Maine Code § 31-1677

Signing and filing pursuant to judicial order
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1. Petition. If a person required by this chapter to sign a record or deliver a record to the office of
the Secretary of State for filing under this chapter does not do so, any other person that is aggrieved by
such failure to sign may petition the Kennebec County Superior Court to order:
A. The person to sign the record; [PL 2009, c. 629, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2009, c. 629, Pt. A,
§3 (AFF).]
B. The person to deliver the record to the office of the Secretary of State for filing; or [PL 2009,
c. 629, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2009, c. 629, Pt. A, §3 (AFF).]
C. The Secretary of State to file the record unsigned. [PL 2009, c. 629, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL
2009, c. 629, Pt. A, §3 (AFF).]
[PL 2009, c. 629, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2009, c. 629, Pt. A, §3 (AFF).]
2. Party to action. If a petitioner under subsection 1 is not the limited liability company or foreign
limited liability company to whom the record pertains, the petitioner shall make the limited liability
company or foreign limited liability company a party to the action. A person aggrieved under
subsection 1 may seek the remedies provided in subsection 1 in a separate action against the person
required to sign the record or as a part of any other action concerning the limited liability company in
which the person required to sign the record is made a party.
[PL 2011, c. 691, Pt. A, §32 (AMD).]
3. Reasonable expenses. A court may award reasonable expenses, including reasonable attorney's
fees, to the party or parties who prevail, in whole or in part, with respect to any claim made under
subsection 1.
[PL 2009, c. 629, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2009, c. 629, Pt. A, §3 (AFF).]

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