Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 31 - Dispositions Independent of Letters; Family Exemption; Probate of Wills and Grant of Letters
Section 3162 - Advertisement of grant of letters


(a) Notice generally.--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, once a week for three successive weeks, together with his name and address; and in every such notice, he shall request all persons having claims against the estate of the decedent to make known the same to him or his attorney, and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment to him without delay.
(b) Proofs of advertisement to trustee.--A personal representative who has advertised the grant of letters and received the notice required by section 7780.3(c) (relating to duty to inform and report) shall promptly send copies of the proofs of that advertisement to the trustee.
(Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.77, No.37, eff. 60 days; Oct. 27, 2010, P.L.837, No.85, eff. 60 days)

Cross References. Section 3162 is referred to in section 7755 of this title.

Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes

Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES

Chapter 31 - Dispositions Independent of Letters; Family Exemption; Probate of Wills and Grant of Letters

Extra - Chapter Notes

Section 3101 - Payments to family and funeral directors

Section 3102 - Settlement of small estates on petition

Section 3121 - When allowable

Section 3122 - Payment or delivery of exemption

Section 3123 - Payment from real estate

Section 3124 - Income

Section 3125 - Other remedies

Section 3126 - Grantee or lienholder

Section 3131 - Place of probate

Section 3132 - Manner of probate

Section 3132.1 - Self-proved wills

Section 3133 - Limit of time for probate

Section 3134 - Nuncupative wills (Repealed)

Section 3135 - Wills in foreign language

Section 3136 - Wills probated outside the Commonwealth

Section 3137 - Enforcing production of will

Section 3138 - Later will or codicil

Section 3151 - Proper county

Section 3152 - When 21 years elapsed

Section 3153 - Contents of petition

Section 3154 - Affidavit and oath

Section 3155 - Persons entitled

Section 3156 - Persons not qualified

Section 3157 - Nonresidents

Section 3158 - Letters of administration C.T.A

Section 3159 - Letters of administration D.B.N. or D.B.N.C.T.A

Section 3160 - Letters of administration durante minoritate, durante absentia, and pendente lite

Section 3161 - Oath of personal representative

Section 3162 - Advertisement of grant of letters

Section 3163 - Submission to jurisdiction

Section 3171 - Individual estate

Section 3172 - Register's responsibility

Section 3173 - Fiduciary estate

Section 3174 - When not required

Section 3175 - Requiring or changing amount of bond

Section 3181 - Revocation of letters

Section 3182 - Grounds for removal

Section 3183 - Procedure for and effect of removal

Section 3184 - Discharge of personal representative and surety