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15 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1101 (2026)

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SUBPART B

BUSINESS CORPORATIONS

 

Article

A.  Preliminary Provisions

B.  Domestic Business Corporations Generally

C.  Domestic Business Corporation Ancillaries

D.  Foreign Business Corporations

 

Special Provisions in Appendix.  See section 404(a)(8) of Act 198 of 1990 in the appendix to this title for special provisions relating to the expansion of the scope of Subpart B.

 

 

ARTICLE A

PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

 

Chapter

11.  General Provisions

 

 

CHAPTER 11

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

Sec.

1101.  Short titles.

1102.  Application of subpart.

1103.  Definitions.

1104.  Other general provisions (Repealed).

1105.  Restriction on equitable relief.

1106.  Uniform application of subpart.

1107.  (Reserved).

1108.  Limitation on incorporation.

1109.  Execution of documents.

1110.  Annual report information (Repealed).

 

Enactment.  Chapter 11 was added December 21, 1988, P.L.1444, No.177, effective October 1, 1989.

§ 1101.  Short titles.

(a)  Title of subpart.--This subpart shall be known and may be cited as the Business Corporation Law of 1988.

(b)  Prior law.--The act of May 5, 1933 (P.L.364, No.106), shall be known and may be cited as the Business Corporation Law of 1933.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1997–2024 · leading case: In Re: Condemnation by Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. of Permanent & Temp. Rights of Way for the Transp. of Ethane, Propane, Liquid Petroleum Gas, & other Petroleum Prods. in the Twp. of North Middleton, Cumberland Cnty., PA ~ Appeal of: R.S. Martin, 143 A.3d 1000 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2016).
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In Re: Condemnation by Sunoco Pipeline, L.P. of Permanent & Temp. Rights of Way for the Transp. of Ethane, Propane, Liquid Petroleum Gas, & other Petroleum Prods. in the Twp. of North Middleton, Cumberland Cnty., PA ~ Appeal of: R.S. Martin, 143 A.3d 1000 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2016). “15 Pa.C.S. §§ 1101 -9507. Section 1511(a)(2) of the BCL provides: § 1511.”
Clean Air Council, M.M. deMarteleire & M.S. Bomstein v. Sunoco Pipeline, L.P., 185 A.3d 478 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 2018). “15 Pa. C.S. §§ 1101 -4146. The undersigned and Judge Patricia McCullough each filed a dissenting opinion.”
Cuker v. Mikalauskas, 692 A.2d 1042 (Pa. 1997). “(repealed), the Business Corporation Law of 1988, 15 Pa.C.S. § 1101 et seq., the Directors’ Liability Act, 42 Pa.”
LaFarge Corp. v. Commonwealth, 690 A.2d 826 (Pa. Commw. Ct. 1997). “15 Pa.C.S. §§ 1101 — 4162. Section 1951(a) of the Business Corporation Law provides for the division of corporations as follows: Any domestic business corporation may, in the manner provided in this subchapter, be divided into two or more domestic business corporations…”
PA Elec. Co. v. Antoine's Timbering, Inc., No. 1889 MDA 2018 (Pa. Super. Ct. May 22, 2019). “The Corporation Bureau printout from the February 19, 2016 search contains the names of Samuel L. Ryon and Samuel Ryan. (See Weber Verification, at Exhibit 1).”
Russell Shappy, Jr. & Linda B. Shappy, No. 26220-08 (Tax Ct. Dec. 4, 2023). “15 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1101 (West 1995). When we cite to a provision of the BCL we give the particular section of title 15 of Pennsylvania’s Consolidated Statutes to which the provision corresponds.”
Russell Shappy, Jr. & Linda B. Shappy, No. 26220-08 (Tax Ct. Jan. 3, 2024). “15 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1101 (West 1995). When we cite to a provision of the BCL we give the particular section of title 15 of Pennsylvania’s Consolidated Statutes to which the provision corresponds.”
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