Pennsylvania Code — 20
Browse 846 sections in division 20 of the Pennsylvania code. Each section page includes the full statutory text, official source links, and citation guidance.
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- § 101. Short title.
- § 102. Definitions.
- § 301. Title to real and personal estate of a decedent.
- § 302. Title to real and personal estate of an incapacitated person.
- § 303. Title to real and personal estate of a minor.
- § 304. Application of payments made to fiduciaries.
- § 305. Right to dispose of a decedent's remains.
- § 701. Orphans' court divisions.
- § 711. Mandatory exercise of jurisdiction through orphans' court division in general.
- § 712. Nonmandatory exercise of jurisdiction through orphans' court division.
- § 713. Special provisions for Philadelphia County.
- § 714. Conflict of laws.
- § 715. Incidental powers (Repealed).
- § 721. Venue of decedents', minors' and incapacitated persons' estates.
- § 722. Venue of trust estates.
- § 723. Situs of testamentary trust (Deleted by amendment).
- § 724. Situs of inter vivos trust (Deleted by amendment).
- § 725. Change of situs; order of court (Deleted by amendment).
- § 726. Venue of nonprofit corporations.
- § 727. Venue of cemetery companies.
- § 743. Bill of costs (Repealed).
- § 745. Advertisement of accounts.
- § 746. Money paid into court (Repealed).
- § 751. Appointment; purpose.
- § 752. Compensation.
- § 753. Subpoenas.
- § 754. Power to administer oaths (Repealed).
- § 761. Petitions.
- § 762. Accounts.
- § 763. Writs of habeas corpus (Repealed).
- § 764. Citation.
- § 765. Service of citation.
- § 766. Proof of service.
- § 767. Parties in interest.
- § 768. Manner of service; proof.
- § 769. Power of orphans' court division (Repealed).
- § 771. Decree without prior hearing; attachment; sequestration (Repealed).
- § 772. Injunctions (Repealed).
- § 773. Subpoenas (Repealed).
- § 774. Depositions and discovery.
- § 775. Perpetuation of testimony and court records.
- § 776. Testimony in proceedings removed from register.
- § 777. Right to jury trial; discretion of orphans' court division.
- § 778. Procedure for jury trials.
- § 779. Nonsuits.
- § 781. Methods of enforcement.
- § 782. Procedure on attachment of the person.
- § 783. Procedure on sequestration of real or personal property.
- § 784. Procedure on execution on personal property.
- § 785. Procedure on attachment execution.
- § 786. Procedure on execution on real estate.
- § 791. Allowance and allocation (Repealed).
- § 792. Right of appeal (Repealed).
- § 793. Effect of appeal.
- § 794. Disposition of cases on appeal (Repealed).
- § 901. Register's jurisdiction.
- § 902. Deputy register.
- § 903. Witnesses; testimony.
- § 904. Witness fees.
- § 905. Enforcement of subpoenas, orders and costs.
- § 906. Caveat.
- § 907. Certification of records to court.
- § 908. Appeals.
- § 909. Bill of costs (Repealed).
- § 910. Transmission of accounts to the court.
- § 911. Attestation of certain applications and documents.
- § 921. Wills.
- § 922. Inventories.
- § 923. Certified copies.
- § 924. Recording proceedings in another county.
- § 925. Certificates and affidavits of death.
- § 2101. Intestate estate.
- § 2102. Share of surviving spouse.
- § 2103. Shares of others than surviving spouse.
- § 2104. Rules of succession.
- § 2105. Spouse's rights.
- § 2106. Forfeiture.
- § 2107. Persons born out of wedlock.
- § 2108. Adopted person.
- § 2109. Advancements (Repealed).
- § 2109.1. Advancements.
- § 2110. Spouse's allowance; procedure.
- § 2111. Procedure to establish title to real property when spouse claims entire estate (Repealed).
- § 2112. Property distributable to the Commonwealth (Repealed).
- § 2113. Limitations of claims (Repealed).
- § 2114. Personal estate of nonresident (Repealed).
- § 2201. Definition of conveyance.
- § 2202. Right of election; nonresident decedent.
- § 2203. Right of election; resident decedent.
- § 2204. Disclaimers, releases and charges against elective share.
- § 2205. Transfers for value excluded.
- § 2206. Right of election personal to surviving spouse.
- § 2207. Waiver of right to elect.
- § 2208. Forfeiture of right of election.
- § 2209. Surviving spouse as witness.
- § 2210. Procedure for election; time limit.
- § 2211. Determination of effect of election; enforcement.
- § 2501. Who may make a will.
- § 2502. Form and execution of a will.
- § 2503. Nuncupative wills (Repealed).
- § 2504. Witnesses (Repealed).
- § 2504.1. Validity of execution.
- § 2505. Revocation of a will.
