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§ 153. Fee schedule

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 15 Pa.C.S.A. Corporations and Unincorporated AssociationsEffective: January 3, 2023

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 1. General Provisions (Refs & Annos)
Subchapter C. Corporation Bureau and UCC Fees (Refs & Annos)
Effective: January 3, 2023
15 Pa.C.S.A. § 153
§ 153. Fee schedule
Currentness
(a) General rule.--The nonrefundable fees of the bureau, including fees for the public acts and transactions of the Secretary of the Commonwealth administered through the bureau, shall be as follows:
(1)
Domestic corporations:
(i) Articles of incorporation, letters patent or similar instruments incorporating a corporation
 
$125
(ii) Each ancillary transaction
 
70
(2)
Foreign associations:
(i) Registration statement or similar qualifications to do business
 
250
(ii) Amendment of registration statement or similar change in qualification to do business
 
250
(iii) Domestication of alien association under section 161 (relating to domestication of certain alien associations)
 
250
(iv) Deleted by 2016, Nov. 21, P.L. 1328, No. 170, § 2, effective in 90 days [Feb. 21, 2017].
(v) Additional fee for each registered foreign association which is named in a statement of merger or similar instrument
 
40
(vi) Each ancillary transaction
 
70
(3)
Partnerships and limited liability companies:
(i) Certificate of limited partnership or certificate of organization of a limited liability company
 
125
(ii) Statement of registration of limited liability partnership or limited liability limited partnership or statement of election as an electing partnership
 
125
(iii) Each ancillary transaction
 
70
(4)
Unincorporated nonprofit associations:
(i) Statement appointing an agent to receive service of process
 
70
(ii) Resignation of appointed agent
 
40
(iii) Amendment or cancellation of statement appointing an agent
 
70
(5)
Business trusts:
(i) Declaration of trust or other initial instrument for a business trust
 
125
(ii) Each ancillary transaction
 
70
(6)
Fictitious names:
(i) Registration
 
70
(ii) Each ancillary transaction
 
70
(7)
Service of process:
(i) Each defendant named or served
 
70
(ii) (Reserved).
(8)
Trademarks, emblems, union labels, description of bottles and similar matters:
(i) Trademark registration
 
50
(ii) Each ancillary trademark transaction
 
50
(iii) Another registration under this paragraph
 
70
(iv) Another ancillary transaction under this paragraph
 
70
(9)
Uniform Commercial Code:
(i) As provided in 13 Pa.C.S. § 9525 (relating to fees).
(ii) (Reserved).
(10)
Copy fees, including copies furnished under the Uniform Commercial Code:
(i) Each page furnished
 
3
(ii) (Reserved).
(11)
Certification fees:
(i) For certifying copies of a document or paper on file, the fee specified under paragraph (10), if the department furnished the copy, plus
 
40
(ii) (Reserved).
(iii) For issuing any other certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth or the department, other than an engrossed certificate
 
40
(iv) For preparing and issuing an engrossed certificate
 
125
(12)
Report of record search other than a search under paragraph (9):
(i) For preparing and providing a report of a record search, the fee specified in paragraph (10), if any, plus
 
15
(ii) (Reserved).
(13)
Reservation and registration of names:
(i) Reservation of association name
 
70
(ii) Registration of foreign association name
 
70
(14)
Change of registered office or address:
(i) Each statement of change of registered office by agent
 
5
(ii) Each statement or certificate of change of registered office
 
5
(iii) Each statement of change of address
 
5
(15)
Expedited service:
(i) For the processing of a filing under this title or 13 Pa.C.S. (relating to commercial code) which is received by the bureau before 4 p.m. and is requested to be completed within one hour, an additional fee of
 
1,000
(ii) For the processing of a filing under this title or 13 Pa.C.S. which is received by the bureau before 2 p.m. and is requested to be completed within three hours, an additional fee of
 
300
(iii) For processing of a filing under this title or 13 Pa.C.S. which is received by the bureau before 10 a.m. and is requested to be completed the same day, an additional fee of
 
100
(16)
Entity transactions:
(i) Statement of merger, interest exchange, conversion, division or domestication
 
70
(ii) Additional fee for each association that is a party to a merger
 
40
(iii) Additional fee for each new association resulting from a division
 
125
(iv) Each ancillary transaction
 
70
(17)
Special processing fees:
(i) Request that multiple documents delivered to the department on the same day be filed in a certain order
 
70
(ii) (Reserved).
(18)
Annual report of domestic or foreign association:
(i) Annual report delivered to the bureau by a nonprofit corporation or a limited partnership or limited liability company with a not-for-profit purpose
 
0
(ii) Annual report delivered to the bureau electronically
 
7
(iii) Annual report not delivered to the bureau electronically
 
7
(19)
Reinstatement of domestic association:
(i) Application for reinstatement delivered to the bureau electronically
 
35
(ii) Application for reinstatement not delivered to the bureau electronically
 
40
(iii) Additional fee required by section 383(a)(4)(ii) (relating to reinstatement) for each annual report not previously paid
 
15
(20)
Statement of validation:
(i) Statement of validation, any filing fee referred to in section 227(c) (relating to statement of validation), plus
 
75
(ii) (Reserved).
 
(b) Daily listings.--The bureau may provide listings or copies, or both, of complete daily filings of any class of documents or papers for a fee of 25¢ per filing listed or set forth therein.
(c) Other services.--The bureau may charge equivalent fees for any like service not specified in subsection (a) or (b).
(d) Restriction.--UCC Revenue received by a county recorder of deeds under 13 Pa.C.S. § 9525 (relating to fees) after June 30, 2001, shall be restricted for use by the county recorder of deeds and the county prothonotary. The revenue shall be credited to the offices of the county recorder of deeds and the county prothonotary on the basis of the amount collected in each office in calendar year 2000, excluding any amounts paid to the Commonwealth. Revenue received in excess of the total amount received by each office during the year 2000, excluding amounts paid to the Commonwealth, shall be distributed pro rata to the county recorder of deeds and the county prothonotary. In a county without a recorder of deeds or a prothonotary, the provisions of this subsection shall apply to the equivalent county officials.

Credits

1990, Dec. 19, P.L. 834, No. 198, § 102. Amended 1992, Dec. 16, P.L. 1269, No. 167, § 4, imd. effective; 1992, Dec. 18, P.L. 1333, No. 169, § 3, effective in 60 days; 1994, Dec. 7, P.L. 703, No. 106, § 4, effective in 60 days; 1998, Dec. 3, P.L. 944, No. 124, § 1, effective in 60 days; 2001, June 8, P.L. 123, No. 18, § 18.1, effective July 1, 2001. Affected 2003, Dec. 23, P.L. 282, No. 47, § 13(a), imd. effective. Amended 2013, July 9, P.L. 476, No. 67, § 5.1; 2014, Oct. 22, P.L. 2640, No. 172, § 6, effective July 1, 2015; 2016, Nov. 21, P.L. 1328, No. 170, § 2, effective in 90 days [Feb. 21, 2017]; 2022, Nov. 3, P.L. 1791, No. 122, § 7, effective in 60 days [Jan. 3, 2023].
15 Pa.C.S.A. § 153, PA ST 15 Pa.C.S.A. § 153
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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