§ 14-138-107 — Execution and recording of certificate

Arkansas § 14-138-107

• Jurisdiction: Arkansas
• Title: 14

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(a) The certificate of incorporation shall be signed and acknowledged by the incorporators and shall have attached thereto a certified copy of the resolution provided for in § 14-138-106 and a certificate by the Secretary of State that the name proposed for the corporation is not identical with that of any other corporation in the state, or so nearly similar thereto as to lead to confusion and uncertainty. (b) (1) The certificate of incorporation, together with the documents required by § 14-138-106 to be attached thereto, shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the municipality is located, who shall forthwith receive and record it. A copy of the certificate shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. (2) When the certificate of incorporation and attached documents have been so filed, the corporation referred to therein shall come into existence and shall constitute a body corporate and politic and a political subdivision of the state under the name set forth in the certificate of incorporation, whereupon the corporation shall be vested with the rights and powers granted in this chapter.

Legislative History

Acts 1967, No. 409, § 5; A.S.A. 1947, § 19-5105.