Official:Amending Title 10 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Regulation of Individual Conduct and Activity," Chapter 10-800, "Safety," by adding a new Section 10-840, "Criminal and Defiant Trespassers," establishing and clarifying procedures to remove criminal and defiant trespassers from real property, all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Oh
Introduced: May 3, 2018
Signed: June 21, 2018
: Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development and The Homeless
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill establishes procedures to remove 'criminal and defiant trespassers' from private property in Philadelphia. It defines these individuals as people who are allegedly breaking into or refusing to leave someone else's home without permission.
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