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Pennsylvania · Through 2026-03-18 (Statute Update stamp, 20 Pa.C.S.)

20 Pa.C.S. § 5806: Penalties.

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  1. Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES
  2. CHAPTER 58 MENTAL HEALTH CARE
  3. SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a) Offense defined.--A person commits a felony of the third degree by willfully:

(1) Concealing, canceling, altering, defacing, obliterating or damaging a declaration without the consent of the declarant.

(2) Concealing, canceling, altering, defacing, obliterating or damaging a mental health power of attorney or any amendment or revocation thereof without the consent of the principal.

(3) Causing a person to execute a declaration or power of attorney under this chapter by undue influence, fraud or duress.

(4) Falsifying or forging a mental health power of attorney or declaration or any amendment or revocation thereof, the result of which is a direct change in the mental health care provided to the principal.

(b) Removal and liability.--An agent who willfully fails to comply with a mental health power of attorney may be removed and sued for actual damages.

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