Section 17.104. Registration of nonqualified foreign business or nonprofit corporation name

(a) Section 4131 of the BCL and section 6131 of the NPCL (relating to registration of name) provide that a nonqualified foreign corporation may register its name under 54 Pa.C.S. Chapter 5 (relating to corporate and other association names) if the name is available for use by a qualified foreign corporation under § 17.41(a) and (b) (relating to foreign association names), by filing in the Department Form DSCB:15-4131/6131 (Application for Registration of Name—Nonqualified Foreign Corporation).

(b) A corporation that has in effect a registration of its corporate name under subsection (a) may renew the registration from year-to-year by annually filing in the Department Form DSCB:15-4131/6131 (Application for Registration of Name—Nonqualified Foreign Corporation). A renewal application may be filed between October 1 and December 31 in each year and shall extend the registration for the following calendar year.

The provisions of this § 17.104 adopted April 17, 1992, effective April 18, 1992, 22 Pa.B. 1993.