Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a)
Signature. A pleading, submittal or other document shall be
signed in permanent ink by the party in interest, or by the party's attorney,
as required under subsection (b), and show the office and mailing address of
the party or attorney. An original hard copy shall be signed, and other copies
filed must conform thereto unless otherwise ordered by the Authority.
(b)
Signatory.
(1) A pleading, submittal or other document
filed with the Authority shall be signed by one of the following:
(i) The person filing the documents, and
severally if there is more than one person so filing.
(ii) An officer if it is a corporation,
trust, association or other organized group.
(iii) An officer or employee thereof if it is
another agency, a political subdivision or other governmental authority, agency
or instrumentality.
(iv) An
attorney having authority with respect thereto.
(2) A document filed by a corporation, trust,
association or other organized group, may be required to be supplemented by
appropriate evidence of the authority of the officer or attorney signing the
documents.
(c)
Effect.
(1) The signature of
the individual signing a document filed with the Authority constitutes a
certificate by the individual that:
(i) The
individual has read the document being signed and filed, and knows the contents
thereof.
(ii) The document has been
signed and executed in the capacity specified upon the document with full power
and authority to do so, if executed in a representative capacity.
(iii) The document is well grounded in fact
and is warranted by existing law or a good faith argument for the extension,
modification or reversal of existing law, to the best of the individual's
knowledge, information and belief formed after reasonable inquiry.
(iv) The document is not interposed for an
improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay or needless
increase in the cost of litigation.
(2) If a document is signed in violation of
this subsection, the presiding officer or the Authority, upon motion or upon
its own initiative, may impose upon the individual who signed it, a represented
party, or both, an appropriate sanction, which may include striking the
document, dismissal of the proceeding or the imposition of penalties consistent
with this part and the act.
(d)
Supersession.
Subsections (a)-(c) supersede 1 Pa. Code §
33.11 (relating to
execution).
This section cited in 52 Pa. Code §
1005.21 (relating to petitions
generally); and 52 Pa. Code §
1005.41 (relating to answers to
complaints, petitions, motions and other filings requiring a
response).
