SUBCHAPTER B QUALIFICATION Sec. 6121. Admission of foreign corporations. 6122. Excluded activities. 6123. Requirements for foreign corporation names. 6124. Application for a certificate of authority. 6125. Issuance of certificate of authority. 6126. Amended certificate of authority. 6127. Merger, consolidation or division of qualified foreign corporations. 6128. Revocation of certificate of authority. 6129. Application for termination of authority. 6130. Change of address after withdrawal. 6131. Registration of name. Cross References. Subchapter B is referred to in sections 6141, 6143 of this title. § 6121. Admission of foreign corporations. (a) General rule.--A foreign nonprofit corporation, before doing business in this Commonwealth, shall procure a certificate of authority to do so from the Department of State, in the manner provided in this subchapter. A foreign nonprofit corporation shall not be denied a certificate of authority by reason of the fact that the laws of the jurisdiction governing its incorporation and internal affairs differ from the laws of this Commonwealth. (b) Qualification under former statute.--If a foreign corporation was on March 19, 1966, admitted to do business in this Commonwealth by the filing of a power of attorney and statement under the act of June 8, 1911 (P.L.710, No.283), such power of attorney and statement shall be deemed an approved application for a certificate of authority issued under this subchapter and the corporation shall be deemed a holder of the certificate. The corporation shall include in its initial application, if any, for an amended certificate of authority under this subchapter the information required by this subchapter to be set forth in an application for a certificate of authority. A certificate of authority issued under the former provisions of the Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1933 or former 15 Pa.C.S. Pt. III Art. B, known as the Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1972, as added by the act of November 15, 1972 (P.L.1063, No.271), shall be deemed to be issued under this subchapter and the certificate of authority shall be deemed not to contain any reference to the kind of business that the corporation proposes to do in this Commonwealth. (Dec. 19, 1990, P.L.834, No.198, eff. imd.) 1990 Amendment. Act 198 reenacted and amended the entire section.

SUBCHAPTER B QUALIFICATION Sec. 6121. Admission of foreign corporations. 6122. Excluded activities. 6123. Requirements for foreign corporation names. 6124. Application for a certificate of authority. 6125. Issuance of certificate of authority. 6126. Amended certificate of authority. 6127. Merger, consolidation or division of qualified foreign corporations. 6128. Revocation of certificate of authority. 6129. Application for termination of authority. 6130. Change of address after withdrawal. 6131. Registration of name. Cross References. Subchapter B is referred to in sections 6141, 6143 of this title. § 6121. Admission of foreign corporations. (a) General rule.--A foreign nonprofit corporation, before doing business in this Commonwealth, shall procure a certificate of authority to do so from the Department of State, in the manner provided in this subchapter. A foreign nonprofit corporation shall not be denied a certificate of authority by reason of the fact that the laws of the jurisdiction governing its incorporation and internal affairs differ from the laws of this Commonwealth. (b) Qualification under former statute.--If a foreign corporation was on March 19, 1966, admitted to do business in this Commonwealth by the filing of a power of attorney and statement under the act of June 8, 1911 (P.L.710, No.283), such power of attorney and statement shall be deemed an approved application for a certificate of authority issued under this subchapter and the corporation shall be deemed a holder of the certificate. The corporation shall include in its initial application, if any, for an amended certificate of authority under this subchapter the information required by this subchapter to be set forth in an application for a certificate of authority. A certificate of authority issued under the former provisions of the Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1933 or former 15 Pa.C.S. Pt. III Art. B, known as the Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1972, as added by the act of November 15, 1972 (P.L.1063, No.271), shall be deemed to be issued under this subchapter and the certificate of authority shall be deemed not to contain any reference to the kind of business that the corporation proposes to do in this Commonwealth. (Dec. 19, 1990, P.L.834, No.198, eff. imd.) 1990 Amendment. Act 198 reenacted and amended the entire section.