Pennsylvania § 775 Perpetuation of testimony and court records

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 775 — Perpetuation of testimony and court records

Pennsylvania § 775

Title 20DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES

Ch. 7ORPHANS' COURT DIVISIONS

Subch.PROCEDURE

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20 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 775 (2026).

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The orphans' court division, by general rule or special order, may prescribe the practice relating to the perpetuation of testimony and to the perpetuation of lost or destroyed court records. When proved, such court records shall have the same legal effect as original records would have had. Notice of proceedings for the perpetuation of testimony and for the perpetuation of lost or destroyed court records shall be given in such manner as the division shall direct.

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The orphans' court division, by general rule or special order, may prescribe the practice relating to the perpetuation of testimony and to the perpetuation of lost or destroyed court records. When proved, such court records shall have the same legal effect as original records would have had. Notice of proceedings for the perpetuation of testimony and for the perpetuation of lost or destroyed court records shall be given in such manner as the division shall direct.