Pennsylvania Code § 15-142

Effect of signing filings.
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(a) Affirmation of truth.-- Signing a document delivered to the department for filing is an affirmation under the penalties provided in 18 Pa.C.S. § 4904 (relating to unsworn falsification to authorities) that the facts stated in the document are true in all material respects.
(b) Signature by agent or legal representative.-- A document filed under this title may be signed by an agent. If this title requires a particular individual to sign a document and the individual is deceased or incompetent, the document may be signed by a legal representative of the individual on behalf of the individual.
(c) Affirmation of authority.-- A person that signs a document delivered to the department for filing affirms as a fact that the person is authorized to sign the document.

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