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Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article II - Domestic Corporation Matters › Chapter 29 - REGISTERED CORPORATIONS › Section 29.2 - Action by partial written consent of shareholders

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Section 2524 of the BCL (relating to consent of
						shareholders in lieu of meeting) authorizes the articles of incorporation of a
						registered corporation to provide that action by the shareholders may be taken
						without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent. The following
						language is sometimes inserted in the articles of incorporation:
Any action which may be taken at a meeting of
						shareholders or of a class of shareholders may be taken without a meeting if a
						consent or consents in writing to such action, setting forth the action so
						taken, shall be signed by shareholders entitled to cast the minimum number of
						votes that would be necessary to authorize the action at a meeting at which all
						shareholders entitled to vote thereon were present and voting.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article II - Domestic Corporation Matters › Chapter 31 - MANAGEMENT CORPORATIONS › FORMS › Section 31.101 - Official forms

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The following official form has been promulgated under
						  this chapter and appears in Appendix A:
Form DSCB:15-2704 (Articles of Amendment-Election of
						  Management Corporation Status-Domestic Business Corporation).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article II - Domestic Corporation Matters › Chapter 33 - PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS › GENERAL › Section 33.2 - Incorporators

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(a) One or more
						corporations or natural persons of full age may incorporate a professional
						corporation.
(b) Section 2923(a) of
						the BCL (relating to issuance and retention of shares) provides that shares of
						a professional corporation may be beneficially owned, directly or indirectly,
						only by one or more licensed persons. Therefore, only a person licensed to
						practice the profession for which a professional corporation is incorporated
						may be an incorporator of a professional corporation if the incorporator
						subscribes to one or more shares of the corporation. See §
												23.7 (relating to subscription by
						incorporator unnecessary).
(c)
						Section 2901(a) of the BCL (relating to application and effect of chapter)
						provides that a business corporation may not be simultaneously a professional
						corporation and a management corporation. A professional corporation may be one
						or more of the following:
(1) A nonstock
						corporation.
(2) A statutory close
						corporation.
(3) A professional
						corporation.
(4) An insurance
						corporation.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article II - Domestic Corporation Matters › Chapter 33 - PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS › GENERAL › Section 33.3 - Name

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(a) The
						requirements set forth in §
												23.3 (relating to business
						corporation names) are not applicable to a professional corporation name if the
						name contains and is restricted to the name or the last name of one or more of
						the present, prospective or former shareholders or of individuals who were
						associated with a predecessor or whose individual name appeared in the name of
						the predecessor. The name of a professional corporation may also contain one or
						more of the following:
(1) The word "and" or
						a symbol or substitute for it.
(2)
						The word "Associates."
(3) The term
						"P.C."
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article II - Domestic Corporation Matters › Chapter 33 - PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS › GENERAL › Section 33.4 - Stated purposes

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Section 2903 of the BCL (relating to formation of
						  professional corporations) provides as follows:
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a
						corporation may be incorporated as a professional corporation in the manner
						provided in the BCL only for the purpose of rendering one specific kind of
						professional service. The articles of a professional corporation shall contain
						a heading stating that it is a professional corporation.
(2) A professional corporation may be
						incorporated to render two or more specific kinds of professional services to
						the extent that one of the following exists:
(i) The several shareholders of the
						professional corporation, if organized as a partnership, could conduct a
						combined practice of the specific kinds of professional services.
(ii) The court, department, board, commission
						or other government unit regulating each profession involved in the
						professional corporation has by rule or regulation applicable to professional
						corporations expressly authorized the combined practice of the profession with
						each other profession involved in the corporation.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article II - Domestic Corporation Matters › Chapter 33 - PROFESSIONAL CORPORATIONS › FORMS › Section 33.51 - Official forms

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following official forms have been promulgated
						  under this chapter and appear in Appendix A:
Form DSCB: 15-2904 (Articles of Amendment-Election of
						  Professional Corporation Status-Domestic Business Corporation).
Form DSCB: 15-2905 (Statement of Election of
						  Professional Corporation Status).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article II - Domestic Corporation Matters › Chapter 41 - NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS GENERALLY › Subchapter A - INCORPORATION › Section 41.1 - General checklist for incorporating nonprofit corporations. [Reserved]

