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20 PA Cons Stat § 3328 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3328 - Disagreement of personal representatives

 § 3328. Disagreement of personal representatives. (a) Decision of majority.--If a dispute shall arise among personal representatives, the decision of the majority shall control unless otherwise provided by the governing instrument, if any. A dissenting personal representative shall join with the majority to carry out a majority decision requiring affirmative action and may be ordered to do so by the court. A dissenting personal representative shall not be liable for the consequences of any majority decision even though he joins in carrying it out, if his dissent is expressed promptly to all the other personal representatives: Provided, That liability for failure to join in administering the estate or to prevent a breach of trust may not be thus avoided.  (b) When no majority.--When a dispute shall arise among personal representatives as to the exercise or nonexercise of any of their powers and there shall be no agreement of a majority of them, unless otherwise provided by the governing instrument, the court, upon petition filed by any of the personal representatives or by any party in interest, aided if necessary by the report of a master, in its discretion, may direct the exercise or nonexercise of the power as the court shall deem for the best interest of the estate.    Cross References. Section 3328 is referred to in sections 5144, 5521 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3329 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3329 - Effect of revocation of letters, probate of will, later will or codicil

§ 3329. Effect of revocation of letters, probate of will, later will or codicil. No act of administration performed by a personal representative in good faith shall be impeached by the subsequent revocation of his letters or by the subsequent probate of a will, of a later will or of a codicil: Provided, That regardless of the good or bad faith of the personal representative, no person who deals in good faith with a duly qualified personal representative shall be prejudiced by the subsequent occurrence of any of these contingencies.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3330 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3330 - Notice of devise or bequest to corporation or association

§ 3330. Notice of devise or bequest to corporation or association. A personal representative to whom original letters are granted shall send a written notice, within three months after the grant of letters, to each corporation or association named as a beneficiary in the decedent's will, stating the date of the decedent's death, the county where the will has been probated, and that it is named as a beneficiary.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3331 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3331 - Liability of personal representative on contracts

§ 3331. Liability of personal representative on contracts. Unless he expressly contracts otherwise, in writing, a personal representative shall not be personally liable on any written contract which is within his authority as personal representative and discloses that he is contracting as personal representative of a named estate. Any action on such a contract shall be brought against the personal representative in his fiduciary capacity only, or against his successor in such capacity, and execution upon any judgment obtained therein shall be had only against property of the estate.    Cross References. Section 3331 is referred to in sections 5144, 5521 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3332 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3332 - Inherent powers and duties

§ 3332. Inherent powers and duties. Except as otherwise provided in this title, nothing in this title shall be construed to limit the inherent powers and duties of a personal representative.    Cross References. Section 3332 is referred to in sections 5144, 5521, 7792 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3351 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3351 - Power to sell

§ 3351. Power to sell. Except as otherwise provided by the will, if any, the personal representative may sell, at public or private sale, any personal property whether specifically bequeathed or not, and any real property not specifically devised, and with the joinder of the specific devisee real property specifically devised. When the personal representative has been required to give a bond, no proceeds of real estate, including proceeds arising by reason of involuntary conversion, 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.  (Dec. 10, 1974, P.L.867, No.293, eff. imd.)
20 PA Cons Stat § 3352 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3352 - Power to lease

§ 3352. Power to lease. Except as otherwise provided by the will, if any, the personal representative may lease any real or personal property which he is entitled to possess. The lease may be for a term expiring not more than one year after the decedent's death unless it is terminable by the personal representative at any later time on 30 days' notice, or unless a longer term is approved by the court.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3353 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3353 - Order of court

§ 3353. Order of court. When the personal representative is not authorized to do so by this title or is denied the power to do so by the governing instrument, if any, or when it is advisable that a sale have the effect of a judicial sale, he may sell any real or personal property of the estate, including property specifically devised, at public or private sale, or may pledge, mortgage, lease, or exchange any such property, or grant an option for the sale, lease, or exchange of any such property, under order of the orphans' court division of the county where letters testamentary or of administration were granted, upon such terms and upon such security and after such notice as the court shall direct, whenever the court shall find such sale, pledge, mortgage, lease, exchange, or option to be desirable for the proper administration and distribution of the estate.   (Dec. 10, 1974, P.L.867, No.293, eff. imd.)   Cross References. Section 3353 is referred to in sections 3357, 7792, 7794 of this title; section 8152 of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure).
20 PA Cons Stat § 3354 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3354 - Power given in governing instrument

§ 3354. Power given in governing instrument. A testamentary power given in the governing instrument to sell, unless expressly restricted, shall include the power to sell at public or private sale or to pledge or mortgage for any purpose of administration or distribution, but shall not include the right to grant an option without court order. A private sale may be made, with court approval, under the provisions of this title, although the governing instrument has directed a public sale. A power in the governing instrument to sell, pledge, mortgage, lease, or exchange, or to grant an option for a purchase, lease, or exchange of property not given to any person by name or description shall be deemed to have been given to the personal representative and may be exercised without court approval. When the personal representative 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.    Cross References. Section 3354 is referred to in section 7792 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3355 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3355 - Restraint of sale

