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Title to real and personal estate of a decedent - 20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 301

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                                CHAPTER 3
                  OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY; LEGAL TITLE AND
                             EQUITABLE ESTATE

     Sec.
     301.  Title to real and personal estate of a decedent.
     302.  Title to real and personal estate of an incapacitated
            person.
     303.  Title to real and personal estate of a minor.
     304.  Application of payments made to fiduciaries.
     305.  Right to dispose of a decedent's remains.

        Enactment.  Chapter 3 was added June 30, 1972, P.L.508,
     No.164, effective July 1, 1972.
     § 301.  Title to real and personal estate of a decedent.
        (a)  Personal estate.--Legal title to all personal estate of
     a decedent shall pass at his death to his personal
     representative, if any, as of the date of his death.
        (b)  Real estate.--Legal title to all real estate of a
     decedent shall pass at his death to his heirs or devisees,
     subject, however, to all the powers granted to the personal
     representative by this title and lawfully by the will and to all
     orders of the court.

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