(a) General rule.--On request of a person, the department shall issue:
(1) a subsistence certificate for a domestic filing entity or domestic limited liability partnership; or
(2) a certificate of registration for a registered foreign association.
(b) Contents of certificate.--A certificate under subsection (a) must state:
(1) the name of the domestic filing entity or domestic limited liability partnership or the name under which the registered foreign association is registered in this Commonwealth;
(2) in the case of a domestic filing entity or domestic limited liability partnership, that the entity is currently subsisting on the records of the department; and
(3) in the case of a registered foreign association, that it is registered to do business in this Commonwealth.
(c) Effect of certificate.--Subject to any qualification stated in the certificate, a certificate issued by the department under subsection (a) may be relied on as conclusive evidence of the facts stated in the certificate.
(Oct. 22, 2014, P.L.2640, No.172, eff. July 1, 2015)
2014 Amendment. Act 172 added section 145.
Cross References. Section 145 is referred to in section 382 of this title.
Structure Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 101 - Short title and application of title
Section 103 - Subordination of title to regulatory laws
Section 104 - Equitable remedies
Section 106 - Effect of filing papers required to be filed
Section 108 - Change in location or status of registered office provided by agent
Section 109 - Name of commercial registered office provider in lieu of registered address
Section 110 - Supplementary general principles of law applicable
Section 111 - Relation of title to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act
Section 112 - Receipt of electronic communications
Section 113 - Delivery of document
Section 114 - Defense of usury
Section 131 - Application of subchapter
Section 132 - Functions of Department of State
Section 133 - Powers of Department of State
Section 134 - Docketing statement
Section 135 - Requirements to be met by filed documents
Section 136 - Processing of documents by Department of State
Section 137 - Court to pass upon rejection of documents by Department of State
Section 138 - Statement of correction
Section 139 - Tax clearance of certain fundamental transactions
Section 140 - Custody and management of orphan corporate and business records
Section 141 - Abandonment of filing before effectiveness
Section 142 - Effect of signing filings
Section 143 - Liability for inaccurate information in filing
Section 144 - Signing and filing pursuant to judicial order
Section 145 - Subsistence certificate
Section 151 - Short title and application of subchapter
Section 154 - Enforcement and collection
Section 155 - Disposition of funds
Section 161 - Domestication of certain alien associations
Section 162 - Contingent domestication of certain alien associations (Repealed)