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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
this chapter. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine
technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-
A.

 
§1016.__Access to Secretary of State's database

 
The Secretary of State may provide public access to the
database of the Department of the Secretary of State through a
dial-in modem, public terminals and electronic duplicates of the
database. If access to the database is provided to the public,
the Secretary of State may adopt rules to establish a fee
schedule and governing procedures. Rules adopted pursuant to this
section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5,
chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

 
§1017.__Publications


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