5521. Limitations on foreign claims. (a) Short title of section.--This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Statute of Limitations on Foreign Claims Act." (b) General rule.--The 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) Definition.--As 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. Cross References. Section 5521 is referred to in section 5531 of this title.

SUBCHAPTER B CIVIL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS Sec. 5521. Limitations on foreign claims. 5522. Six months limitation. 5523. One year limitation. 5524. Two year limitation. 5524.1. Limitation and application for asbestos claims. 5525. Four year limitation. 5526. Five year limitation. 5527. Six year limitation. 5528. Fifteen year limitation. 5529. Twenty year limitation. 5530. Twenty-one year limitation. 5531. No limitation. 5532. Absence or concealment. 5533. Infancy, insanity or imprisonment. 5534. War. 5535. Effect of other actions and proceedings. 5536. Construction projects. 5537. Land surveying. 5538. Landscape architecture. Existing Actions and Proceedings. Section 25(a) of Act 142 of 1976 provided that any civil action or proceeding: (1) the time heretofore limited by statute for the commencement of which is reduced by any provision of Act 142; and (2) which is not fully barred by statute on the day prior to the effective date of Act 142; may be commenced within one year after the effective date of Act 142, or within the period heretofore limited by statute, whichever is less, notwithstanding any provisions of Subchapter B of this chapter or any other provision of Act 142 providing a shorter limitation. § 5521. Limitations on foreign claims. (a) Short title of section.--This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Statute of Limitations on Foreign Claims Act." (b) General rule.--The 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) Definition.--As 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. Cross References. Section 5521 is referred to in section 5531 of this title.