How to form a Pennsylvania LLC (Limited Liability Company)

Organizing a Pennsylvania LLC and PLLC

Form a Pennsylvania LLC by submitting Certificate of Organization Domestic Limited Liability Company, and include the $125 state filing fee to the Pennsylvania Department of State, Corporation Bureau. File the certificate by mail, in person or online. Pennsylvania will process filed documents in a week or less. Include a completed copy of the Docketing Statement with the filing. You may file your certificate online and it will be processed in two days. You must select to register just with the Corporation Bureau or with multiple state agencies.

Qualification of a Foreign LLC in Pennsylvania

Register your foreign LLC to do business in Pennsylvania by filing the Application for Registration – Foreign along with a docketing statement to the Pennsylvania Department of State by mail, in person, or online. The filing fee is $250. No certificate of good standing is required.

Pennsylvania Secretary of State

Check name availability: http://www.corporations.state.pa.us/corp/soskb/csearch.asp?corpsNav=|

Pennsylvania LLC Statute: 15 Pa.C.S. §§ 8913 and 8981.

Filing Fees for Pennsylvania LLCs and PLLCs: Domestic $125, Foreign $250.

Other Pennsylvania LLC Forms and Fees

Change of Registered Agent/Address: $0
Articles of Amendment: $250 foreign
Articles of Merger: $150 domestic
Annual Registration: at least $500

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