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Filing of certificate of name change

M.G.L. c. 161, § 133
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c. 161, § 133. Filing of certificate of name change Section 133. A certified copy of such authorization and a certificate of the vote of the company, signed and sworn to by the president, treasurer and a majority of the directors, shall be filed in the office of the state secretary. The department shall require public notice to be given of the change so authorized; and upon receipt of proof thereof the state secretary shall grant a certificate of the name which the company shall bear, which, subject to the restrictions of section four, shall thereafter be its legal name.
Source: Massachusetts General Court (malegislature.gov)URL: https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter161/Section133Fetched: 10/20/2026

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