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31 ME Rev Stat § 858 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 15: LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|Subchapter 3: FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|31 §858. Doing business without authority; treatment as general partnership (REPEALED)

 §858. Doing business without authority; treatment as general partnership (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 633, §B1 (NEW). PL 2005, c. 543, §B6 (RP). PL 2005, c. 543, §B15 (AFF).
31 ME Rev Stat § 858-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 15: LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|Subchapter 3: FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|31 §858-A. Effect of failure to qualify

 §858-A. Effect of failure to qualify 1.  No action or proceeding until granted authority; fees paid.  A foreign limited liability partnership transacting business in this State may not maintain an action or proceeding in this State until it is granted authority to do business in this State and pays to the State all fees and penalties for the years or parts of years during which it did business in this State without having been granted authority to do business.   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. B, §7 (NEW); PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. B, §15 (AFF).] 2.  Validity of contract or act; defend action or proceeding.  The failure of a foreign limited liability partnership to obtain authority to do business in this State in accordance with this chapter does not impair the validity of a contract or act of the foreign limited liability partnership or preclude it from defending an action or proceeding in this State.   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. B, §7 (NEW); PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. B, §15 (AFF).] 3.  Limitation on personal liability.  A limitation on personal liability of a partner is not waived solely by transacting business in this State without being granted authority to do business in this State.   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. B, §7 (NEW); PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. B, §15 (AFF).] 4.  Agent for service of process.  If a foreign limited liability partnership transacts business in this State without being granted the authority to do business in this State, the Secretary of State is its agent for service of process with respect to a right of action arising out of the transaction of business in this State.   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. B, §7 (NEW); PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. B, §15 (AFF).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2005, c. 543, §B7 (NEW). PL 2005, c. 543, §B15 (AFF).
31 ME Rev Stat § 859 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 15: LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|Subchapter 3: FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|31 §859. Doing business without authority; revocation by Secretary of State (REPEALED)

 §859. Doing business without authority; revocation by Secretary of State (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 633, §B1 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 376, §69 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 547, §B55 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 547, §B80 (AFF). PL 2003, c. 344, §C44 (AMD). PL 2003, c. 631, §70 (RP).
31 ME Rev Stat § 859-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 15: LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|Subchapter 3: FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|31 §859-A. Grounds for revocation

 §859-A. Grounds for revocation Notwithstanding Title 4, chapter 5 and Title 5, chapter 375, the Secretary of State may commence a proceeding under section 859-B to revoke the authority of a partnership as a foreign limited liability partnership authorized to do business in this State if:   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. B, §8 (AMD); PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. B, §15 (AFF).]1.  Nonpayment of fees or penalties.  The foreign limited liability partnership does not pay when they are due any fees or penalties imposed by this chapter or other law;   [PL 2003, c. 631, §71 (NEW).] 2.  Failure to file annual report.  The foreign limited liability partnership does not deliver its annual report to the Secretary of State as required by section 873;   [PL 2003, c. 631, §71 (NEW).] 3.  Failure to pay late filing penalty.  The foreign limited liability partnership does not pay the annual report late filing penalty as required by section 874;   [PL 2003, c. 631, §71 (NEW).] 4.  Failure to maintain registered agent.  The foreign limited liability partnership is without a registered agent in this State as required by Title 5, section 105, subsection 1;   [PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. E, §24 (AMD); PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §4 (AFF).] 5.  Failure to notify of change of registered agent or address.  The foreign limited liability partnership does not notify the Secretary of State that its registered agent has changed as required by Title 5, section 108, subsection 1 or the address of its registered agent has been changed as required by Title 5, section 109 or 110 or that its registered agent has resigned as required by Title 5, section 111;   [PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. E, §25 (AMD); PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §4 (AFF).] 6.  Filing of false information.  A partner or agent of the foreign limited liability partnership signed a document with the knowledge that the document was false in a material respect and with the intent that the document be delivered to the Secretary of State for filing;   [PL 2003, c. 631, §71 (NEW).] 7.  Amended application.  The foreign limited liability partnership fails to file with the Secretary of State an amended application for authority required by section 855; or   [PL 2003, c. 631, §71 (NEW).] 8.  Authenticated certificate.  The Secretary of State receives a duly authenticated certificate from the secretary of state or other official having custody of limited liability partnership records in the state or country under whose law the foreign limited liability partnership is organized stating that the foreign limited liability partnership is no longer treated as a registered limited liability partnership in its jurisdiction of registration.   [PL 2003, c. 631, §71 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2003, c. 631, §71 (NEW). PL 2005, c. 543, §B8 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 543, §B15 (AFF). PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. E, §§24, 25 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §4 (AMD).
31 ME Rev Stat § 859-C (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 15: LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|Subchapter 3: FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|31 §859-C. Appeal from revocation

