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§1701. Filing methods
A.
(1)The secretary of state may accept any filing authorized by this Title by
electronic, online, or facsimile transmission. All online filings authorized by this Title shall
include an electronic signature.
(2)"Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached
to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent
to sign the record.
(3)"Online" means through the secretary of state's commercial online computer
system.
B. Filing by facsimile. The process of transmitting printed documents by electronic
method to the secretary of state, is deemed to be properly signed when the document received
by a facsimile machine or document image attachment in e-mail in the commercial division,
office of the secret
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§1701. Filing methods
A.(1) The secretary of state may accept any filing authorized by this Title by
electronic, online, or facsimile transmission. All online filings authorized by this Title shall
include an electronic signature.
(2) "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached
to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent
to sign the record.
(3) "Online" means through the secretary of state's commercial online computer
system.
B. Filing by facsimile. The process of transmitting printed documents by electronic
method to the secretary of state, is deemed to be properly signed when the document received
by a facsimile machine or document image attachment in e-mail in the commercial division,
office of the secretary of state, purports to be a copy of the original document, and contains
the signatures required by this Section.
C.(1) Online filing. The secretary of state is authorized to implement and establish
procedures and systems for secure online form filing for the filing of any instrument required
under this Title.
(2) Any requirement that an instrument filed under this Title shall be subscribed or
acknowledged before a notary public may be dispensed with if the instrument is filed and
signed electronically as provided in Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section by a person authorized
to sign the instrument.
D.(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, any filing authorized by this
Title that the secretary of state has the capability to accept online shall be filed only online.
(2) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of this Title, until the secretary of state
has the capability to accept filings online, any filing with the secretary of state pursuant to
this Title which has the effect of changing the name of a designated or registered agent or
changing the name of a principal officer of the corporation shall be accompanied by a
resolution signed by each member of the corporation's board of directors in order for the
change to be deemed validly filed.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, any filing filed by an individual
from a parish with a population of one hundred thousand or less according to the latest
federal decennial census may be filed by facsimile transmission or mail.