§ 3355. Restraint of sale. The court, on its own motion or upon application of any party in interest, in its discretion, may restrain a personal representative from making any sale under an authority not given by the governing instrument or from carrying out any contract of sale made by him under an authority not so given. The order may be conditioned upon the applicant giving bond for the protection of parties in interest who may be prejudiced thereby. The order shall be void as against a bona fide grantee of, or holder of a lien on, real estate unless the decree restraining the sale, or a duplicate original or certified copy thereof, is recorded in the deed book in the office of the recorder of deeds in the county in which such real estate lies, before the recording or entering of the instrument or lien under which such grantee or lienholder claims.    Cross References. Section 3355 is referred to in sections 5153, 5521, 7792 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3356 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3356 - Purchase by personal representative

§ 3356. Purchase by personal representative. In addition to any right conferred by a governing instrument, if any, the personal representative, in his individual capacity, may bid for, purchase, take a mortgage on, lease, or take by exchange, real or personal property belonging to the estate, subject, however, to the approval of the court, and under such terms and conditions and after such reasonable notice to parties in interest as it shall direct. The court may make an order directing a co-fiduciary, if any, or the court's clerk to execute a deed or other appropriate instrument to the purchasing personal representative.   (Dec. 10, 1974, P.L.867, No.293, eff. imd.)   Cross References. Section 3356 is referred to in sections 5153, 5521, 7792 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3357 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3357 - Title of purchaser

 § 3357. Title of purchaser. (a) General rule.--If the personal representative has given such bond, if any, as shall be required in accordance with this title, any sale, mortgage, or exchange by him, whether pursuant to a decree or to the exercise of a testamentary power or of a power under this title, shall pass the full title of the decedent therein, unless otherwise specified, discharged from the lien of legacies, from liability for all debts and obligations of the decedent, from all liabilities incident to the administration of the decedent's estate, and from all claims of distributees and of persons claiming in their right, except that no such sale, mortgage or exchange by a personal representative, unless made under section 3353 (relating to order of court) for the purpose of divesting a lien existing at the decedent's death, shall divest the interest of a bona fide grantee of, or a holder of a lien on, real property of the decedent who has acquired such interest for value under a prior recorded document from or through those entitled to the interest of the decedent in the real property by will or by intestacy, either:  (1) more than one year after the death of the decedent and when no letters issued in the Commonwealth upon the decedent's estate were in effect; or  (2) within such year if no letters upon the decedent's estate have been issued in the Commonwealth during that year.  (b) Effect of certain circumstances.--Persons dealing with the personal representative shall have no obligation to see to the proper application of the cash or other assets given in exchange for the property of the estate. Any sale or exchange by a personal representative pursuant to a decree under section 3353 shall have the effect of a judicial sale, but the court may decree a sale or exchange freed and discharged from the lien of any mortgage otherwise preserved from discharge by existing law, if the holder of such mortgage shall consent by writing filed in the proceeding. No such sale, mortgage, exchange, or conveyance shall be prejudiced by the terms of any will or codicil thereafter probated or by the subsequent revocation of the letters of the personal representative who made the sale, mortgage, exchange, or conveyance if the person dealing with the personal representative did so in good faith.   (July 9, 1976, P.L.551, No.135, eff. imd.)   Cross References. Section 3357 is referred to in section 8152 of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure).
20 PA Cons Stat § 3358 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3358 - Collateral attack

§ 3358. Collateral attack. No decree entered pursuant to this title shall be subject to collateral attack on account of any irregularity if the court which entered it had jurisdiction to do so.    Cross References. Section 3358 is referred to in sections 5153, 7792 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3359 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3359 - Record of proceedings; county where real estate lies

§ 3359. Record of proceedings; county where real estate lies. Certified copies of proceedings of any court of the Commonwealth relating to or affecting real estate may be recorded in the office for the recording of deeds in any county in which the real estate lies.    Cross References. Section 3359 is referred to in sections 5153, 5521, 7792 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3360 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3360 - Contracts, inadequacy of consideration or better offer; brokers' commissions