 §859-C. Appeal from revocation 1.  Petition to appeal revocation.  A foreign limited liability partnership may appeal the Secretary of State's revocation of its authority to the Kennebec County Superior Court within 30 days after the notice of revocation. The foreign limited liability partnership may appeal by petitioning the court to set aside the revocation and attaching to the petition copies of its application for authority and the Secretary of State's notice of revocation.   [PL 2003, c. 631, §71 (NEW).] 2.  Court order.  The court may summarily order the Secretary of State to reinstate the authority or may take any other action the court considers appropriate.   [PL 2003, c. 631, §71 (NEW).] 3.  Appeal of court's decision.  The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.   [PL 2003, c. 631, §71 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2003, c. 631, §71 (NEW).
31 ME Rev Stat § 859-D (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 15: LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|Subchapter 3: FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|31 §859-D. Reinstatement following revocation (REPEALED)

 §859-D. Reinstatement following revocation (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 2003, c. 631, §71 (NEW). PL 2005, c. 543, §B10 (RP). PL 2005, c. 543, §B15 (AFF).
31 ME Rev Stat § 859-E (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 15: LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|Subchapter 3: FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|31 §859-E. Appeal from denial of reinstatement (REPEALED)

 §859-E. Appeal from denial of reinstatement (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 2003, c. 631, §71 (NEW). PL 2005, c. 543, §B10 (RP). PL 2005, c. 543, §B15 (AFF).
31 ME Rev Stat § 860 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 15: LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|Subchapter 3: FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|31 §860. Execution of documents; liability for false statements

 §860. Execution of documents; liability for false statements 1.  Signature.  Documents must be signed by a partner except as otherwise provided.   [PL 1995, c. 633, Pt. B, §1 (NEW).] 2.  Unsworn falsification.   Section 826, subsection 3, governing unsworn falsification, and section 829, on liability for materially inaccurate statements, apply to foreign limited liability partnerships as if the application for authority to do business were a certificate of limited liability partnership of a registered limited liability partnership.   [PL 1997, c. 376, §70 (RPR).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 633, §B1 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 376, §70 (AMD).
31 ME Rev Stat § 861 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 15: LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|Subchapter 3: FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|31 §861. Service of process on foreign limited liability partnerships authorized to do business in State (REPEALED)

 §861. Service of process on foreign limited liability partnerships authorized to do business in State (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 633, §B1 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. E, §29 (RP). PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §4 (AFF).
31 ME Rev Stat § 861-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 15: LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|Subchapter 3: FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|31 §861-A. Service of process upon foreign limited liability partnership authorized to do business in State

 §861-A. Service of process upon foreign limited liability partnership authorized to do business in State Service of process, notice or demand required or permitted by law on a foreign limited liability partnership authorized to transact business in this State is governed by Title 5, section 113.   [PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. E, §30 (NEW); PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §4 (AFF).]SECTION HISTORY PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. E, §30 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §4 (AFF).
31 ME Rev Stat § 862 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 15: LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|Subchapter 3: FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|31 §862. Service of process on foreign limited liability partnership not authorized to do business in State

 §862. Service of process on foreign limited liability partnership not authorized to do business in State 1.  Service on Secretary of State.  Every foreign limited liability partnership that does business in this State without having been authorized to do business in this State submits itself to the jurisdiction of the courts of this State and designates the Secretary of State as its agent upon whom process, notice or demand upon it may be served in any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with the doing of business in this State.   [PL 1995, c. 633, Pt. B, §1 (NEW).] 2.  Method of serving process.  In addition to other methods of service that may be authorized by law or by rule, service of process may be made as provided in Title 5, section 113.   [PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. E, §31 (AMD); PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §4 (AFF).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 633, §B1 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. E, §31 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §4 (AFF).
31 ME Rev Stat § 863 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 15: LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|Subchapter 3: FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|31 §863. Service of process on Secretary of State for foreign limited liability partnership (REPEALED)

