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                                CHAPTER 9
                            REGISTER OF WILLS

     Subchapter
        A.  Jurisdiction and Powers
        B.  Records and Certified Copies

        Enactment.  Chapter 9 was added June 30, 1972, P.L.508,
     No.164, effective July 1, 1972.

                               SUBCHAPTER A
                         JURISDICTION AND POWERS

     Sec.
     901.  Register's jurisdiction.
     902.  Deputy register.
     903.  Witnesses; testimony.
     904.  Witness fees.
     905.  Enforcement of subpoenas, orders and costs.
     906.  Caveat.
     907.  Certification of records to court.
     908.  Appeals.
     909.  Bill of costs (Repealed).
     910.  Transmission of accounts to the court.
     911.  Attestation of certain applications and documents.
     § 901.  Register's jurisdiction.
        Within the county for which he has been elected or appointed,
     the register shall have jurisdiction of the probate of wills,
     the grant of letters to a personal representative, and any other
     matter as provided by law.

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