[Vigilanteman]

Correct. I did a Quit-Claim deed for "$10 and other valuable consideration." The purpose of said wording is to throw blood hounds off the trail. It is very common in this Commonwealth.

We have a wonderful number of archaic laws. Just as a couple of examples:

1. Marriages in Centre County are recorded in Orphan's Court documents, a leftover from illegitimate children produced by Penn State students.
   
2. State run liquor stores, a leftover from prohibition.

[Lx]

Speaking of state run liquor stores, are there still drive in liquor stores around these days?

[AnAmericanMother]

Re the Orphans' Court . . . not really.

Managing the estates of orphans is one duty of what is sometimes called Orphans Court, sometimes Probate Court, sometimes Surrogates Court, sometimes Chancery Court. The names vary all over the place, more so than any other court to my knowledge.

The basic duty is to manage trusts, wills, and estates (including those of orphans). Around here, they also issue marriage licenses and pistol permits, and in smaller counties they do traffic tickets. Marriage licenses I can see (sort of a new estate) but I think they just do pistol permits and traffic tickets because of what we all know flows downhill.