 §863. Service of process on Secretary of State for foreign limited liability partnership (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 633, §B1 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. E, §32 (RP). PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §4 (AFF).
31 ME Rev Stat § 864 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 15: LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|Subchapter 3: FOREIGN LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|31 §864. Action by Attorney General (REPEALED)

 §864. Action by Attorney General (REPEALED)SECTION HISTORY PL 2005, c. 543, §B11 (NEW). PL 2005, c. 543, §B15 (AFF). PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. E, §33 (RP). PL 2007, c. 323, Pt. G, §4 (AFF).
31 ME Rev Stat § 872 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 15: LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|Subchapter 4: MISCELLANEOUS|31 §872. Duty of Secretary of State

 §872. Duty of Secretary of State 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:   [PL 1995, c. 633, Pt. B, §1 (NEW).]1.  Validity of documents.  Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or in part;   [PL 1995, c. 633, Pt. B, §1 (NEW).] 2.  Correctness of information.  Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document; or   [PL 1995, c. 633, Pt. B, §1 (NEW).] 3.  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.   [PL 1995, c. 633, Pt. B, §1 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 633, §B1 (NEW).
31 ME Rev Stat § 873-A (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 15: LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|Subchapter 4: MISCELLANEOUS|31 §873-A. Amended annual report of registered or foreign limited liability partnership

 §873-A. Amended annual report of registered or foreign limited liability partnership 1.  Amended annual report.  If the information contained in an annual report filed under section 873 has changed, a limited liability partnership may, if it determines it to be necessary, deliver to the Secretary of State for filing an amended annual report to change the information on file. The amended annual report must be executed as provided by section 873, subsection 3, paragraph A.   [PL 2003, c. 631, §79 (NEW).] 2.  Contents.  The amended annual report must set forth:   A. The name of the registered or foreign limited liability partnership and the jurisdiction of its organization;   [PL 2003, c. 631, §79 (NEW).]B. The date on which the original annual report was filed; and   [PL 2003, c. 631, §79 (NEW).]C. The information that has changed and the date on which it changed.   [PL 2003, c. 631, §79 (NEW).][PL 2003, c. 631, §79 (NEW).] 3.  Period for filing.  An amended annual report may be filed by the limited liability partnership after the date of the original filing and until December 31st of that filing year.   [PL 2003, c. 631, §79 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2003, c. 631, §79 (NEW).
31 ME Rev Stat § 875 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 15: LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|Subchapter 4: MISCELLANEOUS|31 §875. Effective date

 §875. Effective date This Act takes effect September 1, 1996. All partnerships that register as registered limited liability partnerships on or after that date and all foreign limited liability partnerships that apply for authority to transact business within this State on or after that date are governed by this Act.   [PL 1995, c. 633, Pt. B, §1 (NEW).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 633, §B1 (NEW).
31 ME Rev Stat § 876 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 15: LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS|Subchapter 4: MISCELLANEOUS|31 §876. Application to existing foreign limited liability partnerships; definition

 §876. Application to existing foreign limited liability partnerships; definition All foreign limited liability partnerships qualified as foreign corporations or limited partnerships or limited liability companies before September 1, 1996 are governed by this Act on and after September 1, 1996. By December 1, 1996 a partner of each foreign limited liability partnership shall file with the Secretary of State an application for authority to do business in this State under this Act and shall cancel the partnership's authority to do business in this State under chapter 19, former chapter 13 or former Title 13-A. If the foreign limited liability partnership fails to file the new application for authority to do business in this State by December 1, 1996, it must be treated as a general partnership without the status of a limited liability partnership with respect to any business conducted in this State between December 1, 1996 and the date on which it files that application.   [PL 2009, c. 629, Pt. A, §3 (AFF); PL 2009, c. 629, Pt. B, §8 (AMD).]SECTION HISTORY PL 1995, c. 633, §B1 (NEW). RR 2001, c. 2, §B53 (COR). RR 2001, c. 2, §B58 (AFF). PL 2005, c. 543, §D17 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 543, §D18 (AFF). PL 2009, c. 629, Pt. A, §3 (AFF). PL 2009, c. 629, Pt. B, §8 (AMD).
31 ME Rev Stat § 1002 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 17: UNIFORM PARTNERSHIP ACT|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|31 §1002. Knowledge and notice

