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20 PA Cons Stat § 3184 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 31 - Dispositions Independent of Letters; Family Exemption; Probate of Wills and Grant of Letters|Section 3184 - Discharge of personal representative and surety

§ 3184. Discharge of personal representative and surety. After confirmation of his final account and distribution to the parties entitled, a personal representative and his surety may be discharged by the court from future liability. The court may discharge only the surety from future liability, allowing the personal representative to continue without surety, upon condition that no further assets shall come into the control of the personal representative until he files another bond with sufficient surety, as required by the register.    Cross References. Section 3184 is referred to in sections 5131, 5515, 7766, 7792 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3301 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3301 - Duty of personal representative

§ 3301. Duty of personal representative. (a) General assets.--Every personal representative shall file with the register a verified inventory of all real and personal estate of the decedent, except real estate outside of this Commonwealth. An ancillary personal representative shall include in the inventory only assets for which he is responsible.  (b) Real estate outside of Commonwealth.--The inventory shall include at the end a memorandum of real estate outside of this Commonwealth. The memorandum, at the election of the personal representative, may indicate the value of each item of real estate included therein, but the values so fixed shall not be extended into the total of the inventory or included as real estate in subsequent accountings.  (c) Time for filing.--The personal representative shall file his inventory no later than the date he files his account or the due date, including any extension, for the filing of the inheritance tax return for the estate, whichever is earlier. Any party in interest in the estate may request the filing of an inventory at an earlier date by writing delivered to the personal representative or his attorney in which event an inventory shall be filed within three months after the appointment of the personal representative or within 30 days after the request, whichever is later. The court may direct the personal representative to file an inventory of estate assets at any time.  (Oct. 12, 1984, P.L.929, No.182, eff. imd.; Oct. 27, 2010, P.L.837, No.85, eff. 60 days)    2010 Amendment. Act 85 amended subsec. (c).
20 PA Cons Stat § 3302 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3302 - Valuations

§ 3302. Valuations. The personal representative shall determine and state in figures opposite each item of the inventory its fair value as of the date of the decedent's death.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3303 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3303 - Supplemental inventory

§ 3303. Supplemental inventory. Whenever any property not included in the inventory comes to the knowledge of the personal representative, he shall file, within 30 days of its discovery, a supplemental inventory thereof with the register.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3304 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3304 - Claims against personal representative

§ 3304. Claims against personal representative. The appointment of a personal representative shall not operate as a discharge or bequest of any debt which he owes the decedent or of any claim which the decedent had against him, but any such debt or claim, if it survives, shall be included in the inventory.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3305 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3305 - Objections to inventory

§ 3305. Objections to inventory. Objections to the inventory may be made by any party in interest at any time up to and including the time fixed by rule of court for making objections to the first account of the personal representative. Such objections in the discretion of the court may be heard at the audit of the account. Objections to the inventory also may be made in the form of objections to the account.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3311 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3311 - Possession of real and personal estate; exception

 § 3311. Possession of real and personal estate; exception. (a) Personal representative.--A personal representative shall have the right to and shall take possession of, maintain and administer all the real and personal estate of the decedent, except real estate occupied at the time of death by an heir or devisee with the consent of the decedent. He shall collect the rents and income from each asset in his possession until it is sold or distributed, and, during the administration of the estate, shall have the right to maintain any action with respect to it and shall make all reasonable expenditures necessary to preserve it. The court may direct the personal representative to take possession of, administer and maintain real estate so occupied by an heir or a devisee if this is necessary to protect the rights of claimants or other parties. Nothing in this section shall affect the personal representative's power to sell real estate occupied by an heir or devisee.  (b) Redevelopment authority.--A redevelopment authority granted letters of administration shall have the power to take, clear, combine or transfer title to real property of the estate as necessary to return such property to productive use and, upon payment of fair market value of the property in its current state, to the estate.   (Nov. 29, 2006, P.L.1536, No.171, eff. 60 days)
20 PA Cons Stat § 3312 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3312 - Renunciation of right to administer property

§ 3312. Renunciation of right to administer property. When any property is of no value to the estate, the court may authorize the personal representative to renounce his right to administer it.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3313 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3313 - Liability insurance

§ 3313. Liability insurance. The personal representative, at the expense of the estate, may protect himself, his employees and the beneficiaries by insurance from liability to third persons arising from the administration of the estate.    Cross References. Section 3313 is referred to in sections 5144, 5521 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3314 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3314 - Continuation of business

