Pennsylvania § 6201 Right to disclaim

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 6201 — Right to disclaim

Pennsylvania § 6201

Title 20DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES

Ch. 62DISCLAIMERS

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20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 6201 (2026).

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A person to whom an interest in property would have devolved by whatever means, including a beneficiary under a will, an appointee under the exercise of a power of appointment, a person entitled to take by intestacy, a joint tenant with right of survivorship, a donee of an inter vivos transfer, a donee under a third-party beneficiary contract (including beneficiaries of life insurance and annuity policies and pension, profit-sharing and other employee benefit plans), and a person entitled to a disclaimed interest, may disclaim it in whole or in part by a written disclaimer which shall:

(1)describe the interest disclaimed;

(2)declare the disclaimer and extent thereof; and

(3)be signed by the disclaimant. The right to disclaim shall exist notwithstanding any limitation on the interest

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A person to whom an interest in property would have devolved by whatever means, including a beneficiary under a will, an appointee under the exercise of a power of appointment, a person entitled to take by intestacy, a joint tenant with right of survivorship, a donee of an inter vivos transfer, a donee under a third-party beneficiary contract (including beneficiaries of life insurance and annuity policies and pension, profit-sharing and other employee benefit plans), and a person entitled to a disclaimed interest, may disclaim it in whole or in part by a written disclaimer which shall:

(1) describe the interest disclaimed;

(2) declare the disclaimer and extent thereof; and

(3) be signed by the disclaimant.

The right to disclaim shall exist notwithstanding any limitation on the interest in the nature of a spendthrift provision or similar restriction.