{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-158-39","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 158, § 39","heading":"Certificate of increase of capital stock; filing","body":"Section 39. A corporation shall, upon an increase of its capital stock, within thirty days after the payment or collection of the last instalment thereof, file a certificate of the amount of such increase and the fact of such payment, signed and sworn to by its president or vice president, and treasurer or assistant treasurer, and a majority of its directors, in the office of the state secretary and also, if the corporation is subject to chapter one hundred and sixty-four or one hundred and sixty-five, in the office of the department of telecommunications and energy. If such a certificate is not filed as aforesaid within said period of thirty days, it may thereafter be received by the secretary for examination in accordance with section forty-one upon payment to him of such sum, to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, and be filed as hereinbefore provided, subject to the provisions of sections forty-one and forty-three to the same extent as if such certificate had been filed as aforesaid within said period.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 158"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter158/Section39","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:43Z","sha256":"d5318c9798cf5463b2e3782cbbe745a1956bd865ba04cced98e6c0c93973fccf","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-158-38","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-158-40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}