{"data":{"id":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-8303","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"42 Pa.C.S. § 8303","heading":"Action for performance of a duty required by law.","body":"A person who is adjudged in an action in the nature of mandamus to have failed or refused without lawful justification to perform a duty required by law shall be liable in damages to the person aggrieved by such failure or refusal.","path":["Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE","PART VII CIVIL ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS","CHAPTER 83 PARTICULAR RIGHTS AND IMMUNITIES","SUBCHAPTER A RIGHTS OF ACTION"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=42\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=83\u0026sctn=3\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-03 (Statute Update stamp, 42 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:33:14Z","sha256":"689ad6eb323ab5a780b6d4a4c09c84051cac57b7bd0a2ee252055c5c20bdb74c","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-8302","next":"us-pa/42-pa.c.s.-8304"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}