15 Pa.C.S. § 383
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Reinstatement.
Official statutory text
(a) Application for reinstatement.--An entity that has been the subject of action under section 382(b) (relating to procedure and effect) may deliver to the department an application for reinstatement along with the reinstatement fee required by section 153 (relating to fee schedule). The application must be signed by the entity and state:
(1) the name of the entity at the time of the action under section 382 and, if needed, a name that is available under Subchapter A of Chapter 2 (relating to names);
(2) subject to section 109 (relating to name of commercial registered office provider in lieu of registered address), the address, if any, including street and number, if any, of the entity's registered office;
(3) the principal office of the entity at the time of the application for restatement; and
(4) either:
(i) that the grounds for action under section 382 did not exist; or
(ii) that the most recent annual report not previously filed is attached to the application for reinstatement along with the fee for each of the annual reports that should have been paid under section 153.
(b) Action by department.--If the department determines that an application under subsection (a) meets the requirements of that subsection and is accompanied by any payment required by subsection (a)(4)(ii), the department shall:
(1) cancel the prior action under section 382 by filing a statement of reinstatement that includes the effective date of reinstatement within 30 days after receipt by the department of the application; and
(2) deliver a copy to the entity.
(c) Effect of reinstatement.--When reinstatement under this section is effective, the following rules apply:
(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (4) and (5), the reinstatement relates back to and takes effect as of the effective date of the administrative dissolution or cancellation.
(2) The activities of the entity between the date of its administrative dissolution and the date of its reinstatement are valid as if the administrative dissolution had never occurred.
(3) If the entity is a limited liability partnership, limited liability limited partnership or electing partnership, its statement of registration, the provisions of its certificate of limited partnership required by section 8201(f) (relating to scope) or its statement of election is reinstated as if its administrative cancellation had never occurred.
(4) If the application for reinstatement includes a name other than the name of the entity at the time of the administrative dissolution or cancellation because the original name is no longer available under Subchapter A of
(1) the name of the entity at the time of the action under section 382 and, if needed, a name that is available under Subchapter A of Chapter 2 (relating to names);
(2) subject to section 109 (relating to name of commercial registered office provider in lieu of registered address), the address, if any, including street and number, if any, of the entity's registered office;
(3) the principal office of the entity at the time of the application for restatement; and
(4) either:
(i) that the grounds for action under section 382 did not exist; or
(ii) that the most recent annual report not previously filed is attached to the application for reinstatement along with the fee for each of the annual reports that should have been paid under section 153.
(b) Action by department.--If the department determines that an application under subsection (a) meets the requirements of that subsection and is accompanied by any payment required by subsection (a)(4)(ii), the department shall:
(1) cancel the prior action under section 382 by filing a statement of reinstatement that includes the effective date of reinstatement within 30 days after receipt by the department of the application; and
(2) deliver a copy to the entity.
(c) Effect of reinstatement.--When reinstatement under this section is effective, the following rules apply:
(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (4) and (5), the reinstatement relates back to and takes effect as of the effective date of the administrative dissolution or cancellation.
(2) The activities of the entity between the date of its administrative dissolution and the date of its reinstatement are valid as if the administrative dissolution had never occurred.
(3) If the entity is a limited liability partnership, limited liability limited partnership or electing partnership, its statement of registration, the provisions of its certificate of limited partnership required by section 8201(f) (relating to scope) or its statement of election is reinstated as if its administrative cancellation had never occurred.
(4) If the application for reinstatement includes a name other than the name of the entity at the time of the administrative dissolution or cancellation because the original name is no longer available under Subchapter A of
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