{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-161-133","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 161, § 133","heading":"Filing of certificate of name change","body":"Section 133. A certified copy of such authorization and a certificate of the vote of the company, 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 shall grant a certificate of the name which the company shall bear, which, subject to the restrictions of section four, shall thereafter be its legal name.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 161"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter161/Section133","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:23:50Z","sha256":"16a5d78522f01e2f2ab0196b200983ec257c4fa79b3539af8c8e8ecc3a50a04d","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-161-132","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-161-134"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}