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15 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 1301 (2026)

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ARTICLE B

DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATIONS GENERALLY

 

Chapter

13.  Incorporation

15.  Corporate Powers, Duties and Safeguards

17.  Officers, Directors and Shareholders

19.  Fundamental Changes

 

 

CHAPTER 13

INCORPORATION

 

Subchapter

A.  Incorporation Generally

B.  Revival

 

Enactment.  Chapter 13 was added December 21, 1988, P.L.1444, No.177, effective October 1, 1989.

Cross References.  Chapter 13 is referred to in section 1306 of this title.

 

 

SUBCHAPTER A

INCORPORATION GENERALLY

 

Sec.

1301.  Purposes.

1302.  Number and qualifications of incorporators.

1303.  Corporate name (Repealed).

1304.  Required name changes by senior corporations (Repealed).

1305.  Reservation of corporate name (Repealed).

1306.  Articles of incorporation.

1307.  Advertisement.

1308.  Filing of articles.

1309.  Effect of filing of articles of incorporation.

1310.  Organization meeting.

1311.  Filing of statement of summary of record by certain corporations.

§ 1301.  Purposes.

Corporations may be incorporated under this subpart for any lawful purpose or purposes. Unless otherwise restricted in its articles, every business corporation has as its corporate purpose the engaging in all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under this subpart.

 

Cross References.  Section 1301 is referred to in section 3311 of this title.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2014–2016 · leading case: Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 82 U.S.L.W. 4636 (2014).
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Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 82 U.S.L.W. 4636 (2014). “15 Pa. Cons.Stat. § 1301 (2001) ("Corporations may be incorporated under this subpart for any lawful purpose or purposes"); Okla.”
Zampogna v. Law Enf't Health Benefits, Inc., 151 A.3d 1003 (Pa. 2016). · cites it 2× “15 Pa.C.S. § 1301, Committee Comment--1988 (“Under this section if the articles of a business corporation contain no purpose clause, the corporation has in effect an all-purpose charter.”
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