§ 17:2820 — Filing of documents

Articles of incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion or dissolution, as the case may be, when executed by authentic act shall be presented to the secretary of state for filing in the records of his office. If the secretary of state shall find that the articles presented conform to the requirements of this Chapter, he shall, upon the payment of the fees as in this Chapter provided, file the articles so presented in the records of his office and upon such filing the incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion, or dissolution provided for therein shall be in effect. The secretary of state immediately upon filing in his office of any articles pursuant to this Chapter shall transmit a certified copy thereof to the recorder of mortgages or clerk of court of the parish in which the principal office of each cooperative or corporation affected by such incorporation, amendment, consolidation, merger, conversion or dissolution shall be located. The recorder of mortgages or clerk of court of any parish upon receipt of any such certified copy, shall file and index the same in the records of his office, but the failure of the secretary of state or of the recorder of mortgages or clerk of court of the parish to comply with the provisions of this Section shall not invalidate such articles. The provisions of this Section shall also apply to certificates of election to dissolve and affidavits of compliance executed pursuant to R.S. 17:2819B.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1958, No. 257, §20.