GroundRules
← Search the law
Pennsylvania · Through 2026-07-28 (Statute Update stamp, 15 Pa.C.S.)

15 Pa.C.S. § 203: Corporation names.

Read at publisher ↗
Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 15 - CORPORATIONS AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS
  2. PART I PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
  3. CHAPTER 2 ENTITIES GENERALLY
  4. SUBCHAPTER A NAMES

(a) Business corporations.--The proper name of a domestic or registered foreign business corporation must contain:

(1) the word "corporation," "company," "incorporated" or "limited" or an abbreviation of any of the terms;

(2) the word "association," "fund" or "syndicate"; or

(3) words or abbreviations of like import used in a jurisdiction other than this Commonwealth.

(b) Nonprofit corporations.--The proper name of a domestic nonprofit corporation or registered foreign corporation not-for-profit shall not be required to contain one of the words or abbreviations described under subsection (a).

Collected 2026-09-02T16:31:13Z. Source file · JSON

Browse this collection