Qualification to Do Business in State

"(a) General rule.--The General Assembly hereby finds and determines that foreign domiciliary corporations substantially affect this Commonwealth. The courts of this Commonwealth shall not dismiss or stay any action or proceeding brought by a shareholder or representative of a foreign domiciliary corporation, as such, against the corporation or any one or more of the shareholders or representatives thereof, as such, on the ground that the corporation is a foreign corporation for profit or that the cause of action relates to the internal affairs thereof, but every such action shall proceed with like effect as if the corporation were a domestic corporation. Except as provided in subsection (b), the court having jurisdiction of the action or proceeding shall apply the law of the jurisdiction under which the foreign domiciliary corporation was incorporated. (15 Pa.C.S.A. § 4145)

(d) Equal rights and privileges of registered foreign associations.--Except as otherwise provided by law, a registered foreign association, so long as its registration to do business is not terminated or canceled, shall enjoy the same rights and privileges as a domestic entity and shall be subject to the same liabilities, restrictions, duties and penalties now in force or hereafter imposed on domestic entities, to the same extent as if it had been formed under this title. A foreign insurance corporation shall be deemed a registered foreign association except as provided in subsection (e). (15 Pa.C.S.A. § 402)"

The foreign registration statement must be signed by the foreign filing association and include the name of the filing association, the type of association, the association’s jurisdiction of formation, the address of its principal place of business and the address of its registered office in Pennsylvania. 15 Pa.C.S.A. § 412. The statute of limitations for a claim accruing outside Pennsylvania will be the shorter of the law governing the place where the claim accrued or the applicable Pennsylvania statute of limitations. 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 5521.