§ 5602. Form of power of attorney
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 20 Pa.C.S.A. Decedents, Estates and FiduciariesEffective: January 1, 2017
Effective: January 1, 2017
20 Pa.C.S.A. § 5602
§ 5602. Form of power of attorney
(a) Specification of powers.--A principal may, by inclusion of the language quoted in any of the following paragraphs or by inclusion of other language showing a similar intent on the part of the principal, empower an agent to do any or all of the following, each of which is defined in section 5603 (relating to implementation of power of attorney):
(c) Filing and recording of power of attorney.--An originally executed power of attorney may be filed with the clerk of the orphans' court division of the court of common pleas in the county in which the principal resides, and, if it is acknowledged, it may be recorded in the office for the recording of deeds of the county of the principal's residence and of each county in which real property to be affected by an exercise of the power is located. A power of attorney executed in electronic form may be recorded in the same manner as a document subject to the act of July 5, 2012 (P.L. 935, No. 100),1 known as the Uniform Real Property Electronic Recording Act. The clerk of the orphans' court division or any office for the recording of deeds with whom the power has been filed may, upon request, issue certified copies of the power of attorney. Each such certified copy shall have the same validity and the same force and effect as if it were the original, and it may be filed of record in any other office of this Commonwealth (including, without limitation, the clerk of the orphans' court division or the office for the recording of deeds) as if it were the original.
Credits
1982, Feb. 18, P.L. 45, No. 26, § 9, imd. effective. Amended 1992, Dec. 16, P.L. 1163, No. 152, § 14, imd. effective; 1994, Dec. 1, P.L. 655, No. 102, § 4, effective in 90 days; 1999, Oct. 12, P.L. 422, No. 39, § 10, effective in 60 days; 2014, July 2, P.L. 855, No. 95, § 4, effective Jan. 1, 2015; 2016, July 8, P.L. 497, No. 79, § 6.2, effective Jan. 1, 2017.
Footnotes
21 P.S. § 483.1 et seq.
20 Pa.C.S.A. § 5602, PA ST 20 Pa.C.S.A. § 5602
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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