Title 13-B, Title 13-B

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…

1. Annual report. Each domestic corporation, unless excused as provided in subsection 5, and each foreign corporation authorized to carry on activities in this State shall deliver for filing, within the time prescribed by this Act, an annual report to the Secretary of State setti…

1. Amended annual report. If the information contained in an annual report filed under section 1301 has changed, a corporation may, if it determines it to be necessary, deliver to the Secretary of State for filing an amended annual report to change the information on file. The am…

1. Failure to file annual report; penalty. A domestic or foreign corporation that is required to deliver an annual report for filing, as provided by section 1301, that fails to deliver its properly completed annual report to the Secretary of State shall pay, in addition to the re…

The Secretary of State shall have the power and authority reasonably necessary to enable him to administer this Act efficiently and to perform the duties therein imposed upon him. These powers shall include, without limitation: [PL 1977, c. 592, §17 (NEW).] 1. Make rules. The pow…

1. Penalties. No person shall sign any document required or permitted to be delivered for filing with the Secretary of State by any corporation, domestic or foreign, when that person knows that the document contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a mate…

All copies of documents which have been filed in the office of the Secretary of State, as required or permitted by any provision of this Act, shall, when certified by him, be taken and received in all courts, public offices and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the facts…

In addition to any rule of evidence provided by rule of court: [PL 1977, c. 525, §13 (NEW).] 1. Prima facie evidence. When certified under oath of the secretary or an assistant secretary of the corporation to be true and correct, the original or a copy of: A. The minutes of the p…

1. Secretary of State authorized to issue certificate. The Secretary of State is authorized to issue his certificate in such short form as is adopted by him: A. Of a change in the name of a domestic or foreign corporation, which change of name is reflected in articles of amendmen…

Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, a nonprofit corporation shall not be required to obtain a license or to be registered to practice a profession or occupation. Any employee of such a corporation who practices or holds himself out to practice a profession or occupatio…

In addition to any fees required by section 1402, the Secretary of State shall charge the following fees for filing documents required or permitted to be filed in his office by this Act, and for services specified herein: [PL 1977, c. 525, §13 (NEW).] 1. Proof of resolution. 1-A.…

1. Secretary of State to furnish copies. The Secretary of State shall furnish to any person a copy of any document filed under this Act or retained in file, having been filed under a predecessor to this Act; for locating, copying and certifying a document subsequent to its filing…

The Secretary of State may provide an expedited service for the processing of documents in accordance with this Title. If the service is provided, the Secretary of State shall establish by rule a fee schedule and governing procedures in accordance with the Maine Administrative Pr…

All fees collected as provided by this chapter must be remitted to the Treasurer of State for the use of the State with the exception of those fees collected under sections 1402‑A and 1405.

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 promul…

1. Informational publications. The Secretary of State may establish by rule in accordance with the Maine Administrative Procedure Act a fee schedule to cover the cost of printing and distribution of publications and to set forth the procedures for the sale of these publications. …

1. Public benefit corporation. A domestic corporation subject to this Act is a public benefit corporation if: A. It is designated a public benefit corporation by statute; [PL 2001, c. 550, Pt. C, §28 (NEW); PL 2001, c. 550, Pt. C, §29 (AFF).] B. It is recognized as exempt under t…