§ 12:1-125 — Filing duty of secretary of state

§1-125. 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 R.S. 12:1-120, the secretary of state shall file it.
B. The secretary of state files a document by recording it as filed on the date and time
of receipt. After filing a document, except as provided in R.S. 12:1-503, the secretary of
state shall deliver to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative a copy of the
document with an acknowledgment of the date of filing.
C. If the secretary of state refuses to file a document, it shall be returned to the
domestic or foreign corporation or its representative within five days after the document was
delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for the refusal.
D. The secretary of state's duty to file documents under this Section is ministerial.
The secretary's filing or refusing to file a document does not do any of the following:
(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.
(3) Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information
contained in the document is correct or incorrect.

Legislative History

Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015.