Pennsylvania Code › Title 19 - CORPORATIONS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS › Part I - Department of State › Subpart B - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations › Article I - General Provisions › Chapter 17 - NAMES › Subchapter A - NAMES GENERALLY › GENERAL › Section 17.1 - General standards

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) An
						  association name may be in any language, but shall be expressed in Roman
						  letters or characters or Arabic or Roman numerals. As to the use of "Inc." or
						  an equivalent corporate designator, see the discussion in this subpart under
						  the applicable type of association.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by statute,
						  a new association may not be incorporated or otherwise organized or qualified
						  with a name which is the same as or confusingly similar to, and no existing
						  association may change its name to a name which is the same as or confusingly
						  similar to, the name of an association whose name is currently registered under
						  54 Pa.C.S. §
														501
						  (relating to register established).
(c) The register established under
						  54 Pa.C.S. §
														501
						  consists of the following names, as long as the registration has not been
						  terminated under
						  54 Pa.C.S. §
														504 or
						  § 506 (relating to effect of failure to make decennial filings; and
						  voluntary termination of registration by corporations and other associations):
(1) A name registered prior to February 13,
						  1973 under the act of May 16, 1923 (P. L. 246, No. 160) (Repealed), relating to
						  registration of certain names.
(2)
						  A name registered under
						  54 Pa.C.S. §
															502
						  (relating to certain additions to register). The names of those limited
						  partnerships which have effected any of the following filings in the Department
						  are deemed registered under
						  54 Pa.C.S. §
															502(b) by reason of having
						  effected the filing, as long as the partnership has not filed a certificate of
						  cancellation, in the case of a domestic partnership, or a certificate of
						  cancellation of registration, in the case of a foreign partnership:
(i) A certificate of limited partnership. See
						  54 Pa.C.S. §
																8585
						  (relating to name).
(ii) A
						  certificate of summary of record. See section 8519 of the RULPA (relating to
						  filing of certificate of summary of record by limited partnerships formed prior
						  to 1976).
(iii) An application for
						  registration as a foreign limited partnership. See 54 Pa.C.S. (relating to
						  name).
(3) In the case
						  of a domestic or qualified foreign corporation, a name rendered unavailable for
						  corporate use by other corporations by reason of a filing in the Department by
						  the domestic or qualified foreign corporation, as long as so rendered
						  unavailable. See
						  54 Pa.C.S. §
															502(b).
(4) A name registered under section 4131 of
						  the BCL (relating to registration of name) and section 6131 of the NPCL
						  (relating to registration of name) or a similar provision of law, as long as so
						  registered. See
						  54 Pa.C.S. §
															502(b).
(5) In the case of a business trust which
						  exists subject to Chapter 95 of the code (relating to business trusts), the
						  name of the trust as set forth in instrument filed in the Department under
						  section 9503 of the code (relating to documentation of
						  trust).