Maine § 13-B §106 Filing of documents

Maine Statutes

§ 13-B §106 — Filing of documents

Maine·Title 13-B MAINE NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT·Ch. 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

1.Meaning of filing. Whenever any provision of this Act requires any document to be delivered for filing, or filed in accordance with this section, unless otherwise specifically stated in this Act and subject to any additional provisions of this Act, such requirement shall mean that:

2.Fully effective. Any document required to be filed shall be fully effective as of the filing date of the document.

3.Microfilmed. If he so determines by rule, the Secretary of State may copy, on microfilm, any document filed by him under this Act or under any predecessor of this Act and retain such microfilm copy in lieu of retaining the original as required by subsection 1, paragraph D; and he may thereafter destroy the original document or return it to the person who delivered the same to him for filing

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1.
Meaning of filing.
Whenever any provision of this Act requires any document to be delivered for filing, or filed in accordance with this section, unless otherwise specifically stated in this Act and subject to any additional provisions of this Act, such requirement shall mean that:
2.
Fully effective.
Any document required to be filed shall be fully effective as of the filing date of the document.
3.
Microfilmed.
If he so determines by rule, the Secretary of State may copy, on microfilm, any document filed by him under this Act or under any predecessor of this Act and retain such microfilm copy in lieu of retaining the original as required by subsection 1, paragraph D; and he may thereafter destroy the original document or return it to the person who delivered the same to him for filing.
4.
Inaccurate record filed.
Whenever any document authorized to be filed with the Secretary of State under any provision of this Act has been so filed and is an inaccurate record of the corporate action therein referred to, or was defectively or erroneously executed, sealed or acknowledged, such document may be corrected by filing with the Secretary of State a certificate of correction of such document which shall be executed and delivered for filing in accordance with section 104 and this section. The certificate of correction shall specify the inaccuracy or defect to be corrected and shall set forth the portion of the instrument in corrected form. The corrected instrument shall be effective as of the date the original instrument was filed, except as to those persons who are substantially and adversely affected by the correction, and as to those persons the corrected instrument shall be effective from the filing date.
5.
Rulemaking.
The Secretary of State may promulgate rules permitting the filing of documents by electronic transmission and permitting facsimile signatures on documents to be filed; and
6.
Document filing.
The Secretary of State's duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. The Secretary of State's filing or refusing to file a document does not, except as otherwise provided by law or rule: