(a) Powers of court.--The court, upon finding as a matter of law that a contract or contract clause was unconscionable at the time the contract was made, may:
(1) refuse to enforce the contract;
(2) enforce the remainder of the contract without the unconscionable clause; or
(3) limit the application of any unconscionable clause in order to avoid an unconscionable result.
(b) Parties may present evidence.--Whenever it is claimed, or appears to the court, that a contract or any contract clause is or may be unconscionable, the parties, in order to aid the court in making the determination, shall be afforded a reasonable opportunity to present evidence as to:
(1) The commercial setting of the negotiations.
(2) Whether a party has knowingly taken advantage of the inability of the other party reasonably to protect his interests by reason of physical or mental infirmity, illiteracy or inability to understand the language of the agreement or similar factors.
(3) The effect and purpose of the contract or clause.
(4) If a sale, any gross disparity at the time of contracting between the amount charged for the real estate and the value of the real estate measured by the price at which similar real estate was readily obtainable in similar transactions, but a disparity between the contract price and the value of the real estate measured by the price at which similar real estate was readily obtainable in similar transactions does not, of itself, render the contract unconscionable.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 68 - REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY
Chapter 31 - General Provisions
Section 3101 - Short title of subpart
Section 3102 - Applicability of subpart
Section 3104 - Variation by agreement
Section 3105 - Separate titles and taxation
Section 3106 - Applicability of local ordinances, regulations and building codes
Section 3108 - Supplemental general principles of law
Section 3109 - Construction against implicit repeal
Section 3110 - Uniformity of application and construction
Section 3111 - Unconscionable agreement or term of contract