15 Pa.C.S. § 4129 Advertisement of Termination of Registration to Do Business

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 23-35
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 15 Pa.C.S. § 4129

[(a) General rule.--Any qualified foreign business corporation may withdraw from doing business in this Commonwealth and surrender its certificate of authority by filing in the Department of State an application for termination of authority, executed by the corporation, which shall set forth:

(1) The name of the corporation and, subject to section 109 (relating to name of commercial registered office provider in lieu of registered address), the address, including street and number, if any, of its last registered office in this Commonwealth.

(2) The name of the jurisdiction under the laws of which it is incorporated.

(3) The date on which it received a certificate of authority to do business in this Commonwealth.

(4) A statement that it surrenders its certificate of authority to do business in this Commonwealth.

(5) A statement that notice of its intention to withdraw from doing business in this Commonwealth was mailed by certified or registered mail to each municipal corporation in which the registered office or principal place of business of the corporation in this Commonwealth is located, and that the official publication required by subsection (b) has been effected.

(6) The post office address, including street and number, if any, to which process may be sent in an action or proceeding upon any liability incurred before the filing of the application for termination of authority.]

(a)[Repealed by 2014 Amendment.]

(b) Advertisement.--A [qualified] registered foreign business corporation shall, before filing [an application for termination of authority] a statement under section 415 (relating to voluntary withdrawal of registration), officially publish and mail a notice of its intention to withdraw from doing business in this Commonwealth in a manner similar to that required by section 1975(b) (relating to notice to creditors and taxing authorities). The notice shall set forth [briefly]: