Title 13-C. Maine Business Corporation Act

Chapter 1. General Provisions

• Subchapter 1. General Provisions
• Subchapter 2. Filing Documents
• Subchapter 3. Secretary of State

Chapter 2. Incorporation

• 13-C M.R.S. § 201 Incorporators
• 13-C M.R.S. § 202 Articles of Incorporation
• 13-C M.R.S. § 203 Incorporation
• 13-C M.R.S. § 204 Liability For Preincorporation Transactions
• 13-C M.R.S. § 205 Organization of Corporation
• 13-C M.R.S. § 206 Bylaws
• 13-C M.R.S. § 207 Emergency Bylaws

Chapter 3. Purposes and Powers

• 13-C M.R.S. § 301 Corporate Purposes
• 13-C M.R.S. § 302 General Powers
• 13-C M.R.S. § 303 Emergency Powers
• 13-C M.R.S. § 304 Ultra Vires

Chapter 4. Name

• 13-C M.R.S. § 401 Corporate Name
• 13-C M.R.S. § 402 Reserved Name
• 13-C M.R.S. § 403 Registered Name of Foreign Corporation
• 13-C M.R.S. § 404 Assumed Or Fictitious Name of Corporation

Chapter 5. Office and Clerk

• 13-C M.R.S. § 501 Registered Office and Clerk (Repealed)
• 13-C M.R.S. § 502 Service On Corporation (Repealed)

Chapter 5-A. Clerk

• 13-C M.R.S. § 511 Clerk
• 13-C M.R.S. § 512 Service of Process Upon Domestic Corporation

Chapter 6. Shares and Distributions

• Subchapter 1. Shares
• Subchapter 2. Issuance of Shares
• Subchapter 3. Subsequent Acquisition of Shares By Shareholders and Corporation
• Subchapter 4. Distributions

Chapter 7. Shareholders

• Subchapter 1. Meetings
• Subchapter 2. Voting
• Subchapter 3. Voting Trusts and Agreements
• Subchapter 4. Derivative Proceedings
• Subchapter 5. Proceedings to Appoint Custodian Or Receiver

Chapter 8. Directors and Officers

• Subchapter 1. Board of Directors
• Subchapter 2. Meetings and Action of Board
• Subchapter 3. Directors
• Subchapter 4. Officers
• Subchapter 5. Indemnification and Advance For Expenses
• Subchapter 6. Directors' Conflicting-Interest Transactions
• Subchapter 7. Business Opportunities

Chapter 9. Domestication and Conversion

• Subchapter 1. Domestication
• Subchapter 2. Nonprofit Conversion
• Subchapter 3. Foreign Nonprofit Domestication and Conversion
• Subchapter 4. Entity Conversion

Chapter 10. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws

• Subchapter 1. Amendment of Articles of Incorporation
• Subchapter 2. Amendment of Bylaws

Chapter 11. Mergers and Share Exchanges

• 13-C M.R.S. § 1101 Definitions
• 13-C M.R.S. § 1102 Merger
• 13-C M.R.S. § 1103 Share Exchange
• 13-C M.R.S. § 1104 Action On Plan of Merger Or Share Exchange
• 13-C M.R.S. § 1105 Merger Between Parent Corporation and Subsidiary Corporation Or Between Subsidiary Corporations
• 13-C M.R.S. § 1106 Articles of Merger Or Share Exchange
• 13-C M.R.S. § 1107 Effect of Merger Or Share Exchange
• 13-C M.R.S. § 1108 Abandonment of Merger Or Share Exchange
• 13-C M.R.S. § 1109 Required Vote of Shareholders In Certain Business Combinations
• 13-C M.R.S. § 1110 Right of Shareholders to Receive Payment For Shares Following Control Transaction

Chapter 12. Disposition of Assets

• 13-C M.R.S. § 1201 Disposition of Assets Not Requiring Shareholder Approval
• 13-C M.R.S. § 1202 Shareholder Approval of Certain Dispositions

Chapter 13. Appraisal Rights

• Subchapter 1. Appraisal Rights and Payment For Shares
• Subchapter 2. Procedure For Exercise of Appraisal Rights
• Subchapter 3. Judicial Appraisal of Shares
• Subchapter 4. Other Remedies

Chapter 14. Dissolution

• Subchapter 1. Voluntary Dissolution
• Subchapter 2. Administrative Dissolution
• Subchapter 3. Judicial Dissolution
• Subchapter 4. Miscellaneous

Chapter 15. Foreign Corporations

• Subchapter 1. Authorization of Foreign Corporation to Transact Business In This State
• Subchapter 2. Withdrawal Or Transfer of Authority
• Subchapter 3. Revocation of Authority

Chapter 16. Records and Reports

• Subchapter 1. Records
• Subchapter 2. Reports

Chapter 17. Transition Provisions

• 13-C M.R.S. § 1701 Application
• 13-C M.R.S. § 1702 Application to Qualified Foreign Corporations

Chapter 18. Benefit Corporations

• Subchapter 1. General Provisions
• Subchapter 2. Corporate Purposes
• Subchapter 3. Accountability
• Subchapter 4. Transparency