Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3137 (2026)

Enforcing production of will.

✓ current as of May 2026

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§ 3137. Enforcing production of will.

The register, at the request of any party in interest, shall issue a citation directed to any person alleged to have possession or control of a will of a decedent requiring him to show cause why it should not be deposited with him. In the absence of good cause shown, the register shall order the will to be deposited with him.

(Dec. 10, 1974, P.L.867, No.293, eff. imd.)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2019–2024 · leading case: In Re: Nadzam, A., Appeal of: Domitrovich, J., 203 A.3d 215 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2019).

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In Re: Nadzam, A., Appeal of: Domitrovich, J., 203 A.3d 215 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2019). “] Burket to deposit the purported will pursuant to 20 Pa.C.S. § 3137. Following a will contest in which [Ms.”

In Re: Order Amending Rule 5.50 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Orphans' Court Procedure (Pa. 2024). “See 20 Pa.C.S. § 3137. The practice of lodging of a will with the Register of Wills is referenced in an unpublished Superior Court memorandum involving a premature estate dispute between siblings prior to the death of their mother, an incapacitated person.”

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