PRINTER'S NO. 2681
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
1903
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY DIAMOND, V. BROWN, DeLUCA, HAGGERTY, McGINNIS,
MENTZER, M. QUINN, RYAN, WARD, WATSON AND WHEELAND,
NOVEMBER 6, 2017
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY, NOVEMBER 6, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 20 (Decedents, Estates and Fiduciaries) of the
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in grant of letters,
further providing for advertisement of grant of letters.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 3162(a) of Title 20 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 3162. Advertisement of grant of letters.
(a) Notice generally.--
(1) The personal representative, immediately after the
grant of letters, shall cause notice thereof to be given [in
one newspaper of general circulation published at or near the
place where the decedent resided or, in the case of a
nonresident decedent, at or near the place where the letters
were granted, and in the legal periodical, if any, designated
by rule of court for the publication of legal notices,]:
(i) in the legal periodical, if any, designated by
rule of court for the publication of legal notices;
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