{"data":{"id":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-3159","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"20 Pa.C.S. § 3159","heading":"Letters of administration D.B.N. or D.B.N.C.T.A.","body":"When an entire vacancy occurs in the office of personal representative before administration is completed, the register, in a case of intestacy, shall grant letters of administration de bonis non, and in the case of testacy, letters de bonis non cum testamento annexo, to the person or persons entitled thereto.","path":["Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES","CHAPTER 31 DISPOSITIONS INDEPENDENT OF LETTERS; FAMILY EXEMPTION; PROBATE OF WILLS AND GRANT OF LETTERS","SUBCHAPTER D GRANT OF LETTERS"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=20\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=31\u0026sctn=59\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-03-18 (Statute Update stamp, 20 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:33Z","sha256":"20307217a34a9411265cbf0b6d50473c00c711c91efc75ba2a6b46876b78cf6b","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-3158","next":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-3160"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}