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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine Revised Statutes: statutory code index",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Maine Revised Statutes index lists all titles enacted by the Maine Legislature.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Section 2: assumed business name filing",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Any sole proprietor adopting an assumed business name in Maine must deposit a sworn certificate with the local municipal clerk before commencing business.",
      "body": "Any sole proprietor adopting an assumed business name in Maine must deposit a sworn certificate with the local municipal clerk before commencing business.\n\nWhat Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“Whenever any person intends to engage in such business as sole proprietor thereof, and to adopt any business name, style or designation other than his own name exclusively, he shall, before commencing business, deposit in the office of the clerk of the city or town in which such business is to be carried on a certificate signed and sworn to by him, setting forth his name and place of residence, the name, style or designation under which the business is to be conducted, and stating that he is the sole proprietor.”\n\nNote: Governed under Title 31, Chapter 1 of Maine Revised Statutes.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine Revised Statutes Title 31 Section 5: penalty for failure to file assumed name certificate",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] Whoever fails to deposit seasonably the assumed business name certificate in Maine shall be punished by a fine of $5 for each day in default.",
      "body": "Whoever fails to deposit seasonably the assumed business name certificate in Maine shall be punished by a fine of $5 for each day in default.\n\nWhat Office of the Revisor of Statutes actually says:\n\n“Whoever fails to deposit seasonably the certificate required by sections 1 and 2 shall be punished by a fine of $5 for each day he is in default.”\n\nNote: Penalty provisions under Title 31, Chapter 1.",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine Revised Statutes Title 36 Section 1811: sales tax imposition and rates",
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      "title": "[Unverified - being checked] Maine Revised Statutes Title 5 Section 103: registered agent filing fees",
      "summary": "[Unverified - being checked] The Secretary of State shall collect a fee of $150 for a commercial clerk or commercial registered agent listing statement.",
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