Department of State
Bureau of Corporations and Charitable Organizations
P.O. Box 8722
Harrisburg, PA 17105-8722
(717) 787-1057
web site:
Instructions for Completion of Form:
A. Typewritten is preferred. If not, the form shall be completed in black or blue-black ink in order to permit
reproduction. The filing fee for this form is $70 made payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Checks
must contain a commercially pre-printed name and address.
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:15-134B (Docketing Statement-Changes).
(2) Any necessary copies of form DSCB:17.2.3 (Consent to Appropriation of Name) shall
accompany Articles of Amendment effecting a change of names and the change in name shall
contain a statement of the complete new name.
(3) Any necessary governmental approvals.
D. For Management Corporation Only: Paragraph 6 shall contain the text required by 15 Pa.C.S. § 2703 (relating to
additional contents of articles of management corporations).
E. For Professional Corporation Only: For general instructions relating to the incorporation of professional
corporations see 19 Pa. Code Ch. 33 (relating to professional corporations). These instructions relate to
incorporators, corporate name and stated purposes. For specific information relating to professional corporation
names see 19 Pa. Code § 17.9 (relating to professional names.
F. For Benefit Corporation Only: Paragraphs 10 and 11 shall contain the required and optional text specified by 15
Pa.C.S. §3331 (relating to corporate purposes).
G. This form and all accompanying documents shall be mailed to the above stated address.