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Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article II - Domestic Corporation Matters › Chapter 41 - NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS GENERALLY › Subchapter A - INCORPORATION › Section 41.2 - Incorporators

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(a) One or more
						corporations or natural persons of full age may incorporate a nonprofit
						corporation.
(b) A foreign
						corporation for profit or a foreign corporation not-for-profit may incorporate
						a nonprofit corporation. It is not necessary that the incorporator corporation
						be qualified to do business in this Commonwealth.
(c) Full age means 18 years of age or
						older.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article II - Domestic Corporation Matters › Chapter 41 - NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS GENERALLY › Subchapter A - INCORPORATION › Section 41.3 - Nonprofit corporation names

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(a)
						Section 5303 of the NPCL (relating to corporate name) does not require that the
						corporate name of a nonprofit corporation contain a corporate designator such
						as Corporation, Corp., Company, Co., Incorporated, Inc., and the
						like.
(b) The corporate name shall
						also comply with the applicable requirements of Chapter 17 (relating to
						names).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article II - Domestic Corporation Matters › Chapter 41 - NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS GENERALLY › Subchapter A - INCORPORATION › Section 41.4 - Stated purposes

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(a) Section
						5301 of the code (relating to purposes) provides that a nonprofit corporation
						may be incorporated for a lawful purpose including one or more of the following
						or similar purposes:
(1) Athletic.
(2) A lawful business purpose to be conducted
						on a not-for-profit basis.
(3)
						Beneficial.
(4)
						Benevolent.
(5) Cemetery.
(6) Charitable.
(7) Civic.
(8) Control of fire.
(9) Cultural.
(10) Educational.
(11) Encouragement of agriculture or
						horticulture.
(12)
						Fraternal.
(13) Health.
(14) Literary.
(15) Missionary.
(16) Musical.
(17) Mutual improvement.
(18) Patriotic.
(19) Political.
(20) Prevention of cruelty to persons or
						animals.
(21) Professional,
						commercial, industrial, trade, service or business associations.
(22) Promotion of the arts.
(23) Protection of natural
						resources.
(24)
						Religious.
(25) Research.
(26) Scientific.
(27) Social.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article II - Domestic Corporation Matters › Chapter 41 - NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS GENERALLY › Subchapter A - INCORPORATION › Section 41.5 - Term of existence

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The term of existence of a nonprofit corporation may be
						  limited in the articles of incorporation. Section 5306(a) of the NPCL (relating
						  to articles of incorporation) provides that the duration of a corporation is
						  perpetual absent a provision in the articles setting forth a limited term.
						  Section 5502(a)(1) of the NPCL (relating to general powers) that every
						  nonprofit corporation shall have perpetual succession unless a limited duration
						  is specified in its articles.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article II - Domestic Corporation Matters › Chapter 41 - NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS GENERALLY › Subchapter A - INCORPORATION › Section 41.6 - Share structure

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(a) Section
						5306(a)(6) of the NPCL (relating to articles of incorporation) permits a
						nonprofit corporation to be organized on a stock share basis, in which case the
						articles of incorporation are required to set forth the aggregate number of
						shares which the corporation shall have the authority to issue.
(b) Section 5306(a)(6)(ii) of the NPCL
						authorizes the articles of incorporation of a nonprofit corporation organized
						on a stock share basis to set forth a statement of the voting rights,
						designations, preferences, limitations and special rights in respect of the
						shares of any class the fixing of which by the articles of incorporation is
						desired.
(c) Section
						5306(a)(6)(iii) of the NPCL authorizes the articles of incorporation of a
						nonprofit corporation organized on a stock share basis to set forth authority
						vested in the board of directors or other body to divide by provision in the
						bylaws the authorized and unissued shares into classes or series, or both, and
						to determine for a class or series its voting rights, designations,
						preferences, qualifications, limitations and special rights.
(d) A typical provision of the articles of a
						nonprofit corporation which is not organized on a stock share basis reads as
						follows:
The corporation is organized upon a nonstock
						  basis.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article II - Domestic Corporation Matters › Chapter 41 - NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS GENERALLY › Subchapter A - INCORPORATION › Section 41.7 - Corporations without members

