71 Pa. Stat. § 733-1001

Current through Pa Acts 2024-52, 2024-56
Section 733-1001 - Notice to depositors and other creditors

After filing a supplement to the certificate of possession, setting forth his determination to liquidate the affairs of an institution of which he has taken possession as receiver, the secretary shall forthwith give notice of such fact to all corporations or persons who appear upon the books of the institution as, or who are otherwise known to the secretary to be or claim to be, depositors or other creditors. He shall likewise give notice to any corporation or person who, pursuant to the provisions of this act, has given the secretary notice of his claim to the right of execution or attachment against any assets, owned by, or legally in the custody or possession of, the secretary as receiver of the institution. Such notice shall be given at the addresses which appear for such corporations or persons upon the books or other records of the institution or, if none appear there, then at their last known addresses. However, if it appears to be in the best interests of the estate, the court may order the secretary to substitute a single advertisement in a newspaper or newspapers for the individual notice to the corporations or persons.

The notice to each depositor shall state the amount which the books or other records of the institution show to be due to such depositor. It shall also state that unless such depositor shall, within a specified time, present to the secretary for settlement, his deposit or pass book, or other evidence of his account, showing a different amount to be due, or unless such depositor shall, within a specified time from the date of such notice, prove in the manner provided by this act that a different amount is due, the amount shown to be due by the books of the institution will be conclusively presumed to be correct, unless the court, pursuant to the provisions of this act, grants him an extension of time.

The notice to each creditor other than a depositor shall inform such creditor that he must present his claim in the manner provided by this act, within a specified time from the date of such notice, or else be permanently barred from sharing in any distribution of the assets of the institution, unless the court pursuant to the provisions of this act, grants him an extension of time.

The secretary shall also advertise in a newspaper or newspapers, as provided in this act, the fact that he has determined to liquidate the affairs of the institution, and that he has filed an inventory and appraisement in the office of the prothonotary. Such advertisement shall state that all depositors must prove their claims within a specified period or be bound by the amount shown by the books or records of the institution to be due them, and that any corporation or person not appearing upon the books of the institution to be a depositor and not presenting his pass book, or other evidence of the state of his account, or otherwise presenting his claim, will be permanently barred from sharing in any distribution of the assets of the institution, unless the court, pursuant to the provisions of this act, grants him an extension of time. It shall also state that all creditors, other than depositors not proving their claims in the manner provided by this act and within a specified period will likewise be permanently barred from sharing in any distribution of the assets of the institution, except where the court, pursuant to the provisions of this act, grants to a creditor an extension of time.

The secretary shall specify as the last day upon which depositors and creditors can present their claims, a date not less than sixty days after the taking of possession of the institution by him as receiver, provided that such date shall be at least thirty days after the date of the sending of such notice. However, claims based upon deficiencies in, or surcharges with respect to funds, property, or investments which such institution held in a fiduciary capacity may be presented at any time within sixty days after the appointment of a substituted fiduciary of the estate of which such funds, property, or investments were a part and the adjudication of the account of such estate by the competent court.

71 P.S. § 733-1001

1933, May 15, P.L. 565, art. X, § 1001. Amended 2002, Dec. 9, P.L. 1604, No. 209, § 31, imd. effective.