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Code · Pennsylvania · Title 20 — DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES · Chapter 31

§ 3138. Later will or codicil.

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§ 3138. Later will or codicil.
If a later will or codicil is submitted to the register for probate within three months of the testator's death but after the register shall have probated an earlier instrument, the register, after such notice as he deems advisable, but with at least ten-days' notice to the petitioner who presented the probated instrument if he has not requested probate of the later will or codicil, shall have power to open the probate record, receive proof of the later instrument or instruments and amend his probate record.
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Cross References. Section 3138 is referred to in section 3133 of this title.
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SUBCHAPTER D
GRANT OF LETTERS
Sec.
3151. Proper county.
3152. When 21 years elapsed.
3153. Contents of petition.
3154. Affidavit and oath.
3155. Persons entitled.
3156. Persons not qualified.
3157. Nonresidents.
3158. Letters of administration C.T.A.
3159. Letters of administration D.B.N. or D.B.N.C.T.A.
3160. Letters of administration durante minoritate, durante absentia, and pendente lite.
3161. Oath of personal representative.
3162. Advertisement of grant of letters.
3163. Submission to jurisdiction.
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