{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-160-216","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, § 216","heading":"Certificate of authorization; filing; notice","body":"Section 216. A certified copy of such authorization and a certificate of the vote of the corporation, signed and sworn to by the president, treasurer and a majority of the directors, shall be filed in the office of the state secretary. The department shall require public notice to be given of the change so authorized; and, upon receipt of proof thereof, the state secretary may grant a certificate of the name which the corporation shall bear, which, subject to the provisions of section fourteen, shall thereafter be its legal name.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 160"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter160/Section216","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:48Z","sha256":"544a50580bb35164d95090974b09553b43e3151054eda4d406914eebfc9f517d","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-160-215","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-160-217"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}