{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-business-corporation-law-1513","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Business Corporation Law § 1513","heading":"Business corporation law applicable","body":"§ 1513. Business corporation law applicable.\n  This chapter, except article 13 and article 15-A, shall be applicable\nto a professional service corporation, including a design professional\nservice corporation, except to the extent that the provisions thereof\nconflict with this article. A professional service corporation,\nincluding a design professional service corporation, may consolidate or\nmerge only with another corporation organized under this article or\nauthorized to do business in this state under article 15-A of this\nchapter or authorized and registered to practice the same profession, or\nin the case of a design professional service corporation one or more\nprofessions as provided in paragraph (e) of section 1501 of this\narticle, pursuant to the applicable provisions of subdivision six of\nsection seventy-two hundred nine of the education law, subdivision four\nof section seventy-three hundred seven of the education law or\nsubdivision four of section seventy-three hundred twenty-seven of the\neducation law, or may be a member of a professional service limited\nliability company, a foreign professional service limited liability\ncompany, a registered limited liability partnership or foreign limited\nliability partnership, and only if all of the professions practiced by\nsuch corporations, limited liability companies or limited liability\npartnerships could be practiced by a single corporation organized under\nthis article.","path":["Business Corporation Law","Article 15. Professional Service Corporations"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/BSC/1513","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"226848f7491d2021f50d710e7cf775821ab12e855486833129538daaaceb0ba7","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-business-corporation-law-1512","next":"us-ny/n.y.-business-corporation-law-1514"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}