West Virginia Statutes
§ 31E-1-123 — Effective time and date of document
(a)Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and subsection (c), section one hundred twenty-four of this article, a document accepted for filing is effective:
(1)At the date and time of filing, as evidenced by means the Secretary of State may use for the purpose of recording the date and time of filing; or
(2)At the time specified in the document as its effective time on the date it is filed.
(b)A document may specify a delayed effective time and date, and if it does so the document becomes effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date but no time is specified, the document is effective at the close of business on that date. A delayed effective date for a document may not be later than the ninetieth day after the date it is filed.
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Legislative History
2002 Reg. Sess., HB2899
Nearby Sections
15
§ 31E-1-101
Short title§ 31E-1-101a
Legislative acknowledgment§ 31E-1-102
Reservation of powers§ 31E-1-103
Construction of chapter§ 31E-1-120
Filing requirements§ 31E-1-121
Forms§ 31E-1-122
Filing, service and copying fees§ 31E-1-123
Effective time and date of document§ 31E-1-124
Correcting filed document§ 31E-1-125
Filing duty of Secretary of State§ 31E-1-127
Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document§ 31E-1-128
Certificate of existence§ 31E-1-129
Penalty for signing false document§ 31E-1-130
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