Pennsylvania Department of State - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations - Business Program

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Contact Information

Physical address:
401 North Street
Room 206
Harrisburg, PA 17120

Mailing address:
P.O. Box 8722
Harrisburg, PA 17105

Phone: (717) 787-1057 or (888) 659-9962

Web: Home Name search Forms File online
Email: RA-CORPS@pa.gov

Corporate Filings

We track the following filings with the Pennsylvania Department of State - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations - Business Program in order to provide compliance services to our clients. We share this reference information with the general public as a courtesy. As a registered agent client, you get access to state templates pre-filled with our company information to help you save time looking up information.

Commercial Registered Office Provider

Agency:Pennsylvania Department of State - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations - Business Program

Certificate of Annual Registration

Agency:Pennsylvania Department of State - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations - Business Program
Form:

Annual Registration – Restricted Professional Limited Liability Company

Filing Method:

Mail or online.

Agency Fee:

$610 times the number of licensed PA professional members.

Due:

Annually by April 15.

Law:

Pennsylvania Statutes § 8998.

Penalties:

Penalties commence May 15 with a $500 fee and a second lien against the assets of the business.

Notes:

Only PLLCs offering one of the following restricted professional services need to file an annual registration. Example industries include: Architecture, chiropractic, dentistry, law, medicine and surgery, optometry, osteopathic medicine and surgery, podiatric medicine, public accounting, psychology or veterinary medicine.


Foreign Registration

Agency:Pennsylvania Department of State - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations - Business Program
Form:

Foreign Registration Statement

Filing Method:

Mail or online.

Agency Fee:

$250

Law:

15 PA Con Stat § 411

Certified Copy Requirement:

Certified copies not required.

Certificate of Good Standing Requirement:

Good standing certificate not required.


Fictitious Name

Filing Method:

Online

Agency Fee:

$70

Is registration mandatory?:

Filing a fictitious name registration is mandatory to conduct business under any other name than your personal legal name or a registered business name.

County Level Filing:

Filing is not required at the county level.

Does registration prevent others from using the name I choose?:

Registration of a trade name does not confer ownership rights and does not prevent another entity from using the same fictitious name.

Notes:
  • Individuals who apply for a fictitious name registration must publish the name, address, and other business information in two newspapers in the county of their principal office. Business entities are exempt from the publishing requirement.

Certificate of Subsistence

Agency:Pennsylvania Department of State - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations - Business Program
Filing Method:

Online

Agency Fee:

$40


Annual Report

Not required



The decennial report requirement was repealed at the start of 2023. New annual report requirements will take effect in 2025.


Annual Benefit Report

Agency:Pennsylvania Department of State - Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations - Business Program
Form:

Annual Benefit Report

Agency Fee:

$70

Due:

Annually within 120 days following the end of the fiscal year of the benefit corporation or at the same time that the benefit corporation delivers any other annual report to its shareholders.

Law:

15 PA Stat. § 3331


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