When any property is of no value to the estate, the court may authorize the personal representative to renounce his right to administer it.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
Chapter 33 - Administration and Personal Representatives
Section 3301 - Duty of personal representative
Section 3303 - Supplemental inventory
Section 3304 - Claims against personal representative
Section 3305 - Objections to inventory
Section 3311 - Possession of real and personal estate; exception
Section 3312 - Renunciation of right to administer property
Section 3313 - Liability insurance
Section 3314 - Continuation of business
Section 3315 - Incorporation of or formation of entity to operate estate's business
Section 3316 - Investment of funds
Section 3317 - Claims against co-fiduciary
Section 3318 - Revival of judgments against personal representative
Section 3320 - Voting stock by proxy
Section 3322 - Acceptance of deed in lieu of foreclosure
Section 3323 - Compromise of controversies
Section 3324 - Death or incapacity of fiduciary
Section 3325 - Administrator C.T.A
Section 3326 - Administrator D.B.N. and D.B.N.C.T.A
Section 3327 - Surviving or remaining personal representatives
Section 3328 - Disagreement of personal representatives
Section 3329 - Effect of revocation of letters, probate of will, later will or codicil
Section 3330 - Notice of devise or bequest to corporation or association
Section 3331 - Liability of personal representative on contracts
Section 3332 - Inherent powers and duties
Section 3354 - Power given in governing instrument
Section 3355 - Restraint of sale
Section 3356 - Purchase by personal representative
Section 3357 - Title of purchaser
Section 3358 - Collateral attack
Section 3359 - Record of proceedings; county where real estate lies
Section 3360 - Contracts, inadequacy of consideration or better offer; brokers' commissions
Section 3371 - Actions which survive
Section 3372 - Substitution of personal representative in pending action or proceedings
Section 3373 - Action by or against personal representative
Section 3374 - Death or removal of fiduciary
Section 3375 - Abatement of action for failure to take out letters
Section 3376 - Limitations against debt due estate
Section 3377 - Execution on judgments
Section 3381 - Liens and charges existing at death not impaired
Section 3382 - Judgments which are liens at death
Section 3383 - Statutes of limitations; claims not barred at death
Section 3384 - Notice of claim
Section 3384.1 - Notice after settlor of revocable trust has died
Section 3385 - Limitation upon claims
Section 3386 - Failure to present claim at audit
Section 3387 - Claims not due; certain to become due
Section 3388 - Claims not certain to become due
Section 3389 - Claims subject to litigation in other courts
Section 3390 - Specific performance of contracts
Section 3391 - Proceeding against personal representative
Section 3392 - Classification and order of payment
Section 3393 - Notice to Commonwealth and political subdivisions