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Section 5306(a)(7) of the NPCL (relating to articles of
						  incorporation) authorizes the articles of incorporation of a nonprofit
						  corporation to specify that the corporation is to have no members. In that
						  case, section 5751(b) of the NPCL (relating to classes and qualifications of
						  membership) provides that a provision of law requiring notice to, the presence
						  of, or the vote, consent or other action by members of a nonprofit corporation
						  shall be satisfied by notice to, the presence of, or the vote, consent or other
						  action by the board of directors or other body of the corporation. A typical
						  provision of the articles reads as follows:
The corporation shall have no
						  members.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article II - Domestic Corporation Matters › Chapter 41 - NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS GENERALLY › Subchapter A - INCORPORATION › Section 41.8 - Naming of the first directors in the articles

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(a) The first directors of the corporation
						may, but are not required to be named in the articles of
						incorporation.
(b) Section 5306(c)
						of the NPCL (relating to articles of incorporation) provides that the naming of
						directors in the articles of incorporation shall constitute an affirmation that
						the directors have consented in writing to serve as directors.
(c) If the directors are not named in the
						articles of incorporation, section 5310(a) of the NPCL (relating to
						organization meeting) provides that they shall be elected at the organization
						meeting of the incorporators.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article II - Domestic Corporation Matters › Chapter 41 - NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS GENERALLY › Subchapter A - INCORPORATION › Section 41.9 - Other provisions in the articles

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Section 5306(a) of the NPCL (relating to articles of
						  incorporation) authorizes the articles of incorporation of a nonprofit
						  corporation to contain other provisions consistent with the NPCL which the
						  incorporator may choose to insert if one of the following exists:
(1) A section of the NPCL authorizes or
						requires provisions pertaining to the subject matter thereof to be set forth in
						the articles or bylaws of a nonprofit corporation or in an agreement or other
						instrument.
(2) The provisions are
						not inconsistent with the NPCL and relate to the purpose of the corporation,
						the management of its business or affairs or the rights, powers or duties of
						its members, security holders, directors or officers.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article II - Domestic Corporation Matters › Chapter 41 - NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS GENERALLY › Subchapter A - INCORPORATION › Section 41.10 - Incorporation of an unincorporated association

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Section 5331 of the NPCL (relating to unincorporated
						  associations) provides that in the case of the incorporation as a nonprofit
						  corporation of an unincorporated association the articles of incorporation
						  shall contain, in addition to provisions otherwise required by the NPCL, a
						  statement that the incorporators constitute a majority of the members of the
						  committee authorized to incorporate the association by the requisite vote
						  required by the organic law of the association for the amendment of the organic
						  law.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article II - Domestic Corporation Matters › Chapter 41 - NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS GENERALLY › Subchapter A - INCORPORATION › Section 41.11 - Advertisement

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(a) Section 5307 of
						the NPCL (relating to advertisement) requires that the incorporators shall
						advertise their intention to file or the corporation shall advertise the filing
						of articles of incorporation in the Department one time in two newspapers
						published in the English language, one of which shall be a newspaper of general
						circulation, and the other the legal newspaper, if any, designated by the rules
						of the court for the publication of legal notices, otherwise, in two newspapers
						of general circulation, published in the county in which the initial registered
						office of the corporation is to be located. If there is only one newspaper of
						general circulation published in a county, advertisement in that newspaper is
						sufficient. Advertisements may appear prior to or after the day the articles of
						incorporation are filed with the Department and shall briefly set forth the
						following:
(1) The name of the proposed
						corporation.
(2) A statement that
						the corporation is to be or has been incorporated under the NPCL.
(3) A brief summary of the purpose of the
						corporation.
(4) A date on or
						before which the articles will be filed with the Department or the date the
						articles were filed.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article II - Domestic Corporation Matters › Chapter 41 - NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS GENERALLY › Subchapter B - SPECIAL PROCEDURES › Section 41.51 - Statement of summary of record

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(a)
						A nonprofit corporation which was incorporated prior to February 13, 1973, and
						which desires to effect one or more of the following transactions with the
						Department shall submit Form DSCB:15-1311/5311/9305 (Statement of Summary of
						Record) with the initial filing or request:
(1) The filing of a document in the
						Department under the NPCL except section 5311 of the NPCL (relating to filing
						of statement of summary of record by certain corporations).
(2) The securing from the Department of one
						of the following:
(i) A certificate to the
						effect that the corporation is a corporation incorporated and existing under
						the laws of the Commonwealth.
(ii)
						A certified copy of the articles of the
						corporation.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article II - Domestic Corporation Matters › Chapter 41 - NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS GENERALLY › Subchapter B - SPECIAL PROCEDURES › Section 41.52 - Annual report

