(i) stated that it is about to change its name, is about to cease to do business, is being wound up or is a foreign association about to withdraw from doing business in this Commonwealth, and the statement and a consent to the adoption of the name are delivered to the department for filing;

(ii) filed a tax return or certificate with the Department of Revenue indicating that the covered association or other association is out of existence or has failed for a period of three successive years to file with the Department of Revenue a report or return required by law and the fact of the failure has been certified by the Department of Revenue to the Department of State;

(iii) abandoned its name under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation, by amendment, merger, consolidation, division, expiration, dissolution or otherwise, without its name being adopted by a successor, and an official record of that fact, certified as provided under 42 Pa.C.S. § 5328 (relating to proof of official records), is presented by a person to the department.

(iv) Deleted by 2022, Nov. 3, P.L. 1791, No. 122, § 8, effective in 60 days [Jan. 3, 2023].

(i) the association is administratively dissolved under Subchapter H of Chapter 3 (relating to administrative dissolution or cancellation),¹ if the association is a domestic filing entity;

(ii) the statement of registration of the association is canceled under Subchapter H of Chapter 3, if the association is a domestic limited liability partnership; or

(iii) the statement of election of the association is canceled under Subchapter H of Chapter 3, if the association is an electing partnership.

(i) A governmental agency of the Commonwealth or of the United States.

(ii) A bank, bank and trust company, savings bank, private bank or trust company, as defined in the act of November 30, 1965 (P.L. 847, No. 356),² known as the Banking Code of 1965, unless:

(iii) An insurance company, nor shall it contain any of the words “annuity,” “assurance,” “beneficial,” “bond,” “casualty,” “endowment,” “fidelity,” “fraternal,” “guaranty,” “indemnity,” “insurance,” “insurer,” “reassurance,” “reinsurance,” “surety” or “title” when used in a manner as to imply that the association is engaged in the business of writing insurance or reinsurance as principal or any other words of like purport unless it is duly licensed as an insurance company by its jurisdiction of formation or the Insurance Department certifies that it has no objection to the use by the association or proposed association of the designation. The proper name of a domestic insurance company shall:

(iv) A public utility furnishing electric or gas service to the public, unless the association or proposed association has as an express purpose the furnishing of service subject to the jurisdiction of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission or the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

(v) A credit union. See 17 Pa.C.S. § 104 (relating to prohibition on use of words “credit union”).

(i) The word “college,” “university” or “seminary” when used in a manner as to imply that it is an educational institution conforming to the standards and qualifications prescribed by the State Board of Education, unless there is submitted a certificate from the Department of Education certifying that the association or proposed association is entitled to use that designation.

(ii) Words that constitute blasphemy, profane cursing or swearing or that profane the Lord's name.

(iii) The words “engineer” or “engineering,” “surveyor” or “surveying” or any other word implying that any form of the practice of engineering or surveying as defined in the act of May 23, 1945 (P.L. 913, No. 367),⁵ known as the Engineer, Land Surveyor and Geologist Registration Law, is provided unless at least one of the individuals signing the initial public organic record of the association or one of the governors of the existing association has been properly registered with the State Registration Board for Professional Engineers in the practice of engineering or surveying and there is submitted to the department a certificate from the board to that effect.

(iv) The words “architect” or “architecture” or any other word implying that any form of the practice of architecture as defined in the act of December 14, 1982 (P.L. 1227, No. 281),⁶ known as the Architects Licensure Law, is provided unless at least one of the individuals signing the initial public organic record of the association or one of the governors of the existing association has been properly registered with the Architects Licensure Board in the practice of architecture and there is submitted to the department a certificate from the board to that effect.

(v) The word “cooperative” or an abbreviation thereof unless the corporation is a cooperative corporation.

(vi) Any other words prohibited by law. See section 103 (relating to subordination of title to regulatory laws).