Official:Amending Title 9 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled “Regulation of Businesses, Trades and Professions”, by adding a new Chapter requiring certain businesses or professions provide disclosures regarding tangled titles; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Gilmore Richardson
Introduced: September 17, 2021
Signed: December 2, 2021
: Committee on Commerce & Economic Development
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This law requires funeral homes and similar businesses to provide information to heirs about how to transfer property titles after a death, within 6 months of the effective date.
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