Electronic Filing with the Pennsylvania Corporations Bureau.

Posted By Cliff Tuttle | March 4, 2010

If you need to file documents with the Pennsylvania Corporations Bureau from time to time, you may wish to know that it is possible to file them electronically.  This can be accomplished by following the procedure set forth below.  The first time you use the system, however, it will require extra time and effort.  If you wish to locate this post at some future date when you need this information, just search the site for “electronic filing” or “PA Corporations Bureau” or a similar ket word and it should come up.

Suppose you wish to file a corporate registration document and you have gone to the Department of State website, clicked to the Corporations Bureau page and clicked on “Forms.”  You have located the forms you want, filled them out on line (they can’t be saved)  and printed them.

Before you leave the forms page, scroll down to Miscellaneous Forms and click on “Electronic Filing Signature Page”.  You will need to fill it out on line and print it out for signature. When signed, scan it. Then hold on to it until you have completed the process set forth below.

Now you are ready to go to the electronic filing website at “Pennsylvania Open for Business.” Click on “Online Business Registration”  However, before you can proceed to the interview, you will need to obtain a user name and password.  The password is a little tricky in that it requires several different types of characters.You will be looking for the button marked OBRI.  It actually appears on two successive pages, so you must click it on both pages. It will conduct you into an interview which will contain all of the information required on the paper forms and more.  Make sure you have collected names, business and home addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers.  The Tax ID number, which you may not have received yet, is optional.

However, before you can proceed to the online interview, you will need to obtain a user name and password.  The password is a little tricky in that it requires several different types of characters.

During the online interview, you will also have the opportunity to register with the Departments of Revenue and Labor and Industry.  Just follow the prompts to the end of the form.

Finally, the Corporations Bureau will collect the filing fee online. Have your credit card ready.

You will then receive a confirmation of the filing by email.

To complete the process, fax the Signature Page and the other documents you wish to file to 717-705-0927.

The Open for Business website is able to be used for a large number of other filings with Pennsylvania State agencies.  To see what they are, explore the forms section of the website.

CLT

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CLIFF TUTTLE has been a Pennsylvania lawyer for over 45 years and (inter alia) is a real estate litigator and legal writer. The posts in this blog are intended to provide general information about legal topics of interest to lawyers and consumers with a Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania focus. However, this information does not constitute legal advice and there is no lawyer-client relationship created when you read this blog. You are encouraged to leave comments but be aware that posted comments can be read by others. If you wish to contact me in privacy, please use the Contact Form located immediately below this message. I will reply promptly and in strict confidence.

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