Massachusetts § 116 Certificate of good standing

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 116 — Certificate of good standing

Massachusetts § 116

Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT

Title XXIICORPORATIONS

Ch. 156BCERTAIN BUSINESS CORPORATIONS

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 156B, § 116 (2026).

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Section 116. A corporation shall be deemed to be in good standing with the state secretary if such corporation has filed all annual reports required to be filed by it with the state secretary, has paid all fees due with respect to such reports, no proceedings are then pending under section one hundred and one for its dissolution, and no articles of dissolution have been filed by it.  Upon the request of any person and payment of such fee as may be prescribed by law, the state secretary shall issue a certificate stating, in substance, as to any corporation meeting the requirements of this section, that such corporation appears from the records in his office to be in good standing.

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Section 116. A corporation shall be deemed to be in good standing with the state secretary if such corporation has filed all annual reports required to be filed by it with the state secretary, has paid all fees due with respect to such reports, no proceedings are then pending under section one hundred and one for its dissolution, and no articles of dissolution have been filed by it. Upon the request of any person and payment of such fee as may be prescribed by law, the state secretary shall issue a certificate stating, in substance, as to any corporation meeting the requirements of this section, that such corporation appears from the records in his office to be in good standing.