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Filing of statement of summary of record by certain corporations - 15 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1311

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     § 1311.  Filing of statement of summary of record by certain
                corporations.
        (a)  General rule.--Where any of the charter documents of a
     business corporation are not on file in the Department of State
     or there is an error in any such document as transferred to the
     department pursuant to section 140 (relating to custody and
     management of orphan corporate and business records), and the
     corporation desires to file any document in the department under
     any other provision of this subpart or the corporation desires
     to secure from the department any certificate to the effect that
     the corporation is a corporation duly incorporated and existing
     under the laws of this Commonwealth or a certified copy of the
     articles of the corporation or the corporation desires to
     correct the text of its charter documents as on file in the
     department, the corporation shall file in the department a
     statement of summary of record which shall be executed by the
     corporation and shall set forth:
            (1)  The name of the corporation and, subject to section
        109 (relating to name of commercial registered office
        provider in lieu of registered address), the location,
        including street and number, if any, of its registered
        office.
            (2)  The statute by or under which the corporation was
        incorporated.
            (3)  The name under which, the manner in which and the
        date on which the corporation was originally incorporated,
        including the date when and the place where the original
        articles were recorded.
            (4)  The place or places, including volume and page
        numbers or their equivalent, where the documents that are not
        on file in the department or that require correction in the
        records of the department were originally filed or recorded,
        the date or dates of each filing or recording and the correct
        text of the documents. The information specified in this
        paragraph may be omitted in a statement of summary of record
        that is delivered to the department contemporaneously with
        amended and restated articles of the corporation filed under
        this subpart.
            (5)  (Deleted by amendment).
            (6)  (Deleted by amendment).
        (b)  Validation of prior defects in incorporation.--Upon the
     filing of a statement by a corporation under this section or the
     transfer to the department of the records relating to a
     corporation pursuant to section 140, the corporation shall be
     deemed to be a validly subsisting corporation to the same extent
     as if it had been duly incorporated and was existing under this
     subpart and the department shall so certify regardless of any
     absence of or defect in the prior proceedings relating to
     incorporation.
        (c)  Cross references.--See sections 134 (relating to
     docketing statement), 135 (relating to requirements to be met by
     filed documents) and 1106(b)(2) (relating to uniform application
     of subpart).
     (June 22, 2001, P.L.418, No.34, eff. 60 days)

        Cross References.  Section 1311 is referred to in section
     9305 of this title.

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