DSCB:15-15-1306/2102/2303/2702/2903/3101/3303/7102 - Instructions
Pennsylvania Department of State
Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
P.O. Box 8722
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8722
(717) 787-1057
Website: www.dos.pa.gov/corps
Instructions for Completion of Form (Articles of Incorporation-For Profit):
A. Typewritten is preferred. If handwritten, the form shall be legible and completed in black or blue-black ink in order to
permit reproduction. The nonrefundable filing fee for this form is $125 made payable to the Department of State.
Checks must contain a commercially pre-printed name and address.
Filers requesting a veteran/reservist-owned small
business fee exemption should attach proof of the veteran’s or reservist’s status to the Articles of Incorporation form
when submitted. For more information on the fee exemption, see Fees and Payments
.
Enter the name and mailing address to which any correspondence regarding this filing should be sent. This field must be
completed for the Bureau to return the filing. If the filing is to be returned by email, an email address must be provided. An
email will be sent to address provided, containing a link and instructions on how a copy of the filed document or
correspondence may be downloaded. Any email or mailing addresses provided on this form will become part of the filed
document and therefore public record.
B. Under 15 Pa.C.S. § 135(c) (relating to addresses) an actual street or rural route box number must be used as an address, and the
Department of State is required to refuse to receive or file any document that sets forth only a post office box address.
C. The following, in addition to the filing fee, shall accompany this form:
(1) One copy of a completed form DSCB:15-134A (Docketing Statement).
(2) Any necessary copies of form DSCB:19-17.2 (Consent to Appropriation of Name).
(3) Any necessary governmental approvals.
D. For general instructions relating to the incorporation of business corporations see 19 Pa. Code Ch. 23 (relating to business
corporations generally). These instructions relate to such matters as corporate name, stated purposes, term of existence,
nonstock status, authorized share structure and related authority of the board of directors, par values, inclusion of names of
first directors in the Articles of Incorporation, optional provisions on cumulative voting for election of directors, etc.
E. For required provisions in the Articles of a nonstock corporation, see 15 Pa.C.S. §§ 2102-2103 (relating to formation of
nonstock corporations and contents of articles).
F. For required provisions in the Articles of a statutory close corporation, see 15 Pa.C.S. § 2304 (relating to additional contents of
articles of statutory close corporations).
G. For required provisions in the Articles of a management corporation, see 15 Pa.C.S. § 2703 (relating to additional contents of
articles of management corporations).
H. For restrictions on the stated purposes of professional corporations, see 15 Pa.C.S. § 2903 (relating to formation of
professional corporations).
I. For required provisions on the stated purposes of benefit corporations, see 15 Pa.C.S. § 3311 (relating to corporate purposes).
J. Articles for a nonprofit cooperative corporation should be filed on Form DSCB:15-5306/7102B (Articles of Incorporation
Nonprofit).
K. One or more corporations or natural persons of full age may incorporate a business corporation.
L. 15 Pa.C.S. § 1307 (relating to advertisement) requires that the incorporators shall advertise their intention to file or the
corporation shall advertise the filing of articles of incorporation. Proofs of publication of such advertising should not be
submitted to, and will not be received by or filed in, the Department, but should be filed with the minutes of the corporation.
M. This form and all accompanying documents shall be mailed to the address stated above.