Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in Pennsylvania

A Short Certificate is a certification that a probate/administrative proceeding has begun and is on file at the Register if Wills office where the decedent was domiciled, and that a Personal Representative has been appointed.

You will get it from the Orphans Court (if the estate is in PA) in the county where the decedent resided at the time of his death if there is an estate opened.