| | | 1.__Reserve use of name. A person may reserve the exclusive | | use of a corporate name, including an assumed or fictitious name, | | by executing and delivering for filing as provided in section 106 | | an application to the Secretary of State.__The application must | | be executed by a duly authorized person and must set forth the | | name and address of the applicant and the name proposed to be | | reserved.__If the Secretary of State finds that the corporate | | name applied for is available, the Secretary of State shall | | reserve the name for the applicant's exclusive use for a | | nonrenewable period of 120 days. |
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| | | 2.__Transfer of reservation.__The owner of a reserved | | corporate name under subsection 1 may transfer the reservation to | | another person by executing and delivering for filing to the | | Secretary of State as provided in section 106 a notice of the | | transfer, signed by the transferor, that states the name and | | address of the transferee. |
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| | | Sec. B-12. 13-B MRSA §303, as corrected by RR 2001, c. 2, Pt. B, §35 | | and affected by §58, is repealed. |
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| | | Sec. B-13. 13-B MRSA §303-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | §303-A.__Registered name of foreign corporation |
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| | | 1.__Register corporate name.__A foreign corporation may | | register its corporate name if the name is distinguishable on the | | records of the Secretary of State pursuant to section 301-A. |
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| | | 2.__Application.__To register its corporate name, a foreign | | corporation must execute and deliver to the Secretary of State | | for filing as provided in sections 104 and 106 an application | | that: |
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| | | A.__Sets forth its corporate name, the state or country and | | date of its incorporation, the address of its principal | | office wherever located and a brief description of the | | nature of the activities in which it is engaged; and |
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| | | B.__Is accompanied by a certificate of existence or a | | document of similar import duly authenticated by the | | secretary of state or other official having custody of | | corporate records in the state or country under whose law | | the foreign corporation is incorporated. The certificate of | | existence must have been made not more than 90 days prior to | | the delivery of the application for filing. |
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| | | 3.__Applicant's exclusive use.__A corporate name is registered | | for a foreign corporation's exclusive use upon the |
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