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(a) Section 5110
						of the NPCL (relating to annual report) requires that the following
						corporations that have effected a change in their officers during the preceding
						calendar year file Form DSCB:15-5110 (Annual Statement-Nonprofit Corporation)
						on or before April 30 of each year:
(1) A
						domestic nonprofit corporation which has been incorporated after December 31,
						1972 or which has filed Form DSCB:15-1311/5311/9305 (Statement of Summary of
						Record-Domestic Nonprofit Corporation), or a corresponding form under prior
						law.
(2) A qualified foreign
						nonprofit corporation.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article II - Domestic Corporation Matters › Chapter 41 - NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS GENERALLY › Subchapter C - FORMS › Section 41.101 - Official forms

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The following official forms have been promulgated
						  under the provisions set forth in this chapter and appear in Appendix A:
Form DSCB:15-5110 (Annual Statement-Nonprofit
						  Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-5306 (Articles of IncorporationDomestic
						  Nonprofit Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-1311/5311/9305 (Statement of Summary of
						  Record).
Form DSCB:15-5341 (Statement of Revival-Domestic
						  Nonprofit Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-5902 (Statement of Termination- Nonprofit
						  Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-5915 (Articles of Amendment-Domestic
						  Nonprofit Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-5926 (Articles of Merger-Domestic
						  Nonprofit Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-5954 (Articles of Division-Nonprofit
						  Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-5963 (Articles of Conversion-Domestic
						  Nonprofit to Business Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-5971 (Articles of Dissolution by Members
						  Before Commencement of Business-Domestic Nonprofit Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-5977 (Articles of Dissolution-Domestic
						  Nonprofit Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-5989 (Articles of Involuntary
						  Dissolution-Domestic Nonprofit Corporation).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article II - Domestic Corporation Matters › Chapter 51 - COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS GENERALLY › FORMS › Section 51.101 - Official forms

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following official forms have been promulgated
						  under this chapter and appear in Appendix A:
Form DSCB:15-7102B (Articles of Incorporation-Nonprofit
						  Cooperative Corporation). Note: Cooperative corporations for profit should use
						  form DSCB:15-1306/2102/ 2302/2702/2903/7102A.
Form DSCB:15-7104 (Articles of Amendment-Election of
						  Cooperative Corporation Status-Domestic Business Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-7105 (Articles of Amendment-Termination of
						  Cooperative Corporation Status-Domestic Cooperative Corporation for
						  Profit).
Form DSCB:15-7106 (Articles of Amendment-Election of
						  Cooperative Corporation Status-Domestic Nonprofit Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-7107 (Articles of Amendment-Termination of
						  Cooperative Corporation Status-Domestic Nonprofit Cooperative
						  Corporation).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article III - Foreign Corporation Matters › Chapter 61 - FOREIGN BUSINESS CORPORATIONS › GENERAL › Section 61.1 - Scope

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(a) Chapter 41 of
						the BCL (relating to foreign business corporations), and this chapter apply to
						foreign corporations for profit, except the following:
(1) One or more of the following institutions
						or similar Federally chartered institutions engaged in this Commonwealth in
						activities similar to those conducted by banking institutions, saving
						associations or credit unions:
(i) National
						banking associations organized under The National Bank Act, the act of June 3,
						1864 (13 Stat. 99) (12
						U.S.C.A. §§
															1-392).
(ii) Federal savings and loan associations
						and Federal mutual savings banks organized under the Home Owners' Loan Act of
						1933 (12 U.S.C.A.
						§§
															1461-1463b,
						1464-1466a,
						1467,
						1467a and
						1468).
(iii) Federal credit unions organized under
						the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C.A. §§
															1751,
						1752,
						1752a-1756,
						1757-1761d,
						1762-1772c,
						1781-1789a,
						1790 and
						1795-1795k).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article III - Foreign Corporation Matters › Chapter 61 - FOREIGN BUSINESS CORPORATIONS › GENERAL › Section 61.3 - Qualification of insurance companies

