PRINTER'S NO. 774
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
665
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY M. K. KELLER, GRELL, BLOOM, COHEN, HARHART,
A. HARRIS, MATZIE, McNEILL, METCALFE, MILLARD, MOUL, MURT,
PICKETT, READSHAW, SAYLOR AND WATSON, MARCH 2, 2015
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, MARCH 2, 2015
AN ACT
Amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in powers of attorney,
further providing for general provisions.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5601(b)(3), (e.1) and (e.2) of Title 20
of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
§ 5601. General provisions.
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(b) Execution.--
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(3) For a power of attorney executed on or after the
effective date of this paragraph, the signature or mark of
the principal, or the signature or mark of another individual
signing a power of attorney on behalf of and at the direction
of the principal, shall be:
(i) Acknowledged before a notary public or other
individual authorized by law to take acknowledgments. The
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