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Pennsylvania PROBATE COURT FINDER:
- Probate Court for Allegheny County: Key information about your local probate court (Courts of Common Pleas Court in Pennsylvania) for Allegheny County.
How Probate Works in Pennsylvania: How to handle the probate of an inheritance at Allegheny County's probate court.
- Here are links to:
  - Pennsylvania Probate Forms and the
  - Pennsylvania State Probate Court Website.
Small Estates Procedures in Pennsylvania: Learn how to use Pennsylvania's Small Estate procedures that can save you time and money.
- In Pennsylvannia, there's no Affidavit procedure. You can use a summary probate procedure if an estate's property is $50,000 or less, not counting real estate, certain payments the family is entitled to and funeral costs.
  
  20 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. 3102.
Pennsylvania Estate Taxes:
- Pennsylvania, like most states, does not impose an estate or inheritance tax. Only a few states do.
Avoiding Probate in Pennsylvania. Find out what property bypasses probate death and goes directly to beneficiaries. such as:
- Transfer on Death Deeds (TODDs)

Pennsylvania Minimum Wage:
- Under the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act, as amended in 2006, the current minimum wage in Pennsylvania is $7.25 per hour, which is the same as the federal minimum wage.
  
  Allegheny County Minimum Wage
  
  The minimum wage in Allegheny County is $7.25 an hour, the state minimum wage. Pennsylvania law prohibits city and county governments from adopting a local minimum wage that's higher than the state minimum wage.
Overtime Pay: Every state has rules about weekly maximum hours and overtime. Learn about the overtime laws in Pennsylvania and whether they apply to you.
Wage Claims: If you're being unlawfully underpaid, you need to learn how to file a "Wage Claim" in Pennsylvania.
Tips : Every state has special pay rates for tipped workers. Find out the rules for tipped workers in Pennsylvania.
- In Pennsylvania, your employer may pay you a minimum wage of $2.83 an hour, as long as you earn enough in tips to bring your total hourly pay up to the full minimum wage, $7.25 an hour. If you don’t earn enough in tips to bring your compensation to the full minimum wage, your employer must make up the difference.

MEANS TEST CALCULATOR
- for Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (applies the state and county income and expense standards into your means test calculation. Updated with the latest median income and expense standards for May 15, 2024)
Pennsylvania BANKRUPTCY EXEMPTION FINDER: Search detailed listings of bankruptcy exemptions under Pennsylvania law and Federal law, for use in filing out Schedule C, when you file for bankruptcy.
- Federal Exemptions available in Pennsylvania?:
  - Yes. Federal exemptions are available.
- Pennsylvania Homestead Exemption
  - None; however, property held as tenancy by the entirety may be exempt against debts owed by only one spouse
- Pennsylvania Vehicle Exemption
  - none
Pennsylvania BANKRUPTCY COURT ESSENTIAL INFO: Get information about using your local bankruptcy court.
FREE BANKRUPTCY FORMS:
We'll tell you which bankruptcy forms you need and where to find them.