Maine Code § 31-1012

Appeal Secretary of State's refusal to file document
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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.
[PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]
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.
[PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]

3. Appeal court's decision. The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil
proceedings.
[PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]

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