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| 2.__Application.__To register its limited liability company name, | a foreign limited liability company must execute and deliver to the | Secretary of State for filing an application that: |
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| A.__Sets forth its limited liability company name, the state | or country and date of its organization, the address of its | principal office wherever located and a brief description of | the nature of the business 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 | limited liability company records in the state or country | under whose law the foreign limited liability company is | organized. 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 limited liability company | name is registered for a foreign limited liability company's | exclusive use upon the effective date of the application under | subsection 2 until the end of the calendar year in which the | application was filed. |
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| | 4.__Renewal of registered name.__A foreign limited liability | company whose registration under this section is effective may | renew it for a successive year by delivering for filing to the | Secretary of State between October 1st and December 31st a | renewal application that complies with the requirements of | subsection 2. The renewal application, when filed, renews the | registration for the following calendar year. |
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| | 5.__Qualify as foreign limited liability company.__A foreign | limited liability company whose registration under this section | is effective may, after the registration is effective, qualify as | a foreign limited liability company under the registered name or | may consent in writing to the use of that name by a limited | liability company organized under this Act or by another foreign | limited liability company authorized to transact business in this | State.__The registration terminates when the domestic limited | liability company is organized or the foreign limited liability | company qualifies or consents to the qualification of another | foreign limited liability company under the registered name. |
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| | Sec. C-27. 31 MRSA §712, sub-§3, ¶H, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 718, Pt. | A, §1, is amended to read: |
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| H. A certificate of good standing or its equivalent from the | proper officer of its jurisdiction of organization |
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