3151 - Proper county.

                               SUBCHAPTER D                             GRANT OF LETTERS     Sec.     3151.  Proper county.     3152.  When 21 years elapsed.     3153.  Contents of petition.     3154.  Affidavit and oath.     3155.  Persons entitled.     3156.  Persons not qualified.     3157.  Nonresidents.     3158.  Letters of administration C.T.A.     3159.  Letters of administration D.B.N. or D.B.N.C.T.A.     3160.  Letters of administration durante minoritate, durante            absentia, and pendente lite.     3161.  Oath of personal representative.     3162.  Advertisement of grant of letters.     § 3151.  Proper county.        Letters testamentary or of administration on the estate of a     decedent domiciled in the Commonwealth at the time of his death     shall be granted only by the register of the county where the     decedent had his last family or principal residence. If the     decedent had no such domicile in the Commonwealth, letters     testamentary or of administration may be granted by the register     of any county wherein property of the estate shall be located     and, when granted, shall be exclusive throughout the     Commonwealth. If the decedent had no such domicile in the     Commonwealth, and had no property located therein, and service     of process is to be made in the Commonwealth upon his personal     representative as authorized by law, then letters testamentary     or of administration on his estate may be granted by the     register of any county of the Commonwealth and, when granted,     shall be exclusive throughout the Commonwealth.