Pennsylvania
For Pennsylvania, document required is certificate of merit; filing deadline is shall file with the complaint or within sixty days after the filing of the complaint; who must sign is the attorney for the plaintiff, or the plaintiff if not represented; consequence of non-compliance is a judgment of non pros under Rule 1042.7(a); statute or rule citation is 231 Pa. Code Rule 1042.3, recorded from its source on 2026-09-02.
- State
- Pennsylvania our reading
- Document required
- certificate of merit verified
- Filing deadline
- shall file with the complaint or within sixty days after the filing of the complaint verified
- Who must sign
- the attorney for the plaintiff, or the plaintiff if not represented verified
- Consequence of non-compliance
- a judgment of non pros under Rule 1042.7(a) verified
- Statute or rule citation
- 231 Pa. Code Rule 1042.3 our reading
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What the source says
In any action based upon an allegation that a licensed professional deviated from an acceptable professional standard, the attorney for the plaintiff, or the plaintiff if not represented, shall file with the complaint or within sixty days after the filing of the complaint, a certificate of merit signed by the attorney or party that either
— pacode.com, retrieved 2026-09-02
Where each value comes from
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Document required, Filing deadline and Who must sign
In any action based upon an allegation that a licensed professional deviated from an acceptable professional standard, the attorney for the plaintiff, or the plaintiff if not represented, shall file with the complaint or within sixty days after the filing of the complaint, a certificate of merit signed by the attorney or party that either
Consequence of non-compliance
a defendant seeking to enter a judgment of non pros under Rule 1042.7(a) shall file a written notice of intention to file the praecipe and serve it on the party’s attorney of record or on the party if unrepresented, no sooner than the thirty-first day after the filing of the complaint.
— all from pacode.com, retrieved 2026-09-02
Sources
- pacode.comhttps://www.pacode.com/secure/data/231/chapter1000/s1042.3.html
- pacode.comhttps://www.pacode.com/secure/data/231/chapter1000/s1042.6.html