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§ 203. Corporation names

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 15 Pa.C.S.A. Corporations and Unincorporated AssociationsEffective: July 1, 2015

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 15 Pa.C.S.A. Corporations and Unincorporated Associations (Refs & Annos)
Part I. Preliminary Provisions (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 2. Entities Generally (Refs & Annos)
Subchapter A. Names (Refs & Annos)
Effective: July 1, 2015
15 Pa.C.S.A. § 203
Formerly cited as PA ST 15 Pa.C.S.A. § 1303;  PA ST 15 Pa.C.S.A. § 5303
§ 203. Corporation names
Currentness
(a) Business corporations.--The proper name of a domestic or registered foreign business corporation must contain:
(1) the word “corporation,” “company,” “incorporated” or “limited” or an abbreviation of any of the terms;
(2) the word “association,” “fund” or “syndicate”; or
(3) words or abbreviations of like import used in a jurisdiction other than this Commonwealth.
(b) Nonprofit corporations.--The proper name of a domestic nonprofit corporation or registered foreign corporation not-for-profit shall not be required to contain one of the words or abbreviations described under subsection (a).

Credits

2014, Oct. 22, P.L. 2640, No. 172, § 9, effective July 1, 2015.
15 Pa.C.S.A. § 203, PA ST 15 Pa.C.S.A. § 203
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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