How it works. Pick the state and the filing date. The estimator adds each period the state's official pages state (answer time, hearing window, wait for the writ, notice before the lockout) and shows the earliest date for each stage. Earliest under the statute; courts' calendars often take longer.
Estimate the court timeline
Pennsylvania
Add the date the case was (or will be) filed, then select Show the timeline.
Reading the result
Every date is labeled earliest. It assumes the tenant is served the day of filing, the judge rules at the first hearing, and nobody appeals or asks for more time. A tenant who answers, asks for a jury, appeals or reaches a payment agreement can move every later date; so can a court that sets hearings weeks out.
Before a case is filed: notice periods by state and the notice date calculator. After move-out: security deposit rules by state and the deposit return deadline calculator.
General information, not legal advice; we are not lawyers. Checked November 2026 against the official pages linked in each result. Court rules, local practice and later changes can move these dates; the court clerk, a legal aid office or a lawyer can say how a rule applies to one case. Nothing here is a court form; use the forms your court publishes.
Questions about the estimator
Why are these the earliest dates?
Statutes set minimums and windows; the clerk fits the case into the court's calendar inside them, and many courts are busier than the minimum. Service often happens days after filing, contested cases get continued, and appeals or payment agreements pause things. Treat each date as 'not before', not 'on'.
Why does a stage say 'No date'?
Either the official pages we read give no period for that stage, or it depends on an earlier stage that isn't dated (the writ waits for the judgment, which waits for the hearing). We don't fill gaps with typical times.
What are court days?
Weekdays that aren't holidays. The estimator skips weekends and federal holidays; a state or court holiday in the window adds a day, and the result lists the holidays it skipped.
Does the date of the notice matter here?
This tool starts at filing. The notice comes first and has its own periods; the notice date calculator handles that step.
Is anything I enter saved?
No. The page reads the state and date from the address bar, does the math on the server and shows it. It works without JavaScript.
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