DSCB:15-8434 – Instructions
Pennsylvania Department of State
Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
P.O. Box 8722
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8722
(717) 787-1057
Website:
for filing, if the partnership is a registered foreign limited
General Information
liability partnership.
Typewritten is preferred. If handwritten, the form must be
legible and completed in black or blue-black ink in order to
Post office boxes are not acceptable for any address. Under 15
permit reproduction. The nonrefundable filing fee for this
Pa.C.S. § 135(c) (relating to addresses) an actual street or rural
form is $70.
route box number must be used as an address, and the
Checks should be made payable to the Department of State.
Department of State is required to refuse to receive or file any
Checks must contain a commercially pre-printed name and
document that sets forth only a post office box address. This
address.
field is required.
This form and all accompanying documents, including any
3. This field should briefly summarize the scope of authority
necessary governmental approvals, shall be mailed to the
which is being denied. This field is required.
address stated above.
4. Mandatory statement. This field is required.
Who should file this form?
This form may be used by a person named in a filed
Signature and Verification
Certificate of Authority pertaining to a general partnership to
A Certificate of Denial of Partnership Authority by a
deny such authority. The Certificate of Denial operates as a
person must be signed by that person.
Signing a document
restrictive amendment to the Certificate of Partnership
delivered to the Department for filing is an affirmation
Authority and a certified copy may be recorded by the
under the penalties provided in 18 Pa.C.S. § 4904 (relating
partnership or the person that delivered the Certificate of
to unsworn falsification to authorities) that the facts stated
Denial to the Department of State for filing. The Certificate of
in the document are true in all material respects.
This field
Denial affects only the authority of a person to bind a
is required.
partnership with respect to persons that are not partners.
Applicable Law
For relations of partners to persons dealing with partnership,
in general, see 15 Pa.C.S. §§ 8431-8438. Statutes are
available on the Pennsylvania General Assembly website,
, by following the link for Statutes.
Form Instructions
Enter the name and mailing address to which any
correspondence regarding this filing should be sent. This field
must be completed for the Bureau to return the filing. If the
filing is to be returned by email, an email address must be
provided. An email will be sent to address provided,
containing a link and instructions on how a copy of the filed
document or correspondence may be downloaded. Any email
or mailing addresses provided on this form will become part
of the filed document and therefore public record.
1. Give the exact name of the partnership. The name on this
line must match exactly the partnership name if on file with
the Department at the time the Certificate of Denial of
Partnership Authority is submitted for filing. This field is
required.
2. Current address. The address provided must be the address
of the partnership’s principal place of business if the
partnership is a domestic general partnership or a limited
liability partnership (a) or the partnership’s registered office
address (b) as on file with the Department of State at the time
the Certificate of Denial of Partnership Authority is submitted