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31 M.R.S. §1676: Signing of records to be delivered for filing to office of the Secretary of State

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  1. TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
  2. CHAPTER 21: LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES
  3. SUBCHAPTER 13: ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

1. Record signed. A record delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing pursuant to this chapter must be signed as follows.

A. A limited liability company's initial certificate of formation must be signed by at least one authorized person.

B. A record signed on behalf of a limited liability company must be signed by a person authorized by the limited liability company.

C. A record filed on behalf of a dissolved limited liability company that has no members must be signed by the person winding up the limited liability company's activities under section 1597, subsection 1 or a person appointed under section 1598, subsection 2 to wind up those activities.

D. A statement of denial by a person under section 1543 must be signed by that person.

E. Any other record must be signed by the person on whose behalf the record is delivered to the office of the Secretary of State.

2. Agent; attorney-in-fact. Any record to be filed under this chapter may be signed by an agent, including an attorney-in-fact. Powers of attorney relating to the signing of the record need not be provided to or filed with the office of the Secretary of State.

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