Title 20, DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES

Should any person refuse to comply with any subpoena or order of the register or to pay all costs, the register shall forthwith certify the record of the proceedings to the court. The court, upon petition of any party in interest, shall compel payment of the costs and shall enfor…

(a) Bond.--When a caveat has been filed, the register shall not delay the probate of a will or the grant of letters for more than ten days after the filing of the petition for probate or for the grant of letters, or after the filing of the caveat, whichever shall be later, unless…

Whenever a caveat shall be filed or a dispute shall arise before the register concerning the probate of a will, the grant of letters or the performance of any other function by the register, he may certify, or the court upon petition of any party in interest may direct the regist…

(a) When allowed.--Any party in interest seeking to challenge the probate of a will or who is otherwise aggrieved by a decree of the register, or a fiduciary whose estate or trust is so aggrieved, may appeal therefrom to the court within one year of the decree: Provided, That the…

1978 Repeal. Section 909 was repealed April 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, effective in one year.

All accounts filed with the register shall be transmitted to the court for audit and confirmation on dates fixed by the court by general rule or special order and shall be advertised as required by law.

Except as provided otherwise in section 3154 (relating to affidavit and oath), applications and documents submitted to the register for which attestation is required may be attested either by an affidavit or by a verified statement. In case of the latter alternative, the statemen…

All probated wills shall be indexed and recorded by the register, and shall remain in his office, except for the period required to be in the custody of a higher court. The recording may be accomplished by photographic or other mechanical process.

The register shall index and record all inventories filed with him. The recording may be accomplished by photographic or other mechanical process. (Dec. 10, 1974, P.L.867, No.293, eff. imd.)

Every register upon the request of any person paying the fee therefor, shall make and certify under the seal of his office true copies of his records or of papers filed with him or of proceedings before him. Such certified copies shall be as good evidence as the original in any j…

Copies of wills and probate proceedings and records of the grant of letters of administration and proceedings relating thereto, duly certified by the register, may be filed in the office of the register in any county where real estate of the decedent is located. The register with…

Where it is not necessary to have letters granted to administer a decedent's estate but it is desired to have a public record of his death, a certificate of death may be filed with the register except that where a certificate of death cannot be obtained the affidavit of a relativ…