15 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes § 153 - Fee Schedule

(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) Statement of merger, division or conversion or similar instrument reporting occurrence of merger, division or conversion not effected by a filing in the department............

70

(v) Additional fee for each qualified 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 registered limited liability 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).