§ 14-2-125 — Filing duty of Secretary of State

(a) If a document delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the requirements of Code Section 14-2-120 , the Secretary of State shall file it. (b) The Secretary of State files a document by stamping or otherwise endorsing his official title and the date and time of receipt on both the original and the document copy. After filing a document, except as provided in Code Sections 14-2-503 and 14-2-1510 , the Secretary of State shall deliver the document copy to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative. (c) If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document, he shall return it to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative within ten days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for his refusal. (d) The Secretary of State's duty to file documents under this Code section is ministerial. His filing or refusing to file a document does not: (1) Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or part; (2) Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document; or (3) Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.