Title 13-B, Title 13-B

1. Name. A foreign corporation is not authorized to carry on activities in this State unless the name of the corporation complies with the requirements of section 301-A. 2. Change of name. If a foreign corporation authorized to carry on activities in this State shall change its n…

Whenever a foreign corporation authorized to carry on activities in this State shall be the surviving corporation in a statutory merger permitted by the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation, it shall, within 30 days after the effective date of the merger, deliver to the Secr…

1. Provisions for amendment. A foreign corporation authorized to carry on activities in this State shall amend its application for authority if it shall: A. Change its corporate name, provided that such change has been effected under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation;…

1. Surrender of authority. A foreign corporation authorized to carry on activities in this State may surrender its authority by executing and delivering for filing, as provided in sections 104 and 106, an application for surrender of authority which shall set forth: A. The name o…

1. Termination of existence. When a foreign corporation authorized to carry on activities in this State shall be dissolved, or its authority or existence otherwise cancelled or terminated in its jurisdiction of incorporation, or when the corporation is merged or consolidated into…

Notwithstanding Title 4, chapter 5 and Title 5, chapter 375, the Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under section 1210‑B to revoke the authority of a foreign corporation authorized to carry on activities in this State if: [PL 2003, c. 631, §5 (NEW).] 1. Nonpayment of fe…

1. Notice of determination. If the Secretary of State determines that one or more grounds exist under section 1210-A for the revocation of authority, the Secretary of State shall serve the foreign corporation with written notice of the Secretary of State's determination as requir…

1. Petition to appeal revocation. A foreign corporation may appeal the Secretary of State's revocation of its authority to the Kennebec County Superior Court within 30 days after the notice of revocation. The foreign corporation may appeal by petitioning the court to set aside th…

The Attorney General may bring an action to restrain a foreign corporation from carrying on in this State without authority any activity for which authority is required by this chapter; any activity which it is not authorized to carry on in its jurisdiction of incorporation, or w…

Service of process, notice or demand required or permitted by law on a foreign nonprofit corporation qualified to carry on activities in this State is governed by Title 5, section 113.

Each foreign nonprofit corporation must have and shall continuously maintain a registered agent in this State as defined in Title 5, chapter 6-A.

1. Limited jurisdiction. Every foreign corporation that carries on any activities in this State without having been authorized to carry on activities in this State thereby submits itself to the jurisdiction of the courts of this State, with respect to any action arising out of or…

1. Corporation liable. A foreign corporation which carries on activities in this State without authority, when such authority is required by this Act, shall be liable to this State for all fees and penalties which would have been imposed under this Act upon such corporation had i…

1. Continuation of activities. Every foreign corporation which, on the effective date of this Act, is authorized to carry on activities in this State shall continue to have such authority for any purpose or purposes for which a corporation might secure authority under this chapte…

1. Right to inspect corporate records. Every foreign corporation, authorized to carry on activities in this State and actually keeping or maintaining within this State any books or records, shall afford to its members the same right to inspect books and records kept or maintained…