{"data":{"id":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-3356","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"20 Pa.C.S. § 3356","heading":"Purchase by personal representative.","body":"In addition to any right conferred by a governing instrument, if any, the personal representative, in his individual capacity, may bid for, purchase, take a mortgage on, lease, or take by exchange, real or personal property belonging to the estate, subject, however, to the approval of the court, and under such terms and conditions and after such reasonable notice to parties in interest as it shall direct. The court may make an order directing a co-fiduciary, if any, or the court's clerk to execute a deed or other appropriate instrument to the purchasing personal representative.","path":["Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES","CHAPTER 33 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES","SUBCHAPTER C SALES, PLEDGES, MORTGAGES, LEASES, OPTIONS AND EXCHANGES"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=20\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=33\u0026sctn=56\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-03-18 (Statute Update stamp, 20 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:33Z","sha256":"37c919e08150259d940f8dc0d85bae4633acab6114a895a12a04f033d781f711","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-3355","next":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-3357"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}