§ 3314. Continuation of business. Giving due regard to the provisions of the governing instrument and any other factor that the court deems relevant, and aided by the report of a master if necessary, the court may authorize the personal representative to continue any business of the estate for the benefit of the estate. The order may be with or without notice. If prior notice is not given to all parties in interest, it shall be given within five days after the order or within such extended time as the court, for cause shown, shall allow. Any party in interest may, at any time, petition the court to revoke or modify the order. The order may provide:  (1) for the conduct of business, by the personal representative alone or jointly with others, or, unless restricted by the terms of the governing instrument, as a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity to be formed;  (2) the extent of the liability of the estate or any part thereof, or of the personal representative, for obligations incurred in the continuation of the business;  (3) whether liabilities incurred in the conduct of the business are to be chargeable solely to the part of the estate set aside for use in the business or to the estate as a whole;  (4) the period of time the business may be conducted; (4.1) for the compensation of a personal representative actively managing, supervising or engaging in the operation of an entity or business, from the estate's assets or from the entity or business, as appropriate, provided that the compensation is reasonably based upon the actual responsibilities assumed and performed; and  (5) such other regulations, including accountings, as the court shall deem advisable. (July 8, 2016, P.L.497, No.79, eff. Jan. 1, 2017)   Cross References. Section 3314 is referred to in sections 5144, 5521 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3315 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3315 - Incorporation of or formation of entity to operate estate's business

§ 3315. Incorporation of or formation of entity to operate estate's business. After notice to all parties in interest, aided by the report of a master if necessary, and giving due regard to the provisions of the governing instrument and any other factor that the court deems relevant, the court may authorize the personal representative alone or jointly with others, to organize a corporation, or form a partnership, limited liability company or other entity, to carry on the business of the estate, whether the business was owned solely or with others, and may contribute for stock of the corporation, as capital, or for an interest in a partnership, limited liability company or other entity, all or part of the property of the estate which was invested in the business.  (July 8, 2016, P.L.497, No.79, eff. Jan. 1, 2017)   Cross References. Section 3315 is referred to in sections 5144, 5521 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3316 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3316 - Investment of funds

§ 3316. Investment of funds. Subject to his duty to liquidate the estate for prompt distribution and to the provisions of the will, if any, the personal representative may invest the funds of the estate but shall have no duty to do so. Any such investment, except as the court or the will may otherwise authorize or direct, shall be restricted to:  (1) obligations of the United States or the United States Treasury, of the Commonwealth, or of any political subdivision of the Commonwealth;  (2) an interest-bearing deposit in any bank, bank and trust company, savings bank or national banking association located within this Commonwealth if:  (i) the maturity date or the permissible date of withdrawal does not exceed one year from the date of the deposit or any renewal thereof; and  (ii) the deposits do not exceed the amount which is fully insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (64 Stat. 873, 12 U.S.C. §§ 264 and 1811 et seq.);  (3) savings accounts of any savings association incorporated under the laws of this Commonwealth, or of any Federal savings and loan association incorporated under the laws of the United States, if the withdrawal or repurchase value thereof is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation pursuant to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act; and  (4) a money market mutual fund affiliated with a corporate personal representative. The personal representative may also make temporary investments as authorized by section 7207 (relating to retention of cash; temporary investments) without regard to any investment restrictions imposed by the will.   (Dec. 16, 1992, P.L.1163, No.152, eff. imd.; June 25, 1999, P.L.212, No.28, eff. 6 months)    1999 Amendment. See section 6(a) of Act 28 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applicability.  1992 Amendment. See section 27(b) of Act 152 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applicability.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3316.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3316.1 - Set-aside

§ 3316.1. Set-aside. A personal representative may, without court approval, set aside property in a separate fund prior to actual distribution, after which income earned on the separate fund and appreciation or depreciation of the property set-aside shall belong to the separate fund.   (Oct. 12, 1999, P.L.422, No.39, eff. 60 days)   1999 Amendment. Act 39 added section 3316.1. See section 13(8) of Act 39 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applicability.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3317 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3317 - Claims against co-fiduciary

§ 3317. Claims against co-fiduciary. When one of two or more personal representatives shall be individually liable to the estate, the other or others shall take any legal action against him necessary to protect the estate.    Cross References. Section 3317 is referred to in sections 5144, 5521 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3318 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3318 - Revival of judgments against personal representative

§ 3318. Revival of judgments against personal representative. When the estate holds a judgment which is a lien on the real estate of the personal representative, any party in interest may suggest his interest in the judgment upon the record thereof and bring an appropriate action to revive it and to continue its lien. Any judgment so revived shall remain for the use of all parties in interest.    Cross References. Section 3318 is referred to in sections 5144, 5521 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3319 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3319 - Power of attorney; delegation of power over subscription rights and fractional shares; authorized delegations

 § 3319. Power of attorney; delegation of power over subscription rights and fractional shares; authorized delegations. (a) Power of attorney.--A personal representative may convey real estate, transfer title to personal estate, or perform any other act of administration by an attorney or agent under a power of attorney. Nothing in this subsection authorizes the delegation of any discretionary power.  (b) Delegation of power over subscription rights and fractional shares.--Where there is more than one personal representative, one or more may delegate to another the power to decide whether rights to subscribe to stock should be sold or should be exercised, and also the power to decide whether a fractional share of stock should be sold or should be rounded out to a whole share through the purchase of an additional fraction, and also the power to carry out any such decision. Any delegation may extend to all subscription rights and fractional shares from time to time received by the personal representatives on account of stock held by them, or may be limited to any extent specified in the delegation. No exercise of any delegated power shall be valid, unless:  (1) the stock on which the subscription rights or fractional shares are issued are listed or traded on the New York Stock Exchange or any other exchange approved by the Department of Banking; and  (2) the shares held by the personal representatives on which the subscription rights or fractional shares are issued constitute less than 5% of the total outstanding shares of the same class of the same corporation.  (c) Delegation authorized by governing instrument.--Nothing in this section precludes a delegation authorized by the governing instrument.   (Oct. 12, 1999, P.L.422, No.39, eff. 60 days)   1999 Amendment. Act 39 amended subsec. (a). See section 13(8) of Act 39 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applicability.  Cross References. Section 3319 is referred to in sections 5144, 5521 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3320 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3320 - Voting stock by proxy

