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.
Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 13, § 1976
Use of words "cooperative," "co-op"
Known as the Employee Cooperative Corporations Act
The act spans §§ 1971 to 1984 (14 sections).
PL 1983, c. 136 (NEW).
Official source: Maine Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Maine statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.