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Chester County Register of Wills Is Willing to Travel

County employees will travel to those in need to execute legal documents.

Editor's note: The following information comes from Chester County.

The Chester County Register of Wills office now will send representatives to hospices, nursing facilities and private homes to execute legal documents pertaining to marriage licenses and notarizing power-of-attorneys for those in their last stages of life or not ambulatory. 

“We are now offering this service for those with severe health problems who need assistance in completing these legal documents,” said Terri L. Clark, Chester County Register of Wills. “Our staff will go on the road to help our needy residents. We’ve already responded to several requests.”

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Clark said marriage license applications have been serviced by the new program as have notarizing power of attorney documents.

To contact the Register of Wills office to find out more about this service, call 610-344-6335.

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