distribute the property or to pay the amount being held in
custody where all of the following conditions are present:
(i) The amount of the funds or the value of the
property is $11,000 or less.
(ii) The person claiming the property or the funds
is the surviving spouse[, child, mother or father, or],
issue, parent, sister or brother or their issue,
grandparent or uncle or aunt of the decedent] OR A MEMBER
OF THE CLASS OF PEOPLE AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 2103(1),
(2), (3) OR (4) (RELATING TO SHARES OF OTHERS THAN
SURVIVING SPOUSE), with preference given in that order.
(iii) A personal representative of the decedent has
not been appointed or five years have lapsed since the
appointment of a personal representative of the decedent.
(2) Upon being presented with a claim under paragraph
(1) for property owned by a decedent, the State Treasurer
shall require the person claiming the property to provide all
of the following prior to distributing the property or paying
the amount held in custody:
(i) A certified death certificate of the owner.
(ii) A sworn affidavit under the penalties of 18
Pa.C.S. § 4904 (relating to unsworn falsification to
authorities) setting forth the relationship of the
claimant to the decedent, the existence or nonexistence
of a duly appointed personal representative of the
decedent [and], any other persons that may be entitled
under this section to make a claim to the decedent's
property[.] and a statement that the person is the
surviving spouse or the person or a member of the class
of people with the strongest claim to the property or
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