15 Pa.C.S. § 138
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Statement of correction.
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(a) Filing of statement.--Whenever any document authorized or required to be delivered to the department for filing by any provision of this title has been so filed and is an inaccurate record of the action therein referred to or was defectively or erroneously executed, the document may be corrected by delivering to the department for filing a statement of correction. The statement of correction, except as provided in subsection (c), shall be signed by the association or other person that delivered the inaccurate, defective or erroneous document for filing and shall set forth:
(1) The name of the association or other person and, subject to section 109 (relating to name of commercial registered office provider in lieu of registered address), the location, including street and number, if any, of its registered or other office.
(2) The statute by or under which the association was formed, or the preceding filing was made, in the case of a filing that does not constitute a part of the public organic record of an association.
(3) Either:
(i) the inaccuracy or defect to be corrected; or
(ii) the portion of the document requiring correction in corrected form.
(4) If the document was erroneously executed, a statement that the original document shall be deemed reexecuted or not effective ab initio, as the case may be.
(b) Effect of filing.--
(1) The correction shall be effective:
(i) Upon filing of the statement of correction by the department, as to those persons who are substantially and adversely affected by the correction.
(ii) As of the date the original document was effective, as to all other persons.
(2) A filing under this section:
(i) shall not have the effect of causing either of the following to cease being effective:
(A) the first public organic record of a domestic association that creates the association under any provision of this title other than Chapter 3 (relating to entity transactions); or
(B) the registration under Subchapter B of
(1) The name of the association or other person and, subject to section 109 (relating to name of commercial registered office provider in lieu of registered address), the location, including street and number, if any, of its registered or other office.
(2) The statute by or under which the association was formed, or the preceding filing was made, in the case of a filing that does not constitute a part of the public organic record of an association.
(3) Either:
(i) the inaccuracy or defect to be corrected; or
(ii) the portion of the document requiring correction in corrected form.
(4) If the document was erroneously executed, a statement that the original document shall be deemed reexecuted or not effective ab initio, as the case may be.
(b) Effect of filing.--
(1) The correction shall be effective:
(i) Upon filing of the statement of correction by the department, as to those persons who are substantially and adversely affected by the correction.
(ii) As of the date the original document was effective, as to all other persons.
(2) A filing under this section:
(i) shall not have the effect of causing either of the following to cease being effective:
(A) the first public organic record of a domestic association that creates the association under any provision of this title other than Chapter 3 (relating to entity transactions); or
(B) the registration under Subchapter B of
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