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CSC Pennsylvania Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated
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CSC brings you Pennsylvania Laws Governing Business Entities Annotated, 2026 Edition. This deskbook is the portable yet comprehensive collection of up-to-date Pennsylvania corporate law statutes and forms you need to conduct research more effectively, complete transactions more efficiently, and advise your clients with confidence.
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- Quickly find all Pennsylvania statutes covering corporations, professional associations, LLCs and partnerships, as well as a curated selection of related content covering securities, taxation, arbitration, and fictitious names, as well as Articles 1, 8, 9 and 12 of the Uniform Commercial Code—everything is current though the 2025 session of the General Assembly
- Fully annotated with more than a dozen new case notes from courts interpreting the law added since the 2025 edition
- An easy-to-reference Fee Schedule showing required filing fees for the Pennsylvania Secretary of State
- Access over 100 ready-to-fill forms for incorporation/formation, qualification, mergers, dissolution, and name reservation for all business entity types via our Lexis Bookstore online download center
- Our Legislative Analysis, prepared with the help of our legal advisor Douglas Raymond | Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, summarizes the most important changes to the law.
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The 2025 Edition ISBN was 9781663395573.
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Pub Number: 26480
Acknowledgments
About the Senior Legal Advisors to CSC Publishing
Table of New Annotations
Pennsylvania Fee Schedule
Preliminary Provisions
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 15, Part I
• Chapter 1. General Provisions
• Chapter 2. Entities Generally
• Chapter 3. Entity Transactions
• Chapter 4. Foreign Associations
Corporations
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 15, Part II
Subpart A. Corporations Generally
• Chapter 5. Corporations
Subpart B. Business Corporations
• Chapter 11. General Provisions
• Chapter 13. Incorporation
• Chapter 15. Corporate Powers, Duties and Safeguards
• Chapter 17. Officers, Directors and Shareholders
• Chapter 19. Fundamental Changes
• Chapter 21. Nonstock Corporations
• Chapter 23. Statutory Close Corporations
• Chapter 25. Registered Corporations
• Chapter 27. Management Corporations
• Chapter 29. Professional Corporations
• Chapter 31. Insurance Corporations
• Chapter 33. Benefit Corporations
• Chapter 41. Foreign Business Corporations
Subpart C. Nonprofit Corporations
• Chapter 51. General Provisions
• Chapter 53. Incorporation
• Chapter 55. Corporate Powers, Duties and Safeguards
• Chapter 57. Officers, Directors and Members
• Chapter 59. Amendments, Sale of Assets and Dissolution
• Chapter 61. Foreign Nonprofit Corporations
Subpart D. Cooperative Corporations
• Chapter 71. Cooperative Corporations Generally
• Chapter 73. Electric Cooperative Corporations
• Chapter 75. Cooperative Agricultural Associations
• Chapter 77. Workers’ Cooperative Corporations
Partnerships
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 15, Part III
• Chapter 81. General Provisions
• Chapter 82. Limited Liability Partnerships and Limited Liability Limited
Partnerships
• Chapter 84. General Partnerships
• Chapter 86. Limited Partnerships
• Chapter 87. Electing Partnerships
• Chapter 88. Limited Liability Companies
Limited Liability Companies
• Chapter 89. Limited Liability Companies
Unincorporated Associations
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 15, Part IV
• Chapter 91. Unincorporated Nonprofit Associations
• Chapter 93. Professional Associations
Trusts
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 15, Part V
• Chapter 95. Business Trusts
Related Laws and Rules
Miscellaneous Commercial Code Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 13, Division 1
Chapter 11. General Provisions
Chapter 12. General Definitions and Principles of Interpretation
Chapter 13. Territorial Applicability and General Rules
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 13, Division 8
• Chapter 81. Short Title and General Matters
• Chapter 82. Issue and Issuer
• Chapter 83. Transfer of Certificated and Uncertificated Securities
• Chapter 84. Registration
• Chapter 85. Security Entitlements
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 13, Division 9
• Chapter 91 . General Provisions
• Chapter 92. Effectiveness of Security Agreement, Attachment of Security Interest
and Rights of Parties to Security Agreement
• Chapter 93. Perfection and Priority
• Chapter 94. Rights of Third Parties
• Chapter 95. Filing
• Chapter 96. Default
• Chapter 97. Transition Provisions
• Chapter 98. Transition Provisions for 2013 Amendments
Miscellaneous Jurisdictional Statutes
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 42, Part VI
• Chapter 53. Bases of Jurisdiction and Interstate and International Procedure
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 42, Part VII
• Chapter 73. Arbitration
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 51, Part VI
• Chapter 96. Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
Miscellaneous Civil Procedure Rules
Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure
• Rule 423
• Rule 424
• Rule 430
• Rule 440
• Rules 1301 to 1314
• Rule 1506
• Rules 2126 to 2130
• Rules 2132 to 2135
• Rules 2151 to 2156
• Rule 2158 to 2159
• Rules 2176 to 2179
Fictitious Names; Corporate and Other Association Names
Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, Title 54
• Chapter 3. Fictitious Names
• Chapter 5. Corporate and Other Association Names
Pennsylvania Statutes
Title 70. Securities
• Chapter 1.5. Pennsylvania Securities Act of 1972
• Chapter 1.7. Takeover Disclosure Law
Title 72. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs
• Chapter 1. The Fiscal Code
• Chapter 5. Tax Reform Code of 1971
Appendix A Full Text of Featured Cases
Index
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