Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 45, November 9, 2024
Section 93.22 - Duties of institution, agent or deputy having access to box(a) If an agent, deputy or person in that capacity is given the right of access to a safe deposit box of a renter, cotenant or lessor, the financial institution shall require that the designation of the agent executed hereafter contain the statement of the renter, cotenant or lessor to the following effect: (1) That the agent is not authorized to deposit or keep in the box a property in which or to which he has a personal interest.(2) That the authority given by the renter, cotenant or lessor shall extend only during the life of the renter, cotenant or lessor, except as otherwise provided by statute.(b) If an agent, deputy or person in that capacity exercises right of access to a safe deposit box he shall upon every occasion sign a statement to the following effect: (1) That none of his personal property is being placed in the box to which access is being had and the property therein is being removed.(2) That he is acting under the authority given to him by the owner, cotenant or lessor of the safe deposit box and that the principal is alive.(3) That he makes the foregoing statements under penalty of criminal or civil prosecution under relevant laws of the Commonwealth. This section cited in 61 Pa. Code § 93.2 (relating to applicability and construction).