Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 6116 — Estates in fee tail abolished

Pennsylvania § 6116

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 20DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES

Ch. 61ESTATES

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20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 6116 (2026).

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Whenever by any conveyance an estate in fee tail would be created according to the common law of the Commonwealth, it shall pass an estate in fee simple, and as such shall be inheritable and freely alienable.

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