{"data":{"id":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-7503","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"20 Pa.C.S. § 7503","heading":"Application of chapter.","body":"(a) General rule.--This chapter shall apply to:\n(1) Any trust created under a governing instrument executed on or after March 21, 1999, unless the governing instrument expressly provides that this chapter does not apply.\n(2) Any trust created under a governing instrument executed before March 21, 1999, unless all interested parties affirmatively elect on or before December 21, 2001, by a written declaration signed by or on behalf of each interested party and delivered to the trustee, not to be subject to the application of this chapter. In the case of a testamentary trust, the declarations shall be filed with the register in the county in which the will was admitted to probate.\n(b) Exclusion.--This chapter shall not apply to:\n(1) Any trust during the time that the trust is revocable or amendable by its settlor.\n(2) A spouse of a decedent or settlor where the spouse is the trustee of a testamentary or inter vivos trust for which a marital deduction has been allowed.\n(3) (Deleted by amendment).\n(4) A trust under a governing instrument that by specific reference expressly rejects the application of this chapter.\n(5) (Deleted by amendment).","path":["Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES","CHAPTER 75 LIMITATIONS ON EXERCISE OF TRUSTEE POWERS AND POWERS OF BENEFICIARIES TO APPOINT TRUSTEES"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=20\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=75\u0026sctn=3\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-03-18 (Statute Update stamp, 20 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:33Z","sha256":"d3c00a4933779d41c895fb2c691c00a15b48a40adf1b55e1631d93f108367d97","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-7502","next":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-7504"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}