Subject to the provisions of sections 2144 and 2154,¹ every personal representative or other fiduciary (other than a trustee of a pension, stock-bonus, profit-sharing, retirement annuity, deferred compensation, disability, death benefit, or other employe benefit plan) in charge of or in possession of any property, or instrument evidencing ownership of property, the transfer of which is subject to a tax imposed by this article other than a tax on a future interest not yet delinquent, shall deduct the tax from the property, if money, or shall collect the tax from the transferee. Any delivery of property or instrument by the fiduciary to a transferee, except in accordance with a decree of distribution of the court or pursuant to a duly executed notice of election filed under section 2154, shall not relieve him of personal liability for a tax imposed by this article. No personal representative or other fiduciary in charge of or in possession of any property subject to this article shall be compelled to pay or deliver it to the transferee except upon payment to him of the tax due other than tax on a future interest not yet delinquent. If the transferee neglects or refuses to pay the tax, the personal representative or other fiduciary may sell the property subject to the tax, or so much of the property as is necessary, under direction of the court. All money retained by the personal representative or other fiduciary, or paid to him on account of the taxes imposed by this article, shall be remitted by him before the tax becomes delinquent or, if received after the tax becomes delinquent, shall be remitted by him promptly upon its receipt.