- § 2506. Revival of revoked or invalid will.
- § 2507. Modification by circumstances.
- § 2508. Change by election of surviving spouse (Repealed).
- § 2509. Forfeiture of right of election (Repealed).
- § 2510. How election made (Repealed).
- § 2511. Time for making election (Repealed).
- § 2512. Failure to make an election (Repealed).
- § 2513. Grantee or lienholder (Repealed).
- § 2514. Rules of interpretation.
- § 2515. Devise or bequest to trust.
- § 2516. Devise in fee tail abolished.
- § 2517. Rule in Shelley's case and doctrine of worthier title.
- § 2518. Alienage.
- § 2519. Testamentary guardian.
- § 2520. Personal estate of nonresident (Repealed).
- § 2521. Penalty clause for contest.
- § 2701. Contracts concerning succession.
- § 2801. Definitions.
- § 2802. Interpretation of formula clauses.
- § 2803. Judicial proceeding.
- § 3101. Payments to family and funeral directors.
- § 3102. Settlement of small estates on petition.
- § 3121. When allowable.
- § 3122. Payment or delivery of exemption.
- § 3123. Payment from real estate.
- § 3124. Income.
- § 3125. Other remedies.
- § 3126. Grantee or lienholder.
- § 3131. Place of probate.
- § 3132. Manner of probate.
- § 3132.1. Self-proved wills.
- § 3133. Limit of time for probate.
- § 3134. Nuncupative wills (Repealed).
- § 3135. Wills in foreign language.
- § 3136. Wills probated outside the Commonwealth.
- § 3137. Enforcing production of will.
- § 3138. Later will or codicil.
- § 3151. Proper county.
- § 3152. When 21 years elapsed.
- § 3153. Contents of petition.
- § 3154. Affidavit and oath.
- § 3155. Persons entitled.
- § 3156. Persons not qualified.
- § 3157. Nonresidents.
- § 3158. Letters of administration C.T.A.
- § 3159. Letters of administration D.B.N. or D.B.N.C.T.A.
- § 3160. Letters of administration durante minoritate, durante absentia, and pendente lite.
- § 3161. Oath of personal representative.
- § 3162. Advertisement of grant of letters.
- § 3163. Submission to jurisdiction.
- § 3171. Individual estate.
- § 3172. Register's responsibility.
- § 3173. Fiduciary estate.
- § 3174. When not required.
- § 3175. Requiring or changing amount of bond.
- § 3181. Revocation of letters.
- § 3182. Grounds for removal.
- § 3183. Procedure for and effect of removal.
- § 3184. Discharge of personal representative and surety.
- § 3301. Duty of personal representative.
- § 3302. Valuations.
- § 3303. Supplemental inventory.
- § 3304. Claims against personal representative.
- § 3305. Objections to inventory.
- § 3311. Possession of real and personal estate; exception.
- § 3312. Renunciation of right to administer property.
- § 3313. Liability insurance.
- § 3314. Continuation of business.
- § 3315. Incorporation of or formation of entity to operate estate's business.
- § 3316. Investment of funds.
- § 3316.1. Set-aside.
- § 3317. Claims against co-fiduciary.
- § 3318. Revival of judgments against personal representative.
- § 3319. Power of attorney; delegation of power over subscription rights and fractional shares; authorized delegations.
- § 3320. Voting stock by proxy.
- § 3321. Nominee registration; corporate fiduciary as agent; deposit of securities in a clearing corporation; book-entry securities.
- § 3322. Acceptance of deed in lieu of foreclosure.
- § 3323. Compromise of controversies.
- § 3324. Death or incapacity of fiduciary.
- § 3325. Administrator C.T.A.
- § 3326. Administrator D.B.N. and D.B.N.C.T.A.
- § 3327. Surviving or remaining personal representatives.
- § 3328. Disagreement of personal representatives.
- § 3329. Effect of revocation of letters, probate of will, later will or codicil.
- § 3330. Notice of devise or bequest to corporation or association.
- § 3331. Liability of personal representative on contracts.
- § 3332. Inherent powers and duties.
- § 3351. Power to sell.
- § 3352. Power to lease.
- § 3353. Order of court.
- § 3354. Power given in governing instrument.
- § 3355. Restraint of sale.
- § 3356. Purchase by personal representative.
- § 3357. Title of purchaser.
- § 3358. Collateral attack.
- § 3359. Record of proceedings; county where real estate lies.
- § 3360. Contracts, inadequacy of consideration or better offer; brokers' commissions.
- § 3371. Actions which survive.
- § 3372. Substitution of personal representative in pending action or proceedings.
- § 3373. Action by or against personal representative.
- § 3374. Death or removal of fiduciary.
- § 3375. Abatement of action for failure to take out letters.
- § 3376. Limitations against debt due estate.
- § 3377. Execution on judgments.
- § 3381. Liens and charges existing at death not impaired.
- § 3382. Judgments which are liens at death.
- § 3383. Statutes of limitations; claims not barred at death.
- § 3384. Notice of claim.
- § 3384.1. Notice after settlor of revocable trust has died.
- § 3385. Limitation upon claims.
- § 3386. Failure to present claim at audit.
- § 3387. Claims not due; certain to become due.
- § 3388. Claims not certain to become due.
- § 3389. Claims subject to litigation in other courts.
- § 3390. Specific performance of contracts.
- § 3391. Proceeding against personal representative.
- § 3392. Classification and order of payment.
- § 3393. Notice to Commonwealth and political subdivisions.
- § 3501. Accounting required (Repealed).
- § 3501.1. Accounting by personal representative.
- § 3501.2. Annexation of account of terminated trust, guardianship or agency.
- § 3502. Where filed.
- § 3503. Notice to parties in interest.
- § 3504. Representation of parties in interest (Repealed).
- § 3511. Audits in counties having separate orphans' court division.
- § 3512. Audits in counties having no separate orphans' court division.
- § 3513. Statement of proposed distribution.
- § 3514. Confirmation of account and approval of proposed distribution.
- § 3521. Rehearing; relief granted.
- § 3531. Estates not exceeding $50,000.
- § 3532. At risk of personal representative.
- § 3533. Award upon final confirmation of account.
- § 3534. Distribution in kind.
- § 3534.1. Cost of distribution of tangible personal property.
- § 3535. Delivery of possession of real estate.
- § 3536. Recording and registering decrees awarding real estate.
- § 3537. Compensation.
- § 3538. Distributions involving persons born out of wedlock.
- § 3539. Change in law after pattern of distribution established.
- § 3540. Absentee and additional distributees.
- § 3541. Order of abatement.
- § 3542. Contribution.
- § 3543. Income on distributive shares.
- § 3544. Liability of personal representative for interest.
- § 3545. Transcripts of balances due by personal representative.
- § 3546. Determination of title to decedent's interest in real estate.
- § 3551. Enforcement of payment.
- § 3552. Discharge of portion of property from charges payable in the future.
- § 3553. Discharge of property from lien of charge.
- § 3554. Presumption of payment, release or extinguishment.
- § 3701. Power of decedent.
- § 3702. Equitable apportionment of Federal estate tax.
- § 3703. Apportionment of Pennsylvania inheritance tax.
- § 3704. Apportionment of Pennsylvania estate tax.
- § 3705. Apportionment of Federal generation-skipping tax.
- § 3706. Enforcement of contribution or exoneration of Federal estate tax.
- § 3901. Short title of chapter.
- § 3902. Definitions.
- § 3903. Applicability.
- § 3904. User direction for disclosure of digital assets.
- § 3905. Terms-of-service agreement.
- § 3906. Procedure for disclosing digital assets.
- § 3907. Disclosure of content of electronic communications of deceased user.
- § 3908. Disclosure of other digital assets of deceased user.
- § 3909. Disclosure of content of electronic communications of principal.
- § 3910. Disclosure of other digital assets of principal.
- § 3911. Disclosure of digital assets held in trust when trustee is original user.
- § 3912. Disclosure of contents of electronic communications held in trust when trustee not original user.
- § 3913. Disclosure of other digital assets held in trust when trustee not original user.
- § 3914. Disclosure of digital assets to guardian of the estate.
- § 3915. Fiduciary duty and authority.
- § 3916. Custodian compliance and immunity.
- § 3917. Uniformity of application and construction.
- § 3918. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
- § 4101. In general.
- § 4102. Powers with respect to securities and bank accounts.
- § 4103. Service of process (Repealed).
- § 4104. Proof of authority in court proceedings.
- § 4105. Effect of local proceedings.
- § 4111. To foreign personal representative.
- § 4112. To foreign trustee, guardian or committee.
- § 4121. Award to foreign guardian when minor or incapacitated person becomes a nonresident.
- § 4301. Appointment of temporary fiduciary.
- § 4302. Petition for relief; joinder of parties; notice.
- § 4303. Security by substituted fiduciaries; duties and responsibilities.
- § 4304. Duration of decree; impeachment of acts.
- § 4305. Fiduciaries temporarily relieved of duties and liabilities.
- § 4306. Power to control, remove, discharge and settle accounts.
- § 4501. Agreement concerning deposit of assets.
- § 4502. Notice.
- § 4503. Participation in administration.
- § 4504. Information from fiduciary; accounting.
- § 4505. Release of surety before discharge of fiduciary.
- § 4521. Suits on bonds.
- § 4522. Service of process on nonresident surety (Repealed).
- § 5101. When guardian unnecessary.
- § 5102. Power of natural guardian.