Domestic PLLC Checklist

You must submit the following documents to our office:

• ❑ A fully executed Articles of Organization filed under Section 1203 of the New York State Business Corporation Law.
  
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• ❑ The required filing fee of $10.00 per member/manager (check or money order made payable to the New York State Education Department).
  
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• ❑Professional Corporations Corporate Contact Information Form.
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• ❑Affidavit: Business Name Professional Practice Entity (PPE).
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  Note: If you are using words in your entity name that are: initials, foreign words, surnames, abbreviations, or words not commonly used in connection with the profession(s) being practiced you must submit an explanation detailing how these words relate to the proposed entity.
  
  The mailing address is:
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  NY State Education Department
  Office of the Professions
  Division of Professional Licensing Services
  Professional Corporations Unit
  89 Washington Avenue
  Albany, New York 12234-1000
  
  The New York State Education Department will attach a Certificate of Authority and return it to the filer.
  
   
• ❑ You must then submit both documents to the New York State Department of State for incorporation.

Upon filing with the New York State Department of State, the filer is required by law to submit to the Education Department:

• ❑ A Certified Copy of the Articles of Organization
   
  Note: A certified copy may be requested and obtained from the Department of State at the time of filing.
   
  *Please note that an entity will not be listed on the New York State Education Department website until the certified copy is received.

See Professional Service Limited Liability Companies (PLLC) for additional information and statutory requirements for establishing Professional Corporations.

Please also review our Tips to Avoid Unnecessary Processing Delays.

To contact the Professional Corporations Unit for additional information: