{"data":{"id":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5316","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"20 Pa.C.S. § 5316","heading":"Exemption of third person from liability.","body":"A third person in good faith and without court order may act on the instructions of or otherwise deal with any person purporting to make a transfer or purporting to act in the capacity of a custodian and, in the absence of knowledge, is not responsible for determining:\n(1) the validity of the purported custodian's designation;\n(2) the propriety of or the authority under this chapter for any act of the purported custodian;\n(3) the validity or propriety under this chapter of any instrument or instructions executed or given either by the person purporting to make a transfer or by the purported custodian; or\n(4) the propriety of the application of any property of the minor delivered to the purported custodian.","path":["Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES","CHAPTER 53 PENNSYLVANIA UNIFORM TRANSFERS TO MINORS ACT"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=20\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=53\u0026sctn=16\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-03-18 (Statute Update stamp, 20 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:33Z","sha256":"2b130358e47ca4ef142410c866feeadb902fab36fbeb48516db5ed4f0761b4f9","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5315","next":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5317"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}