 § 3360. Contracts, inadequacy of consideration or better offer; brokers' commissions. (a) Inadequacy of consideration or better offer.--When a personal representative shall make a contract not requiring approval of court, or when the court shall approve a contract of a personal representative requiring approval of the court, neither inadequacy of consideration, nor the receipt of an offer to deal on other terms shall, except as otherwise agreed by the parties, relieve the personal representative of the obligation to perform his contract or shall constitute ground for any court to set aside the contract, or to refuse to enforce it by specific performance or otherwise: Provided, That this subsection shall not affect or change the inherent right of the court to set aside a contract for fraud, accident or mistake. Nothing in this subsection shall affect the liability of a personal representative for surcharge on the ground of negligence or bad faith in making a contract.  (b) Brokers' commissions.--When a personal representative shall enter into an agreement of sale of real estate in good faith, which is not binding under subsection (a) of this section and which is set aside upon receipt of a higher offer for such real estate, he shall not be relieved from the payment of real estate broker or broker's commissions to the broker who had procured such agreement of sale, and in the event that more than one real estate broker is entitled to commissions for said agreements of sale, then such commissions shall be equally divided between or among such real estate brokers: Provided further, That the total aggregate commission paid as a percentage of the gross consideration of the final sale shall in no event exceed a fair commission for a single sale of the property involved.   (Dec. 10, 1974, P.L.867, No.293, eff. imd.)   1974 Amendment. Act 293 amended subsec. (b).  Cross References. Section 3360 is referred to in sections 5153, 5521 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3371 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3371 - Actions which survive

§ 3371. Actions which survive. All causes of action or proceedings shall survive as provided by 42 Pa.C.S. § 8302 (relating to survival action).   (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days).
20 PA Cons Stat § 3372 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3372 - Substitution of personal representative in pending action or proceedings

§ 3372. Substitution of personal representative in pending action or proceedings. Substitution of the personal representative of a deceased party to a pending action or proceeding shall be as provided by law.    Cross References. Section 3372 is referred to in section 5521 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3373 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3373 - Action by or against personal representative

§ 3373. Action by or against personal representative. An action or proceeding to enforce any right or liability which survives a decedent may be brought by or against his personal representative alone or with other parties as though the decedent were alive.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3374 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3374 - Death or removal of fiduciary

§ 3374. Death or removal of fiduciary. An action or proceeding to which a fiduciary is a party is not abated by his death or resignation or by the termination of his authority. The successor of the fiduciary may be substituted in the action or proceeding in the manner provided by law.    Cross References. Section 3374 is referred to in section 5521 of this title.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3375 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3375 - Abatement of action for failure to take out letters

§ 3375. Abatement of action for failure to take out letters. If a plaintiff or petitioner in any action or proceeding now pending or hereafter brought dies and a personal representative is not appointed within one year after a suggestion of such death is filed in the action or proceeding, any defendant or respondent may petition the court to abate the action as to the cause of action of the decedent. Copies of the petition shall be served upon the executor named in the will, if known to the defendant, and otherwise upon all known next of kin entitled to letters of administration. The court shall abate the action as to the cause of action of the decedent if the delay in taking out letters is not reasonably explained.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3376 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3376 - Limitations against debt due estate

§ 3376. Limitations against debt due estate. Any statute of limitation which would bar any debt or liability owed the estate of a decedent within one year after the decedent's death shall be extended until the end of one year following the decedent's death. Failure or delay in taking out letters testamentary or of administration shall not affect the operation of any statute of limitations applicable to a debt or liability owed the estate of a decedent.   (July 9, 1976, P.L.551, No.135, eff. imd.)
20 PA Cons Stat § 3377 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3377 - Execution on judgments

 § 3377. Execution on judgments. (a) When prohibited.--No execution shall issue against, nor shall any levy be made upon, any real or personal property of the estate of a decedent by virtue of a judgment against him or his personal representative unless:  (1) agreed to by the personal representative in a writing filed in the action or proceeding; or  (2) approved by the orphans' court division of the county in which letters testamentary or of administration have been granted, or if none have been granted, then by the orphans' court division of the county in which the principal or family residence of the decedent was located. The court may require the giving of notice to the personal representative and to parties in interest or may waive all notice.  (b) When allowed.--The restrictions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to actions or proceedings to enforce mortgages, ground rents, pledges, or conditional sales of real or personal property.    Saved from Suspension. Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure for Justices of the Peace No.482, as amended April 25, 1979, provided that section 3377 shall not be deemed suspended or affected. Rules 401 through 482 relate to execution of judgments for the payment of money rendered by justices of the peace. Act 207 of 2004 changed justices of the peace to magisterial district judges. Rule 482 can now be found in Rules of Conduct, Office Standards and Civil Procedure for Magisterial District Judges.  Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure No. 3159(b)(1), adopted April 20, 1998, provided that section 5107 shall not be deemed suspended or affected by Rules 3101 through 3149 relating to enforcement of money judgments for the payment of money.
20 PA Cons Stat § 3381 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES|Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives|Section 3381 - Liens and charges existing at death not impaired

§ 3381. Liens and charges existing at death not impaired. Nothing in this title shall be construed as impairing any lien or charge on real or personal estate of the decedent which existed at his death.    Cross References. Section 3381 is referred to in section 3385 of this title.