Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 3551 (2026)

Enforcement of payment.

✓ current as of May 2026

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SUBCHAPTER F

LEGACIES, ANNUITIES, AND OTHER CHARGES

Sec.

3551. Enforcement of payment.

3552. Discharge of portion of property from charges payable in the future.

3553. Discharge of property from lien of charge.

3554. Presumption of payment, release or extinguishment.

§ 3551. Enforcement of payment.

When a sum of money is charged upon real or personal property by will, inter vivos trust or decree, and has become payable, the court having jurisdiction of the estate or trust, upon petition of a party in interest and after notice to all persons liable for its payment and to the owner of the property charged, may enter a decree directing payment by the person liable, and in default of payment, may direct the fiduciary or a trustee to be appointed to sell the property charged, or so much of it as shall be necessary, upon such terms and security as the court shall direct, in which event the proceeds of the sale shall be distributed under the direction of the court as in other cases of judicial sales, to the persons legally entitled to receive them.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1996–2020 · leading case: Est. of Campbell, L., Appeal of: Uhuru, N. (Pa. Super. Ct. 2020).

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Est. of Campbell, L., Appeal of: Uhuru, N. (Pa. Super. Ct. 2020). “Craddock should be appointed administrator as the decedent’s surviving spouse in light of 20 Pa.C.S. § 3551 and this Court’s decision in Estate of Tigue, 926 A.”

In re Est. of Hewitt, 688 A.2d 1185 (Pa. Super. Ct. 1996). “The remainderman in this case is the estate which holds in favor of the residuary legatees; the legatees thus continue to have an interest in the property and nothing Mrs.”

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