Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes

20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 6101 (2026)

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CHAPTER 61

ESTATES

Sec.

6101. Definitions.

6102. Termination of trusts (Deleted by amendment).

6103. Release or disclaimer of powers or interests (Repealed).

6103.1. Release of powers and interests and disclaimer of powers.

6104. Rule against perpetuities.

6105. Rule against perpetuities; disposition when invalidity occurs.

6106. Income accumulations; when valid.

6107. Income accumulations; disposition when invalidity occurs.

6107.1. Applicability of rule against perpetuities.

6108. Designation of beneficiaries of insurance or employee death benefits not testamentary.

6109. Combination of charitable trusts (Repealed).

6110. Administration of charitable interests (Deleted by amendment).

6111. Conveyances to defeat marital rights (Repealed).

6111.1. Modification by divorce or pending divorce.

6111.2. Effect of divorce or pending divorce on designation of beneficiaries.

6112. Spendthrift trusts (Deleted by amendment).

6113. Limited estates in personalty and in the proceeds of the conversion of real estate.

6114. Rules of interpretation.

6115. Estates pur autre vie.

6116. Estates in fee tail abolished.

6117. Rule in Shelley's case and doctrine of worthier title.

6118. Invalidity of certain gifts (Repealed).

Enactment. Chapter 61 was added June 30, 1972, P.L.508, No.164, effective July 1, 1972.

§ 6101. Definitions.

The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section:

"Charity" or "charitable purposes." (Deleted by amendment).

"Conveyance." An act by which it is intended to create an interest in real or personal property whether the act is intended to have inter vivos or testamentary operation. It shall include an act by which a power of appointment whenever given is exercised.

(Apr. 18, 1978, P.L.42, No.23, eff. 60 days; July 7, 2006, P.L.625, No.98, eff. 120 days)

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2005–2015 · leading case: In Re: Est. of Harold E. Rood, 121 A.3d 1104 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2015).

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In Re: Est. of Harold E. Rood, 121 A.3d 1104 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2015). “The Kotz Court consulted the Code’s definitional section concerning the definition of conveyance, then found at 20 Pa.C.S. § 6101, which provided materially the same definition as is now provided by section 2101.”

In Re Est. of Elkins, 888 A.2d 815 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2005). “to or for a nonprofit corporation which has: (2) sold, leased away or exchanged all or substantially all the property and assets: after the execution of the document containing such devise, bequest or gift shall be effective only as a court having ju *826 risdiction over the…”

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