{"data":{"id":"us-me/13-m.r.s.-1976","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"13 M.R.S. §1976","heading":"Use of words \"cooperative,\" \"co-op\"","body":"No person, firm, corporation or association, domestic or foreign, hereafter commencing business in this State may use the word \"cooperative\" or \"co-op\" as a part of its corporate name, unless it has complied with this subchapter or some other statute of this State relating to cooperative associations. A foreign association organized under and complying with the cooperative law of the state of its creation shall be entitled to use the term \"cooperative\" or \"co-op\" in this State if it has obtained the privilege of doing business in this State.","path":["TITLE 13: CORPORATIONS","PART 2: CORPORATIONS WITHOUT CAPITAL","CHAPTER 85: COOPERATIVES","SUBCHAPTER 3: EMPLOYEE COOPERATIVE CORPORATIONS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/13/title13sec1976.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:27Z","sha256":"237737e0c727c3391d906db554bf9b32f84a3931f1ca2367a8448c6f1e49d444","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/13-m.r.s.-1975","next":"us-me/13-m.r.s.-1977"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}