 §1002. Knowledge and notice 1.  Knows.  A person knows a fact if the person has actual knowledge of it.   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] 2.  Has notice.  A person has notice of a fact if the person:   A. Knows of it;   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]B. Has received a notification of it; or   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]C. Has reason to know it exists from all of the facts known to the person at the time in question.   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).][PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] 3.  Notifies or gives notification.  A person notifies or gives a notification to another by taking steps reasonably required to inform the other person in ordinary course, whether or not the other person learns of it.   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] 4.  Receives notification.  A person receives a notification when the notification:   A. Comes to the person's attention; or   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]B. Is duly delivered at the person's place of business or at any other place held out by the person as a place for receiving communications.   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).][PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] 5.  Person other than individual; reasonable diligence.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, a person other than an individual knows, has notice or receives a notification of a fact for purposes of a particular transaction when the individual conducting the transaction knows, has notice or receives a notification of the fact or in any event when the fact would have been brought to the individual's attention if the person had exercised reasonable diligence. The person exercises reasonable diligence if that person maintains reasonable routines for communicating significant information to the individual conducting the transaction and there is reasonable compliance with the routines. Reasonable diligence does not require an individual acting for the person to communicate information unless the communication is part of the individual's regular duties or the individual has reason to know of the transaction and that the transaction would be materially affected by the information.   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] 6.  Effective as to partnership.  A partner's knowledge, notice or receipt of a notification of a fact relating to the partnership is effective immediately as knowledge by, notice to or receipt of a notification by the partnership except in the case of a fraud on the partnership committed by or with the consent of that partner.   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2005, c. 543, §A2 (NEW).
31 ME Rev Stat § 1003 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 17: UNIFORM PARTNERSHIP ACT|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|31 §1003. Effect of partnership agreement; nonwaivable provisions

 §1003. Effect of partnership agreement; nonwaivable provisions 1.  Partnership agreement governs; default.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, relations among the partners and between the partners and the partnership are governed by the partnership agreement. To the extent the partnership agreement does not otherwise provide, this chapter governs relations among the partners and between the partners and the partnership.   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] 2.  Nonwaivable provisions of chapter.  The partnership agreement may not:   A. Vary the rights and duties under section 1005 except to eliminate the duty to provide copies of statements to all of the partners;   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]B. Unreasonably restrict the right of access to books and records under section 1043, subsection 2;   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]C. Eliminate the duty of loyalty under section 1044, subsection 2 or section 1063, subsection 2, paragraph C, but:   (1) The partnership agreement may identify specific types or categories of activities that do not violate the duty of loyalty if not manifestly unreasonable; or   (2) All of the partners or a number or percentage specified in the partnership agreement may authorize or ratify, after full disclosure of all material facts, a specific act or transaction that otherwise would violate the duty of loyalty;   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]D. Unreasonably reduce the duty of care under section 1044, subsection 3 or section 1063, subsection 2, paragraph C;   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]E. Eliminate the obligation of good faith and fair dealing under section 1044, subsection 4, but the partnership agreement may prescribe the standards by which the performance of the obligation is to be measured if the standards are not manifestly unreasonable;   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]F. Vary the power to dissociate as a partner under section 1062, subsection 1, except to require the notice under section 1061, subsection 1 to be in writing;   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]G. Vary the right of a court to expel a partner in the events specified in section 1061, subsection 5;   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]H. Vary the requirement to wind up the partnership business in cases specified in section 1081, subsection 4, 5 or 6;   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]I. Vary the law applicable to a limited liability partnership under section 1006, subsection 2; or   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).]J. Restrict rights of 3rd parties under this chapter.   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).][PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2005, c. 543, §A2 (NEW).
31 ME Rev Stat § 1004 (2021)
2021 Maine Revised Statutes|TITLE 31: PARTNERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS|Chapter 17: UNIFORM PARTNERSHIP ACT|Subchapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS|31 §1004. Supplemental principles of law

 §1004. Supplemental principles of law 1.  Law and equity.  Unless displaced by particular provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity supplement this chapter.   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] 2.  Interest rate.  If an obligation to pay interest arises under this chapter and the rate is not specified, the rate is that specified in Title 14, section 1602-B.   [PL 2005, c. 543, Pt. A, §2 (NEW).] SECTION HISTORY PL 2005, c. 543, §A2 (NEW).