{"data":{"id":"us-pa/2-pa.c.s.-553","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"2 Pa.C.S. § 553","heading":"Hearing and record.","body":"No adjudication of a local agency shall be valid as to any party unless he shall have been afforded reasonable notice of a hearing and an opportunity to be heard. All testimony may be stenographically recorded and a full and complete record may be kept of the proceedings. In the event all testimony is not stenographically recorded and a full and complete record of the proceedings is not provided by the local agency, such testimony shall be stenographically recorded and a full and complete record of the proceedings shall be kept at the request of any party agreeing to pay the costs thereof.","path":["Title 2 - ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AND PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 5 PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE","SUBCHAPTER B PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE OF LOCAL AGENCIES"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=02\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=5\u0026sctn=53\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2024-09-13 (Statute Update stamp, 2 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:30:08Z","sha256":"ae6206495a99b06e00d46fa27e8613fd2538fee44456c85af1a18f92131f8cee","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/2-pa.c.s.-552","next":"us-pa/2-pa.c.s.-554"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}