§ 4102. Powers with respect to securities and bank accounts.
(a) Securities.--When there is no administration in the Commonwealth, a foreign fiduciary, upon submission of a certificate of his appointment, shall have all of the powers of a similar local fiduciary with respect to stock, bonds and other securities of a Pennsylvania corporation or of a Federal corporation located in Pennsylvania, and shall not be required to comply with the conditions and limitations of section 4101 (relating to in general).
(b) Bank accounts.--When there is no administration in this Commonwealth, a foreign fiduciary shall have all the powers of a similar local fiduciary with respect to money deposited or invested in a financial institution located in this Commonwealth and shall not be required to comply with the conditions and limitations of section 4101 if he has submitted to the financial institution a certificate of his appointment and an affidavit stating that after diligent search and inquiry the estate of which he is fiduciary is not, to his knowledge or so far as he has been able to discover, indebted to any person in this Commonwealth and that any taxes owing by such estate to the Commonwealth or any subdivision thereof have been paid or provided for.
(c) Definition.--As used in subsection (b) of this section "financial institution" means a bank, a bank and trust company, a trust company, a savings and loan association, a building and loan association, a credit union, a savings bank, a private bank and a national bank.
(Feb. 18, 1982, P.L.45, No.26, eff. imd.)
1982 Amendment. Act 26 amended subsec. (b).
Cross References. Section 4102 is referred to in section 4101 of this title.
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