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  1. A landlord changes the locks on a tenant's apartment without notice or a court order. This action is best described as:

    Answer: Unlawful self-help eviction

    Changing locks without a court order is an illegal self-help eviction; landlords must follow the formal eviction process.

  2. Under Pennsylvania law, which crime involves knowingly receiving or retaining stolen property with intent to deprive the owner?

    Answer: Receiving stolen property

    Receiving stolen property (18 Pa. C.S. § 3925) requires knowledge that the property was stolen and intent to deprive the owner.

  3. A person enters an unoccupied building through an open window at night to commit theft. Under Pennsylvania law, this most likely constitutes:

    Answer: Burglary

    Entering a building with intent to commit a crime inside meets the elements of burglary under 18 Pa. C.S. § 3502.

  4. A tenant abandons a rental property, leaving personal belongings behind. What should police advise the landlord to do first?

    Answer: Follow state law on abandoned property notification before disposal

    Pennsylvania law requires landlords to follow specific notice and storage procedures before disposing of abandoned tenant property.

  5. An officer responds to a report of someone spray-painting graffiti on a building. The property damage is valued at $1,200. This offense would most likely be classified as:

    Answer: Criminal mischief — misdemeanor of the first degree

    In Pennsylvania, criminal mischief causing damage of $1,000–$5,000 is a misdemeanor of the first degree.

  6. Which legal doctrine gives a person who has openly and continuously used another's land for a statutory period the right to claim legal title?

    Answer: Adverse possession

    Adverse possession allows a claimant to acquire title after open, notorious, hostile, exclusive, and continuous use for the statutory period.

  7. Police observe a person cutting down trees and removing lumber from land they do not own. This act is best charged as:

    Answer: Theft of real property / timber theft

    Unlawfully harvesting and removing timber from another's land constitutes theft of real property under Pennsylvania theft statutes.

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