Section 240.18A - [For Repeal, See Note] Department of State (Adm. Code Section 618-A)(1)The Department of State is authorized to charge fees for the following purposes and in the following amounts:| (1) | Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation: |
| (i) | Application fee for notary commission | $ 40.00 |
| (ii) to (ix) Repealed by 1990, Dec. 19, P.L. 834, No. 198, § 401, imd. effective. |
(2) Corporation Bureau.--The fees of the Corporation Bureau of the department, including fees for the public acts and transactions of the Secretary of the Commonwealth administered through the bureau, shall be as follows: | (i) | Domestic corporations: | |
| | (A) | Articles of incorporation, letters patent or like instrument incorporating a corporation or association | $125.00 |
| | (B) | Articles of agreement or like instrument of merger, consolidation or division | 70.00 |
| | (C) | Additional fee for each association which is a party to a merger or consolidation | 40.00 |
| | (D) | Additional fee for each new corporation resulting from a division | 125.00 |
| | (E) | Articles of conversion or like instrument | 70.00 |
| | (F) | Each ancillary transaction | 70.00 |
| (ii) | Foreign corporations: | |
| | (A) | Certificates of authority or like qualification to do business | 250.00 |
| | (B) | Amended certificate of authority or like change in qualification to do business | 250.00 |
| | (C) | Domestication | 125.00 |
| | (D) | Statement of merger or consolidation or like instrument reporting occurrence of merger or consolidation not affected by a filing in the department | 70.00 |
| | (E) | Additional fee for each qualified foreign corporation which is named in a statement of merger or consolidation or like instrument | 40.00 |
| | (F) | Each ancillary transaction | 70.00 |
| (iii) | Partnerships and limited liability companies: | |
| | (A) | Certificate of limited partnership or certificate of organization of a limited liability company or like instrument forming a limited partnership or organizing a limited liability company | 125.00 |
| | (B) | Certificate of merger or consolidation | 70.00 |
| | (C) | Additional fee for each association which is a party to the merger or consolidation | 40.00 |
| | (D) | Application for registration of foreign limited partnership or limited liability company | 250.00 |
| | (E) | Certificate of amendment of registration of foreign limited partnership or limited liability company | 250.00 |
| | (F) | Statement of registration of registered limited liability partnership or statement of election as an electing partnership | 125.00 |
| | (G) | Domestication of foreign limited liability company | 125.00 |
| | (H) | Additional fee for each new entity resulting from a division | 125.00 |
| | (I) | Each ancillary transaction | 70.00 |
| | (A) | Deed of trust or other initial instrument for a business trust | 125.00 |
| | (B) | Each ancillary transaction | 70.00 |
| | (A) | Registration | 70.00 |
| | (B) | Each ancillary transaction | 70.00 |
| | (A) | Each defendant named or served | 70.00 |
| (vii) | Trademarks, emblems, union labels, description of bottles and like matters: | |
| | (A) | Trademark registration | 50.00 |
| | (B) | Each ancillary trademark transaction | 50.00 |
| | (C) | Any other registration under this paragraph | 70.00 |
| | (D) | Any other ancillary transaction under this paragraph | 70.00 |
| (viii) | Uniform Commercial Code: | |
| | As provided in 13 Pa.C.S. x 9525 (relating to fees). | |
| (ix) | Copy fees (including copies furnished by filing officers under the Uniform Commercial Code): | |
| | (A) | Each page of photocopy furnished | 3.00 |
| | (A) | For certifying copies of any document or paper on file, the fee specified in paragraph (ix), if the department furnished the copy, plus | 40.00 |
| | (B) | For certifying a duplicate copy of a document pursuant to 15 Pa.C.S. x 136(b)(2) (relating to immediate certified copy) or, if that certification cannot be made at the time of original examination, for the original examination and rejection by the bureau of a document submitted under that procedure, plus an additional fee for each reexamination or certification, as the case may be, by the bureau of a previously rejected document submitted under that procedure | 70.00 |
| | (C) | For issuing any other certificate of the Secretary of the Commonwealth or the Department of State (other than an engrossed certificate) | 40.00 |
| (xi) | Report of record search (other than search under paragraph (viii)): | |
| | (A) | For preparing and providing a written or photocopy, or both, report of a record search, the fee specified in paragraph (ix), if any, plus | 15.00 |
| (xii) | Reservation and registration of names: | |
| | (A) | Reservation of association name | 70.00 |
| | (B) | Registration of foreign or other corporation name | 70.00 |
| (xiii) | Change of registered office by agent: | |
| | (A) | Each statement of change of registered office by agent | 5.00 |
| (xiv) | Contingent domestication: | |
| | (A) | Statement of contingent domestication | 125.00 |
| | (B) | Each year, or portion thereof, during which a contingent domestication or temporary domiciliary status is in effect | 1,500.00 |
(3) State board of vehicle manufacturers, dealers and salespersons.--In addition to the limitations under section 327(c) of the act of December 22, 1983 ( P.L. 306, No.84), known as the "Board of Vehicles Act," the maximum documentary fee limitation imposed under section 327(c) as adjusted under section 327(d) shall include an additional amount equal to the product of section 327(c)(1) or section 327(c)(2) multiplied by a factor of 1.7 to establish a maximum documentary fee that equals all costs associated with the requirements under section 327.Amended by P.L. TBD 2019 No. 15, § 5, eff. 1/1/2020.Repealed by P.L. 609 2013 No. 73, § 3, eff. 180 days after publication of notice of approval of courses under 57 Pa.C.S. § 322(b) and (c).1929, April 9, P.L. 177, No. 175, art. VI-A, § 618-A, added 1990, July 1, P.L. 277, No. 67, § 9, imd. effective. Affected 1990, Dec. 19, P.L. 834, No. 198, § 401, imd. effective; 2003, Dec. 23, P.L. 282, No. 47, § 7, imd. effective.