{"data":{"id":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-6201","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"20 Pa.C.S. § 6201","heading":"Right to disclaim.","body":"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:\n(1) describe the interest disclaimed;\n(2) declare the disclaimer and extent thereof; and\n(3) be signed by the disclaimant.\nThe right to disclaim shall exist notwithstanding any limitation on the interest in the nature of a spendthrift provision or similar restriction.","path":["Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES","CHAPTER 62 DISCLAIMERS"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=20\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=62\u0026sctn=1\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-03-18 (Statute Update stamp, 20 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:33Z","sha256":"9aaaac529df096fd2f285301728e03cc0cd5b4001895ad257071e6d7a4a11c80","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-6118","next":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-6202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}