{"data":{"id":"us-pa/15-pa.c.s.-141","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"15 Pa.C.S. § 141","heading":"Abandonment of filing before effectiveness.","body":"(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.\n(b) Requirements for statement of abandonment.--A statement of abandonment must:\n(1) be signed by a person with the authority to sign the statement;\n(2) identify the document to be abandoned; and\n(3) state that abandonment of the document has been validly approved.\n(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.","path":["Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS","PART I PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS","SUBCHAPTER B FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=15\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=1\u0026sctn=41\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-07-28 (Statute Update stamp, 15 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:13Z","sha256":"0922fc7386e120dad5cb00b5ccbdb6ce9ae5b75c3fe9ad694b601a32a8090f4b","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/15-pa.c.s.-140","next":"us-pa/15-pa.c.s.-142"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}