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county where the corporation's principal office is located or, if | | there is not a principal office in this State, of Kennebec County. | | The appeal is commenced by petitioning the court to compel filing | | of the document and by attaching to the petition the document and | | the Secretary of State's explanation of the refusal to file. |
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| | | 2.__Court order.__Upon the receipt of a petition filed under | | subsection 1, the court may summarily order the Secretary of | | State to file a document or take other action the court considers | | appropriate. |
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| | | 3.__Appeal court's decision.__The court's final decision may | | be appealed as in other civil proceedings. |
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| | | §1013.__Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document |
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| | | A certificate from the Secretary of State delivered with a | | copy of a document filed by the Secretary of State pursuant to | | section 1011 is conclusive evidence that the original document is | | on file with the Secretary of State. |
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| | | §1014.__Penalty for signing false document |
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| | | A person commits a Class E crime if that person signs a | | document pursuant to this chapter knowing it is false in any | | material respect with intent that the document be delivered to | | the Secretary of State for filing. |
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| | | The Secretary of State has the power reasonably necessary to | | perform the duties required of the Secretary of State by this | | chapter, including the power to make rules not inconsistent with | | this chapter. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine | | technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2- | | A. |
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| | | §1016.__Access to Secretary of State's database |
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| | | The Secretary of State may provide public access to the | | database of the Department of the Secretary of State through a | | dial-in modem, public terminals and electronic duplicates of the | | database. If access to the database is provided to the public, | | the Secretary of State may adopt rules to establish a fee | | schedule and governing procedures. Rules adopted pursuant to this | | section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, | | chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. |
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