§ 3320. Voting stock by proxy. The personal representatives or a majority of them, either in person or by proxy, may vote stock owned by the estate.    Cross References. Section 3320 is referred to in sections 5144, 5521 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3322 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3322 - Acceptance of deed in lieu of foreclosure

§ 3322. Acceptance of deed in lieu of foreclosure. The personal representative may take for the estate from the owner of property encumbered by a mortgage owned by the estate, a deed in lieu of foreclosure, in which event the real estate shall be considered personalty to the same extent as though title were acquired by foreclosure at sheriff's sale. Any deed or deeds heretofore so accepted are hereby made valid in accordance with the provisions hereof.    Cross References. Section 3322 is referred to in sections 5144, 5521 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3323 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3323 - Compromise of controversies

 § 3323. Compromise of controversies. (a) In general.--Whenever it shall be proposed to compromise or settle any claim, whether in suit or not, by or against an estate, or to compromise or settle any question or dispute concerning the validity or construction of any governing instrument, or the distribution of all or any part of any estate, or any other controversy affecting any estate, the court, on petition by the personal representative or by any party in interest setting forth all the facts and circumstances, and after such notice as the court shall direct, aided if necessary by the report of a master, may enter a decree authorizing the compromise or settlement to be made.  (b) Pending court action.-- (1) Court order.--Whenever it is desired to compromise or settle an action in which damages are sought to be recovered on behalf of an estate, any court or division thereof in which such action is pending and which has jurisdiction thereof may, upon oral motion by plaintiff's counsel of record in such action, or upon petition by the personal representative of such decedent, make an order approving such compromise or settlement. Such order may approve an agreement for the payment of counsel fees and other proper expenses incident to such action.  (2) Order not subject to collateral attack.--The order of the court approving such compromise or settlement or an agreement for the payment of counsel fees and other expenses shall not be subject to collateral attack in the orphans' court division in the settlement of an estate.  (3) Filing copy of order; additional security.--The personal representative shall file a copy of the order of the court approving such compromise or settlement in the office of the register of wills or clerk of the court having jurisdiction of the estate. When the personal representative has been required to give bond, he shall not receive the proceeds of any such compromise or settlement until the court of the county having jurisdiction of his estate has made an order excusing him from entering additional security or requiring additional security, and in the latter event, only after he has entered the additional security.    Cross References. Section 3323 is referred to in sections 5144, 5521, 7792 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3324 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3324 - Death or incapacity of fiduciary

§ 3324. Death or incapacity of fiduciary. The personal representative of the estate of a deceased fiduciary or the guardian of an adjudged incapacitated fiduciary by reason of his position shall not succeed to the administration of, or have the right to possess, any asset of an estate which was being administered by the deceased or incapacitated fiduciary, except to protect it pending its delivery to the person entitled to it. The account of the deceased or incapacitated fiduciary may be filed by the fiduciary of his estate and it shall be filed if the court shall so direct. The court may direct the fiduciary of a deceased or incapacitated fiduciary to make the distribution and to make the transfers and assignments necessary to carry into effect a decree of distribution.   (Apr. 16, 1992, P.L.108, No.24, eff. 60 days)   1992 Amendment. See section 21 of Act 24 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to applicability.  Cross References. Section 3324 is referred to in sections 5144, 5521, 7792 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3325 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3325 - Administrator C.T.A

§ 3325. Administrator C.T.A. An administrator with the will annexed shall have all the powers given by the will to the executor, unless otherwise provided by the will. When he has been required to give bond, no proceeds of real estate shall be paid to him until the court has made an order excusing him from entering additional security or requiring additional security, and in the latter event, only after he has entered the additional security.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3326 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3326 - Administrator D.B.N. and D.B.N.C.T.A

§ 3326. Administrator D.B.N. and D.B.N.C.T.A. An administrator de bonis non, with or without a will annexed, shall have the power to recover the assets of the estate from his predecessor in administration or from the personal representative of such predecessor and, except as the will shall provide otherwise, shall stand in his predecessor's stead for all purposes, except that he shall not be personally liable for the acts of his predecessor. When he has been required to give bond, no proceeds of real estate shall be paid to him until the court has made an order excusing him from entering additional security or requiring additional security, and in the latter event, only after he has entered the additional security.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3327 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3327 - Surviving or remaining personal representatives

§ 3327. Surviving or remaining personal representatives. Surviving or remaining personal representatives shall have all the powers of the original personal representatives, unless otherwise provided by the governing instrument.    Cross References. Section 3327 is referred to in sections 5144, 5521 of this title.