Pennsylvania § 2302 Unconscionable contract or clause

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 2302 — Unconscionable contract or clause

Pennsylvania § 2302

Title 13COMMERCIAL CODE

Ch. 23GENERAL OBLIGATION AND CONSTRUCTION

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13 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 2302 (2026).

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(a)Finding and authority of court.--If the court as a matter of law finds the contract or any clause of the contract to have been unconscionable at the time it was made, the court may:

(1)refuse to enforce the contract;

(2)enforce the remainder of the contract without the unconscionable clause; or

(3)so limit the application of any unconscionable clause as to avoid any unconscionable result.

(b)Evidence by parties.--When it is claimed or appears to the court that the contract or any clause thereof may be unconscionable the parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to its commercial setting, purpose and effect to aid the court in making the determination.

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(a) Finding and authority of court.--If the court as a matter of law finds the contract or any clause of the contract to have been unconscionable at the time it was made, the court may:

(1) refuse to enforce the contract;

(2) enforce the remainder of the contract without the unconscionable clause; or

(3) so limit the application of any unconscionable clause as to avoid any unconscionable result.

(b) Evidence by parties.--When it is claimed or appears to the court that the contract or any clause thereof may be unconscionable the parties shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to its commercial setting, purpose and effect to aid the court in making the determination.