Pennsylvania Household Paperwork Bundle: 3 Kits in One Download (PA Executor Kit, Pennsylvania POA Signing Kit, Pennsylvania Will Signing Kit)

Who it is for

Families in Pennsylvania getting papers in order: signing a power of attorney or will, settling an estate, or taking a money dispute to small claims.

Not the right fit if

You only need one of these papers (buy that kit on its own), or nothing is in Pennsylvania. Not a form preparation or legal service.

Why it is different

• 3 kits for 30% less than buying them one by one; each keeps its own folder in the download.
• The Pennsylvania kits are built only from our Pennsylvania data files: Pennsylvania power of attorney data file, checked November 2026 against 20 Pa.C.S. Chapter 56, Powers of Attorney (Pennsylvania General Assembly); 20 Pa.C.S. 5452, Execution of health care power of attorney (Pennsylvania General Assembly); Pennsylvania Joint State Government Commission: Powers of Attorney report (2010): amend Chapter 56 rather than adopt the uniform act; the statutory notice and agent's acknowledgment; Pennsylvania will signing data file, checked November 2026 against 20 Pa.C.S. Chapter 25, Wills (Pennsylvania General Assembly); Nolo (secondary source): How to Make a Will in Pennsylvania (Nolo, updated August 2025); Nolo (secondary source): Holographic (Handwritten) Wills (Nolo, updated February 2024).
• Pennsylvania Executor Kit covers every state; the Pennsylvania kits carry the state rules.

What is inside

• Pennsylvania Executor Kit. In Pennsylvania you start at the county Register of Wills, then the inheritance tax clock runs: 5% off if paid within 3 months, delinquent after 9.
• Pennsylvania Power of Attorney Signing Kit. Get your Pennsylvania power of attorney signed the way the state's own law describes. The signature is acknowledged before a notary or other official, who can't be the agent. Step by step in signing order: statutory form: Chapter 56 has no fill-in statutory power of attorney form; notary: Sign in front of a notary, who completes an acknowledgment; witnesses: Two witnesses sign too; agent's acknowledgment: The agent signs before acting; recording for real estate: Recording is allowed but not required; durable after incapacity: All powers of attorney are durable unless they say otherwise. Healthcare: Dated and signed, and witnessed by two people 18 or older; someone who signs for the principal can't also witness. The section doesn't mention a notary. Notary: "shall not be the agent designated in the power of attorney" Witnesses: "A witness shall not be the individual who signed the power of attorney on behalf of and at the direction of the principal." Agent's acknowledgment: "has first executed and affixed to the power of attorney an acknowledgment" Recording for real estate: "it may be recorded in the office for the recording of deeds." Durable after incapacity: "all powers of attorney shall be durable" Healthcare power of attorney: "witnessed by two individuals, each of whom is 18 years of age or older" Recording: An acknowledged power of attorney may be recorded in the recorder of deeds office; chapter 56 doesn't require it. Agent: The agent has no authority until the agent signs and attaches the statutory acknowledgment of duties. Plus a copies log.
• Pennsylvania Will Signing Day Kit. The statute we read requires no witnesses when the testator signs. None required for a will the testator signs at the end. Two witnesses are needed only when the testator signs by mark or has someone else sign. Ask the lawyer preparing the will whether to bring two witnesses anyway, for example to sign a self-proving affidavit. Have a notary there for the self-proving affidavit. The official page we read names a notary public. Allowed. Per Nolo (citing 20 Pa.C.S. 3132.1), the testator and two witnesses sign affidavits before a notary, attached to the will. The testator signs (or acknowledges the signature) while the witnesses watch, then each witness signs. This checklist is for a typed will signed with witnesses. A handwritten will follows different rules: Recognized. Where the original is and who has copies. Handwritten wills in Pennsylvania: Recognized. Nolo's handwritten wills page (updated February 2024) lists Pennsylvania among the states where a handwritten will is valid without witnesses; the will still has to be signed at the end. The 5 confirmed Pennsylvania facts at a glance; to look up on the official page: a witness who inherits, remote witnessing.