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§ 5705 — Search for absentee

Pennsylvania § 5705
JurisdictionPennsylvania
Title 20DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
Ch. 57ABSENTEES AND PRESUMED DECEDENTS

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20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 5705 (2026).

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The court, on its own motion or upon the application of any party in interest, may direct the trustee to search for the absentee in any manner which the court shall deem appropriate, or may appoint a master, investigator or appropriate agency to do so. The expenses of such a search shall be paid out of the property of the absentee.

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