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A foreign corporation for profit which engages in the
						  business of writing insurance as principal is a foreign business corporation
						  and, before it does business in this Commonwealth, shall qualify as
						  follows:
(1) If the corporation
						intends to limit its activities in this Commonwealth to business other than
						writing insurance as principal, the corporation shall file Form DSCB:15-4124
						(Application for a Certificate of Authority-Foreign Corporation).
(2) In other cases, the corporation shall
						qualify through the Insurance Department. Sections 1103 and 4121(c) of the BCL
						(relating to definitions; and admission of foreign corporations) provide that a
						foreign corporation for profit which is qualified to do business in this
						Commonwealth under The Insurance Department Act of 1921 (40 P. S.
						§§
													1-297.4), is thereby a qualified
						foreign business corporation and is not required to procure a separate
						certificate of authority to do business in this Commonwealth from the
						Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article III - Foreign Corporation Matters › Chapter 61 - FOREIGN BUSINESS CORPORATIONS › FORMS › Section 61.101 - Official forms

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following official forms have been promulgated
						  under this chapter and appear in Appendix A.
Form DSCB:15-4124/6124 (Application for Certificate of
						  Authority-Foreign Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-4126/6126 (Application for an Amended
						  Certificate of Authority-Foreign Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-4127/6127 (Statement of Merger,
						  Consolidation or Division-Qualified Foreign Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-4128/6128 (Certificate of
						  Revocation-Foreign Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-4129/6129 (Application for Termination of
						  Authority-Foreign Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-4130/6130 (Statement of Change of Address
						  by Withdrawn Corporation-Foreign Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-4131/6131 (Application for Registration of
						  Name-Nonqualified Foreign Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-4161/6161 (Articles of
						  Domestication-Foreign Corporation).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article III - Foreign Corporation Matters › Chapter 63 - FOREIGN NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 63.1 - Scope

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(a) The NPCL
						applies to foreign corporations not-for-profit, including a government or other
						sovereign, other than the Commonwealth, and a governmental corporation, agency
						or other similar entity.
(b) As a
						result of subsection (a), this chapter governs the qualification of foreign
						fraternal benefit societies which have not been licensed by the Insurance
						Department, which are foreign corporations not-for-profit within the meaning of
						the code, notwithstanding the fact that fraternal benefit societies cannot be
						incorporated under the NPCL.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article III - Foreign Corporation Matters › Chapter 63 - FOREIGN NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 63.2 - General checklist for qualifying foreign nonprofit corporations. [Reserved]

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Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article III - Foreign Corporation Matters › Chapter 63 - FOREIGN NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS › FORMS › Section 63.101 - Official forms

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following official forms have been promulgated
						  under this chapter and appear in Appendix A:
Form DSCB:15-4124/6124 (Application for Certificate of
						  Authority-Foreign Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-4126/6126 (Application for an Amended
						  Certificate of Authority-Foreign Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-4127/6127 (Statement of Merger,
						  Consolidation or Division-Qualified Foreign Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-4128/6128 (Certificate of
						  Revocation-Foreign Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-4129/6129 (Application for Termination of
						  Authority-Foreign Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-4130/6130 (Statement of Change of Address
						  by Withdrawn Corporation-Foreign Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-4131/6131 (Application for Registration of
						  Name-Nonqualified Foreign Corporation).
Form DSCB:15-4161/6161 (Articles of
						  Domestication-Foreign Corporation).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article IV - Other Associations › Chapter 71 - LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 71.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this part,
						have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Certificate of organization
-The
						certificate required under § 8821 (relating to formation of limited
						liability company and certificate of organization). The term includes the
						certificate as amended or restated.
Domestic limited liability company
-An
						association formed under 15 Pa.C.S. Chapter 88 (relating to Pennsylvania
						Uniform Limited Liability Company Act of 2016) or which becomes subject to 15
						Pa.C.S. Chapter 88 under 15 Pa.C.S. Chapter 3 (relating to Entity Transactions
						Law) or § 8811 (relating to short title and application of
						chapter).
Foreign limited liability company
-An
						association organized under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
						Commonwealth, whether or not required to register under 15 Pa.C.S. Chapter 4
						(relating to foreign associations), which would be a limited liability company
						if organized under the laws of the Commonwealth.
Foreign registration statement
-The
						statement required under § 412 (relating to foreign registration
						statement), by which a foreign filing association or foreign limited liability
						partnerships registers to do business in this Commonwealth.
Restricted professional company
-A
						domestic or foreign limited liability company that renders one or more
						restricted professional services.
Restricted professional services
-The
						following professional services: chiropractic, dentistry, law, medicine and
						surgery, optometry, osteopathic medicine and surgery, podiatric medicine,
						public accounting, psychology or veterinary medicine. The unofficial citations
						for the definitions of the various types of restricted professional services
						under Pennsylvania law are as follows:
(i) Chiropractic-sec 102 of the Chiropractic
					 Practice Act (§ 625.102).
(ii)
					 Dentistry-sec 2 of The Dental Law (§ 121).
(iii) Medicine and surgery-sec 2 of the
					 Medical Practice Act of 1985 (§ 422.2).
(iv) Optometry-sec 2 of the Optometric
					 Practice and Licensure Act (§ 244.2).
(v) Osteopathic medicine and surgery-sec 2 of
					 the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act (§ 271.2).
(vi) Podiatric medicine-sec 2 of the Podiatry
					 Practice Act (§ 42.2).
(vii)
					 Psychology-sec 2 of the Professional Psychologists Practice Act (§
					 1202).
(viii) Public accounting-sec
					 2 of the CPA Law (§ 9.2).
(ix)
					 Veterinary medicine-sec 3 of the Veterinary Medicine Practice Act (§
											485.3).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article IV - Other Associations › Chapter 71 - LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES-STATEMENT OF POLICY › Section 71.2 - Restricted professional companies

