A collection of common forms, informational videos, and other resources used or produced by the Register of Wills (ROW).

Featured resources

RW-09 – Estate inventory (PDF)

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A form for filing an inventory of a person's estate.

RW-06 – Renunciation (PDF)

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A form for renouncing your right to administer an estate.

Probate record request form

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A form for requesting copies of probate records.

Marriage record request form

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A form for requesting a copy of a marriage record.

All resources

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Fees and procedures

• Register of Wills fee schedule
• Virtual probate procedure

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Record request forms

• Marriage record request form
• Probate record request form

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Probate forms

• Informal caveat – No letters
• Small estate affidavit
• MV-39 – Notification of assignment/correction of vehicle title upon death of owner (PDF)
• RW-01 – Estate information sheet (PDF)
• RW-02 – Petition for probate and grant of letters (PDF)
• RW-03 – Oath of subscribing witness (PDF)
• RW-04 – Oath of non-subscribing witness (PDF)
• RW-05 – Oath of witness to will executed by mark (PDF)
• RW-06 – Renunciation (PDF)

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Post-probate forms

• RW-07 – Notice of estate administration (PDF)
• RW-08 – Certification of notice of estate administration (PDF)
• RW-09 – Estate inventory (PDF)
• RW-10 – Status report (PDF)

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General estate information

• Inheritance tax information (PDF)
• Intestate descent in Pennsylvania

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Philadelphia Estate Practitioners' Handbook

• Blue Book – Register of Wills of Philadelphia County Manual (PDF)
• Red Book – Practice and Procedure Before the Orphans' Court Division of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (PDF)
• Green Book – Forms for Use Before the Register of Wills and the Orphans' Court Division in Philadelphia (PDF)

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Other resources

• Philadelphia Bar Association
• Pennsylvania Courts legal glossary
• Pennsylvania birth and death records
• Community Legal Services
• SeniorLAW Center

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Requests for proposals

• Register of Wills requests for proposals (RFPs)