Whenever by any devise an estate in fee tail would be created according to the common law of the Commonwealth, it shall pass an estate in fee simple, and as such shall be inheritable and freely alienable.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
Section 2501 - Who may make a will
Section 2502 - Form and execution of a will
Section 2503 - Nuncupative wills (Repealed)
Section 2504 - Witnesses (Repealed)
Section 2504.1 - Validity of execution
Section 2505 - Revocation of a will
Section 2506 - Revival of revoked or invalid will
Section 2507 - Modification by circumstances
Section 2508 - Change by election of surviving spouse (Repealed)
Section 2509 - Forfeiture of right of election (Repealed)
Section 2510 - How election made (Repealed)
Section 2511 - Time for making election (Repealed)
Section 2512 - Failure to make an election (Repealed)
Section 2513 - Grantee or lienholder (Repealed)
Section 2514 - Rules of interpretation
Section 2515 - Devise or bequest to trust
Section 2516 - Devise in fee tail abolished
Section 2517 - Rule in Shelley's case and doctrine of worthier title
Section 2519 - Testamentary guardian