LD 1539
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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.

 
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.

 
Sec. B-12. 13-B MRSA §303, as corrected by RR 2001, c. 2, Pt. B, §35
and affected by §58, is repealed.

 
Sec. B-13. 13-B MRSA §303-A is enacted to read:

 
§303-A.__Registered name of foreign corporation

 
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.

 
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:

 
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

 
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.

 
3.__Applicant's exclusive use.__A corporate name is registered
for a foreign corporation's exclusive use upon the


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