Pennsylvania Articles of Incorporation
Pennsylvania Articles of Incorporation
Pennsylvania Articles of Incorporation
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In compliance with the requirements of the applicable provisions (relating to corporations and unincorporated associations), the undersigned, desiring to incorporate a corporation for profit, hereby states that:
1. The name of the corporation (corporate designator required, i.e., corporation, incorporated, limited
2. The (a) address of this corporations current registered office in this Commonwealth (post office box, alone, is not
acceptable) or (b) name of its commercial registered office provider and the county of venue is: (a) Number and Street City State Zip County
County
3. The corporation is incorporated under the provisions of the Business Corporation Law of 1988.
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5. The name and address, including number and street, if any, of each incorporator (all incorporators must
8. Statutory close corporation only: Neither the corporation nor any shareholder shall make an offering of any of
its shares of any class that would constitute a public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.)
9. Cooperative corporations only: Complete and strike out inapplicable term: The common bond of membership among its members/shareholders is: .
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the incorporator(s) has/have signed these Articles of Incorporation this day of , .
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Department of State Corporation Bureau P.O. Box 8722 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8722 (717) 787-1057 Web site: www.dos.state.pa.us/corps Instructions for Completion of Form: A. Typewritten is preferred. If not, the form shall be completed in black or blue-black ink in order to permit reproduction. The filing fee for this form is $125 made payable to the Department of State. B. Under 15 Pa.C.S. 135(c) (relating to addresses) an actual street or rural route box number must be used as an address, and the Department of State is required to refuse to receive or file any document that sets forth only a post office box address. C. The following, in addition to the filing fee, shall accompany this form: (1) One copy of a completed form DSCB:15-134A (Docketing Statement). (2) Any necessary copies of form DSCB:17.2.3 (Consent to Appropriation of Name). (3) Any necessary governmental approvals. D. For general instructions relating to the incorporation of business corporations see 19 Pa. Code Ch. 23 (relating to business corporations generally). These instructions relate to such matters as corporate name, stated purposes, term of existence, nonstock status, authorized share structure and related authority of the board of directors, inclusion of names of first directors in the Articles of Incorporation, optional provisions on cumulative voting for election of directors, etc. E. For required provisions in the Articles of a management corporation, see 15 Pa.C.S. 2703 (relating to additional contents of articles of management corporations). F. For restrictions on the stated purposes of professional corporations, see 15 Pa.C.S. 2903 (relating to formation of professional corporations). G. Articles for a nonprofit cooperative corporation should be filed on Form DSCB:15-5306/7102B (Articles of Incorporation Nonprofit). H. One or more corporations or natural persons of full age may incorporate a business corporation. I. 15 Pa.C.S. 1307 (relating to advertisement) requires that the incorporators shall advertise their intention to file or the corporation shall advertise the filing of articles of incorporation. Proofs of publication of such advertising should not be submitted to, and will not be received by or filed in, the Department, but should be filed with the minutes of the corporation. J. This form and all accompanying documents shall be mailed to the address stated above.