Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 153 - Fee schedule

(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 amendment).

(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.
(Dec. 18, 1992, P.L.1269, No.167, eff. imd.; Dec. 18, 1992, P.L.1333, No.169, eff. 60 days; Dec. 7, 1994, P.L.703, No.106, eff. 60 days; Dec. 3, 1998, P.L.944, No.124, eff. 60 days; June 8, 2001, P.L.123, No.18, eff. July 1, 2001; Dec. 23, 2003, P.L.282, No.47, eff. imd.; July 9, 2013, P.L.476, No.67; Oct. 22, 2014, P.L.2640, No.172, eff. July 1, 2015; Nov. 21, 2016, P.L.1328, No.170, eff. 90 days; Nov. 3, 2022, P.L.1791, No.122, eff. 60 days)

2022 Amendment. Act 122 amended subsec. (b) and added subsec. (a)(18), (19) and (20).
2016 Amendment. Act 170 amended subsec. (a)(2) and (3).
2014 Amendment. Act 172 amended subsec. (a).
2013 Amendment. Section 58(2) of Act 67 provided that subsec. (a)(16) shall take effect upon publication of the notice under section 55 of Act 67. See section 55 of Act 67 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to publication of notice. The notice was published December 21, 2013, at 43 Pa.B. 7515.
2001 Amendment. Act 18 amended subsec. (a) intro. par. and (8) and added subsec. (d).
Cross References. Section 153 is referred to in sections 133, 152, 227, 383 of this title; section 1112 of Title 54 (Names).