{"data":{"id":"us-me/31-m.r.s.-872","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"31 M.R.S. §872","heading":"Duty of Secretary of State","body":"The duty of the Secretary of State to file documents under this chapter is ministerial.  The filing or refusal to file a document does not:\n1.  Validity of documents.  Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or in part;\n2.  Correctness of information.  Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document; or\n3.  Presumption of validity or correctness.  Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that the information in the document is correct or incorrect.","path":["TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS","CHAPTER 15: LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS","SUBCHAPTER 4: MISCELLANEOUS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/31/title31sec872.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:37Z","sha256":"1fc5ba23b9e64ffd8f48716f13da8e935985654d419022c65d9b28e09be60295","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/31-m.r.s.-871","next":"us-me/31-m.r.s.-873"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}