Pennsylvania § 141 Abandonment of filing before effectiveness

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 141 — Abandonment of filing before effectiveness

Pennsylvania § 141

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 15CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS

PartPART I

Ch. 1GENERAL PROVISIONS

Subch.FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE

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Bluebook

15 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 141 (2026).

Text

(a)General rule.--A document in record form delivered to the department for filing may be abandoned before it takes effect by delivering to the department for filing a statement of abandonment.

(b)Requirements for statement of abandonment.--A statement of abandonment must:

(1)be signed by a person with the authority to sign the statement;

(2)identify the document to be abandoned; and

(3)state that abandonment of the document has been validly approved.

(c)Effect of statement of abandonment.--Upon filing by the department of a statement of abandonment, the action or transaction evidenced by the original document shall not take effect.

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(a) General rule.--A document in record form delivered to the department for filing may be abandoned before it takes effect by delivering to the department for filing a statement of abandonment.

(b) Requirements for statement of abandonment.--A statement of abandonment must:

(1) be signed by a person with the authority to sign the statement;

(2) identify the document to be abandoned; and

(3) state that abandonment of the document has been validly approved.

(c) Effect of statement of abandonment.--Upon filing by the department of a statement of abandonment, the action or transaction evidenced by the original document shall not take effect.

Legislative History

(Oct. 22, 2014, P.L.2640, No.172, eff. July 1, 2015) 2014 Amendment.Act 172 added section 141. Cross References.Section 141 is referred to in sections 136, 334, 344, 354, 365, 374, 8419, 8622, 8624, 8822, 8824 of this title.