Corporation Reinstatement, Revival, and Revivor Packet - Pennsylvania
PENNSYLVANIA CORPORATION REINSTATEMENT, REVIVAL, AND REVIVOR PACKET
Diagnostic packet—not an eligibility promise. Identify the exact status-loss cause, effective date, entity type, and governing route before preparing a filing.
Scope gate. Use for a domestic profit corporation only. Excludes nonprofit, professional, regulated, insolvent, disputed-control, judicially dissolved, merged, converted, and foreign corporations unless counsel supplies the correct route.
1. STATUS RECORD
| Item | Verified information |
|---|---|
| Exact corporate name | [________________________________] |
| State entity number | [________________________________] |
| Incorporation date | [__/__/____] |
| Current status and source | [________________________________] |
| Status effective date | [__/__/____] |
| Stated cause | [________________________________] |
| Last annual report | [________________________________] |
| Tax / fee periods due | [________________________________] |
| Registered agent / office | [________________________________] |
| Name currently available | ☐ Yes ☐ No ☐ Not confirmed |
Attach the official entity record, every status notice, filing history, tax or fee correspondence, articles, amendments, bylaws, stock ledger, and current officer/director record.
2. PENNSYLVANIA ROUTE
Do not assume a missed 2025 or 2026 annual report has already caused administrative dissolution. Pennsylvania's Department of State states that the new annual-report requirement began in 2025 but administrative dissolution, termination, or cancellation for nonfiling begins with annual reports due in 2027.
For a current missed annual report, file the report through Business Filing Services and confirm status. If the record shows an older tax, decennial, registered-office, voluntary, judicial, or other inactive status, obtain the exact status-specific Department instructions. Section 146's reinstatement route should be used only after the Department has actually imposed the administrative status and the statutory conditions are current.
☐ Exact route confirmed from the current official record.
☐ Every statutory and agency deadline calculated from the correct effective date.
☐ Name, registered-agent, annual-report, tax, fee, and penalty issues identified separately.
☐ No voluntary, judicial, merger, conversion, insolvency, or foreign route is being mislabeled as reinstatement.
3. CURE AND FILING INVENTORY
| Deficiency | Required cure | Amount / date | Completed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual report or statement | [________________________________] | [________________________________] | ☐ |
| Tax, franchise tax, fee, penalty, or interest | [________________________________] | [________________________________] | ☐ |
| Registered agent or office | [________________________________] | [________________________________] | ☐ |
| Name conflict or amendment | [________________________________] | [________________________________] | ☐ |
| Other statutory ground | [________________________________] | [________________________________] | ☐ |
| Filing field | Verified value |
|---|---|
| Correct application / certificate | [________________________________] |
| Authorized signer and capacity | [________________________________] |
| Current form revision | [________________________________] |
| Agency-calculated total | $[________________________________] as of [__/__/____] |
| Submission date | [__/__/____] |
| Acceptance / effective date | [__/__/____] |
| Official active-status confirmation | [________________________________] |
☐ Form, fee, portal, processing instruction, and delivery address rechecked on filing day.
☐ Acceptance confirmed from the official record rather than inferred from payment or submission.
4. EFFECT AND INACTIVE-PERIOD REVIEW
Do not promise eligibility, an enforcement date earlier than 2027, retroactive effect, name protection, or a current reinstatement fee based on another entity type. Preserve inactive-period acts, licenses, taxes, contracts, litigation, and third-party rights for separate review.
| Date | Contract, filing, transfer, lawsuit, or other act | Counterparty / forum | Separate review |
|---|---|---|---|
| [__/__/____] | [Description] | [Name] | ☐ |
| [__/__/____] | [Description] | [Name] | ☐ |
☐ No statement made that reinstatement restores every license, revives every deadline, defeats every defense, or eliminates personal liability.
5. POST-ACCEPTANCE WORK
☐ Official record shows the intended active or good-standing status.
☐ Accepted filing, payment proof, clearance documents, reports, and current entity record saved.
☐ Corporate records, tax and payroll accounts, licenses, banks, insurance, contracts, lenders, permits, and foreign qualifications reviewed separately.
☐ Ongoing annual-report, tax, registered-agent, and governance calendar assigned.
Prepared by: [________________________________]
Authorized reviewer: [________________________________]
Signature: [________________________________] Date: [__/__/____]
SOURCES AND REFERENCES
- Pennsylvania General Assembly — Title 15, § 146
- Pennsylvania Department of State — annual reports and future enforcement
- Pennsylvania Business Filing Services
Statutes and route verified 2026-07-29; recheck the official record, form, amounts, and filing instructions immediately before submission.
About this template
- Last updated
- July 29, 2026
- Citations checked
- July 29, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
- Category
- Corporate & Business
Legal authority
- 15 Pa.C.S. § 146
Corporate documents govern how a company makes decisions, records them, and handles disputes between owners, directors, and officers. Proper corporate paperwork is what lets a business take advantage of limited liability, pass clean audits, and survive an acquisition or investor review. Skipping formalities like written resolutions and signed consents is one of the fastest ways for a business owner to lose personal asset protection.
Not legal advice
This template is provided for informational purposes. We recommend having an attorney review any legal document before signing, especially for high-value or complex matters.
Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on July 29, 2026.
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