{"data":{"id":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5806","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"20 Pa.C.S. § 5806","heading":"Penalties.","body":"(a) Offense defined.--A person commits a felony of the third degree by willfully:\n(1) Concealing, canceling, altering, defacing, obliterating or damaging a declaration without the consent of the declarant.\n(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.\n(3) Causing a person to execute a declaration or power of attorney under this chapter by undue influence, fraud or duress.\n(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.\n(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.","path":["Title 20 - DECEDENTS, ESTATES AND FIDUCIARIES","CHAPTER 58 MENTAL HEALTH CARE","SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=20\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=58\u0026sctn=6\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-03-18 (Statute Update stamp, 20 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:33Z","sha256":"ef311930d7955327173123dbbd39e5e8b29e22fa5e3750ff98357c620fc12bf1","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5805","next":"us-pa/20-pa.c.s.-5807"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}