B.__Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document; or

C.__Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.

§1012.__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 partnership within 30 days after the return of the document may appeal the refusal to the Superior Court of the 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.

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.

3.__Appeal court's decision.__The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.

§1013.__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 1011 is conclusive evidence that the original document is on file with the Secretary of State.

§1014.__Penalty for signing false document

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.

§1015.__Powers

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