EX-3 4 ex3-1.txt EXHIBIT 3.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF STATE CORPORATION BUREAU -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Entity Number Certificate of Limited Partnership 3144525 (15 Pa.C.S. ss. 8511) Name Richard G. Devlin, c/o Reed Smith LLP Document will be returned to the ------------------------------------------- name and address you enter to Address the left. 2500 One Liberty Place <-- ------------------------------------------- City State Zip Code Philadelphia PA 19103 ------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Fee: $100 Filed in the Department of State on May 19, 2003 --------- -------------- Pedro G. Cortes -------------------------------------------------- Secretary of the Commonwealth ---------------------------------------------------- In compliance with the requirements of 15 Pa.C.S. ss. 8511 (relating to certificate of limited partnership), the undersigned, desiring to form a limited partnership, hereby certifies that: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The name of the limited partnership (may contain the word "Company", or "limited" or "limited partnership" or any abbreviation): Commonwealth Income & Growth Fund V ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. The (a) address of the limited partnership's initial registered office in this Commonwealth or (b) name of its commercial registered office provider and the county of venue is: (a) Number and Street City State Zip County 470 John Young Way, Ste. 300, Exton, PA 19341 Chester ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- (b) Name of Commercial Registered Office Provider County c/o: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. The name and business address of each general partner of the partnership is: Name Address Commonwealth Income & Growth Fund, Inc., Oakland's Corporate Center ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 470 John Young Way, Ste. 300 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exton, Pa 19341 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Check, and if appropriate complete, one of the following: X The formation of the limited partnership shall be effective upon filing --- this Certificate of Limited Partnership in the Department of State. The formation of the limited partnership shall be effective --- on:_________ at _________. Date Hour -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- 5. The specified effective date, if any is: ------------------------------------------------- month date year hour, if any ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned general partner(s) of the limited partnership has (have) executed this Certificate of Limited Partnership this 14th day of May 2003. ---- ----------- Kimberly A. Springsteen ------------------------------------ Signature ------------------------------------ Signature ------------------------------------ Signature ------------------------------------------------------------