Maine Code § 31-1678

Liability for incorrect or inaccurate information in filed record
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1. Incorrect or inaccurate information. If a record delivered to the office of the Secretary of
State for filing under this chapter and filed by the Secretary of State contains incorrect or inaccurate
information, a person that suffers a loss by reasonable reliance on the information may recover damages
for the loss from a person that signed the record, or caused another to sign it on the person's behalf, and
knew the information to be incorrect or inaccurate at the time the record was signed.
[PL 2009, c. 629, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 2009, c. 629, Pt. A, §3 (AFF).]
2. Affirmation that facts are true.
[PL 2011, c. 113, Pt. A, §27 (RP).]

3. Unsworn falsification. The execution of a certificate or articles containing one or more false
statements constitutes unsworn falsification under Title 17-A, section 453.
[PL 2011, c. 113, Pt. A, §28 (NEW).]

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