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If a limited liability company is a restricted
						professional company, its certificate of organization or foreign registration
						statement must contain a statement to that effect, including a brief
						description of the restricted professional service or services to be rendered
						by the company.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article IV - Other Associations › Chapter 73 - LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS › FORMS › Section 73.101 - Official forms

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The following official forms have been promulgated
						  under this chapter and appear in Appendix A:
Form DSCB: 15-8103A (Statement of ElectionOptional
						  Procedure for Continuation of Business-Domestic Limited Partnership).
Form DSCB:15-8103B (Statement of Termination of
						  Election-Optional Procedure for Continuation of Business-Domestic Limited
						  Partnership).
Form DSCB:15-8511 (Certificate of Limited
						  Partnership).
Form DSCB:15-8512 (Certificate of Amendment-Limited
						  Partnership).
Form DSCB:15-8513 (Certificate of Cancellation-Limited
						  Partnership).
Form DSCB:15-8515 (Certificate of Pursuant to Judicial
						  Order-Limited Partnership).
Form DSCB:15-8519 (Certificate of Summary of
						  Record-Limited Partnership).
Form DSCB:15-8524 (Certificate of Withdrawal from
						  Limited Partnership).
Form DSCB:15-8532 (Certificate of Withdrawal by General
						  Partner-Limited Partnership).
Form DSCB:15-8546 (Certificate of Termination-Limited
						  Partnership).
Form DSCB:15-8547 (Certificate of Merger-Limited
						  Partnership).
Form DSCB:15-8582 (Application for Registration as a
						  Foreign Limited Partnership).
Form DSCB:15-8585 (Certificate of Amendment of
						  Registration-Foreign Limited Partnership).
Form DSCB:15-8586 (Certificate of Cancellation of
						  Registration-Foreign Limited Partnership).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article IV - Other Associations › Chapter 75 - ELECTING PARTNERSHIPS › FORMS › Section 75.101 - Official forms

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The following official forms have been promulgated
						  under this chapter and appear in Appendix A:
Form DSCB: 15-8701A (Statement of Election-Electing
						  Partnership).
Form DSCB: 15-8701B (Statement of Amendment-Electing
						  Partnership).
Form DSCB: 15-8701C (Statement of Termination of
						  Election-Electing Partnership).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article IV - Other Associations › Chapter 77 - PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS › Section 77.1 - New professional associations may not be organized

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Section 9302 of the code (relating to application of
						chapter) provides that a professional association may not be organized under
						Chapter 93 of the code (relating to the Professional Association Act of 1988).
						The chapter governs associations organized under prior laws. The Department
						will not receive or file submittals purporting to create a new professional
						association, but will process filings relating to existing professional
						associations where the association's documents are on file with the Department
						and, the association has filed a Statement of Summary of Record with the
						Department. See §
											77.2 (relating to statement of
						summary of record).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article IV - Other Associations › Chapter 77 - PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS › Section 77.2 - Statement of summary of record

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(a)
					 A professional association which desires to effect a transaction with the
					 Department shall submit Form DSCB: 15-1311/5311/9305 (Statement of Summary of
					 Record) with the initial filing or request:
(1) The filing of a document in the
					 Department under a provision of Chapter 93 of the code (relating to the
					 Professional Association Act of 1988) except section 9305(c) of the code
					 (relating to articles of association).
(2) The securing from the Department of one
					 of the following:
(i) A certificate to the
					 effect that the association is a professional association existing under the
					 laws of the Commonwealth.
(ii) A
					 certified copy of the articles of the association.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article IV - Other Associations › Chapter 81 - BUSINESS TRUSTS [RESERVED] › GENERAL › Section 81.1 - General checklist for organizing business trusts. [Reserved]

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Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article V - Miscellaneous Matters › Chapter 91 - MARKS AND INSIGNIA › Subchapter A - TRADE AND SERVICE MARKS › GENERAL › Section 91.101 - General checklist for registering trade or service mark

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(a) The following
						  is a checklist for registration of a trade or service mark:
(1) Refer to the classification in
						  54 Pa.C.S. §
															1103
						  (relating to classification) and determine in which class the mark is to be
						  registered. An application for registration of a mark is limited to a single
						  general class of goods or services, but a mark may be made the subject of
						  multiple registrations (that is, each submitted on a separate form with an
						  additional fee paid) in two or more general classes.
(2) Prepare and submit Form DSCB: 54-1112
						  (Application for Registration of Mark).
(3) Submit a check or money order payable to
						  the Department of State in the amount of $52. Cash is not accepted.
(4) The application will be examined to
						  determine whether the mark to be registered is the same as or confusingly
						  similar to a mark currently registered in the applicable class to another
						  registrant. If so, the registration will be denied.
(5) The registration is effective for 10
						  years from the date of registration. An application to renew for a similar term
						  shall be made on Form DSCB: 54-1114 (Application for Renewal of Registration of
						  Mark) within 6 months prior to the expiration of their term.
(6) There is no provision for amendment of a
						  trade or service mark registration. Changes of name or address may be effected
						  by filing Form DSCB:54-1115 (Assignment of Registration of Mark), showing the
						  registrant as both assignor and assignee.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article V - Miscellaneous Matters › Chapter 91 - MARKS AND INSIGNIA › Subchapter A - TRADE AND SERVICE MARKS › FORMS › Section 91.151 - Official forms

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The following official forms have been promulgated
							 under this subchapter and appear in Appendix A:
Form DSCB:54-1112 (Application for Registration of
							 Mark).
Form DSCB:54-1114 (Application for Renewal of
							 Registration of Mark).
Form DSCB:54-1115 (Assignment of Registration of
							 Mark).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article V - Miscellaneous Matters › Chapter 91 - MARKS AND INSIGNIA › Subchapter B - INSIGNIA › GENERAL › Section 91.201 - General checklist for registering insignia

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(a) The following is a checklist for
						  registration of insignia:
(1) An application
						  may be filed by an organization described in and complying with
						  54 Pa.C.S. §
															1301
						  (relating to definitions). A name, badge, motto, button, decoration, charm,
						  emblem, rosette, label or other insignia may be registered as the insignia of
						  an organization. The term "label" means a label, symbol, mark or private stamp,
						  including a label adopted by labor unions for the purpose of designating the
						  product of their particular labor or workmanship.
(2) Prepare and submit Form DSCB:54-1311
						  (Application for Registration of Insignia).
(3) Submit a check or money order payable to
						  the Department of State in the amount of $52. Cash is not accepted.
(4) The application will be examined to
						  determine whether the insignia to be registered is the same as or confusingly
						  similar to the insignia currently registered to another organization. If so,
						  the registration will be denied.
(5) The registration is effective until
						  January 1, 2001, and will continue in effect for additional terms of 10 years
						  each if Form DSCB:54-1314 (Decennial Report-Insignia) is timely filed in the
						  year 2000 and each year thereafter divisible by 10.
(6) Changes of name or address may be
						  effected by filing Form DSCB:54-1312 (Application for Amendment of Insignia
						  Registration).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article V - Miscellaneous Matters › Chapter 91 - MARKS AND INSIGNIA › Subchapter B - INSIGNIA › FORMS › Section 91.251 - Official forms

