§121. Requirements for documents; extrinsic facts To be entitled to filing with the office of the Secretary of State, a document must satisfy the following requirements and the requirements of any other section of this Act. [PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. B, §7 (AFF).] 1. Filing […]
§122. Forms The Secretary of State may prescribe and furnish on request forms for any documents required or permitted to be filed by this Act. If the Secretary of State so requires, use of these forms is mandatory. [PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. B, §7 (AFF).] […]
§123. Filing, service and copying fees 1. Filing fees. The following fees must be paid to the Secretary of State. A. For articles of incorporation, the fee is $145. [PL 2003, c. 673, Pt. WWW, §11 (AMD); PL 2003, c. 673, Pt. WWW, §37 (AFF).] B. For an application for the use of […]
§124. Expedited service The Secretary of State may provide expedited service for the processing of documents in accordance with this Act. The Secretary of State shall establish a fee schedule and adopt rules to set forth the procedures governing this expedited service. All fees collected as provided by this section must be deposited into a […]
§125. Effective time and date of document Except as provided in section 126, subsection 3, a document accepted for filing takes effect on the date and at the time of filing, as evidenced by such means as the Secretary of State may use for the purpose of recording the date and time of filing, except […]
§126. Correcting filed document 1. Correction authorized. A domestic or foreign corporation may correct a document filed by the Secretary of State if: A. The document contains an inaccuracy; [PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. B, §7 (AFF).] B. The document was defectively executed, attested, sealed, […]
§127. Filing duty of Secretary of State 1. Duty to file. If a document delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing pursuant to this Act satisfies the requirements of section 121, the Secretary of State shall file the document. [PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2001, c. […]
§128. Appeal Secretary of State’s refusal to file document 1. Commencing an appeal. If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document delivered to the Secretary of State’s office for filing, the domestic or foreign corporation within 30 days after the return of the document may appeal the refusal to the Superior Court of […]
§129. Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document A certificate from the Secretary of State delivered with a copy of a document filed by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 127 is conclusive evidence that the original document is on file with the Secretary of State. [PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. A, §2 […]
§130. Certificate of existence; certificate of authority; certificate of fact 1. Application. Any person may apply to the Secretary of State to furnish a certificate of existence for a domestic corporation or a certificate of authority for a foreign corporation. [PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. B, […]
§131. Penalty for signing false document A person commits a Class E crime if that person signs a document pursuant to this Act knowing it is false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing. [PL 2001, c. 640, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL […]
§132. Unsworn falsification The execution of a certificate or articles containing one or more false statements constitutes unsworn falsification under Title 17-A, section 453. [PL 2011, c. 274, §13 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2011, c. 274, §13 (NEW).