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The following official forms have been promulgated
							 under this subchapter and appear in Appendix A:
Form DSCB:54-1311 (Application for Registration of
							 Insignia).
Form DSCB:54-1312 (Application for Amendment of
							 Insignia Registration).
Form DSCB:54-1314 (Decennial
							 Report-Insignia).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article V - Miscellaneous Matters › Chapter 91 - MARKS AND INSIGNIA › Subchapter C - MARKS USED WITH ARTICLES OR SUPPLIES › GENERAL › Section 91.301 - General checklist for registering marks used with articles or supplies

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(a) The following
						  is a checklist for registration of a mark used with articles or supplies:
(1) A mark is "used in this Commonwealth"
						  when the name, mark or device is produced upon articles or supplies which are
						  loaned, rented, sold or otherwise circulated in this Commonwealth. A mark is
						  "produced upon" articles or supplies when it is branded, stamped, stenciled,
						  engraved, etched, blown, embossed, impressed, embroidered, sewn or otherwise
						  permanently placed upon articles or supplies. The term "mark" means any word,
						  name, symbol, design or device, or combination thereof. A mark used with
						  articles or supplies may be registered if it is produced upon an item which is
						  designed and intended for reuse in the normal course of trade by the registrant
						  and includes items such as towels, coats, aprons, uniforms, toilet devices and
						  accessories therefor supplied for hire or compensation, and vessels,
						  receptacles and utensils used as packages or containers in the sale and
						  distribution of a natural or processed product, compound, mixture or substance,
						  or combination thereof, and parts and accessories for these vessels,
						  receptacles and utensils.
(2)
						  Prepare and submit Form DSCB:54-1511 (Application for Registration of Mark Used
						  with Articles or Supplies).
(3)
						  Submit a check or money order payable to the Department in the amount of $52.
						  Cash is not accepted.
(4) The
						  application will not be examined to determine whether the mark to be registered
						  is the same as or confusingly similar to a mark used with articles or supplies
						  currently registered to another registrant. It is the responsibility of the
						  applicant to determine that no conflict exists.
(5) The registration is effective until
						  January 1, 2001, and will continue in effect for additional terms of 10 years
						  each if Form DSCB:54-1515 (Decennial Report-Mark Used with Articles or
						  Supplies) is timely filed in the year 2000 and each year thereafter divisible
						  by 10.
(6) Changes of name or
						  address may be effected by filing Form DSCB:54-1512 (Application for Amendment
						  of Registration of Mark Used with Articles or Supplies).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article V - Miscellaneous Matters › Chapter 91 - MARKS AND INSIGNIA › Subchapter C - MARKS USED WITH ARTICLES OR SUPPLIES › FORMS › Section 91.351 - Official forms

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The following official forms have been promulgated
							 under this subchapter and appear in Appendix A:
Form DSCB:54-1511 (Application for Registration of
							 Mark Used with Articles or Supplies).
Form DSCB:54-1512 (Application for Amendment of
							 Registration of Mark Used with Articles or Supplies).
Form DSCB:54-1515 (Decennial Report-Mark Used with
							 Articles or Supplies).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article V - Miscellaneous Matters › Chapter 95 - UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE › FORMS › Section 95.101 - Official forms

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The following official forms have been promulgated
						  under this chapter and appear in Appendix A:
Form DSCB:UCC-1 (Uniform Commercial Code-Financing
						  Statement).
Form DSCB:UCC-3 (Uniform Commercial Code-Financing
						  Statement Change).
Form DSCB:UCC-11 (Uniform Commercial Code-Request for
						  Information or Copies).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 22 - EDUCATION › Part I - State Board of Education › Subpart A - Miscellaneous Provisions › Chapter 1 - PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS › Section 1.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this part, have
					 the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Board
-The State Board of Education of the
					 Commonwealth.
Department
-The Department of Education of
					 the Commonwealth. When a provision of this part confers powers on or imposes
					 duties upon the Department which under a statute may be exercised by or imposed
					 only on the Secretary of Education, the reference to the Department shall be
					 construed to mean the Department acting by and through the Secretary of
					 Education personally.
Secretary
-The Secretary of the Department
					 of Education.