§ 17-16-120 — Requirements for documents

Wyoming § 17-16-120

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 17: Corporations, Partnerships and Associations
• Ch. 16: WYOMING BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT
• Art. 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a) A document shall satisfy the requirements of this
section, and of any other section that adds to or varies from
these requirements, to be entitled to filing by the secretary of
state.
(b) This act shall require or permit filing the document
in the office of the secretary of state.
(c) The document shall contain the information required by
this act. It may contain other information as well.
(d) The document shall be typewritten or printed or, if
electronically transmitted, it shall be in a format that can be
retrieved or reproduced in typewritten or printed form.
(e) The document shall be in the English language. A
corporate name need not be in English if written in English
letters or Arabic or Roman numerals, and the certificate of
existence required of foreign corporations need not be in
English if accompanied by an English translation acceptable to
the secretary of state.
(f) The document shall be executed:
(i) By the chairman of the board of directors of a
domestic or foreign corporation, by its president, or by another
of its officers;
(ii) If directors have not been selected or the
corporation has not been formed, by an incorporator; or
(iii) If the corporation is in the hands of a
receiver, trustee, or other court-appointed fiduciary, by that
fiduciary.
(g) The person executing the document shall sign it and
shall state beneath or opposite his signature his name and the
capacity in which he signs. The document may but need not
contain:
(i) The corporate seal;
(ii) An attestation by the secretary or an assistant
secretary;
(iii) An acknowledgment, verification or proof.
(h) If the secretary of state has prescribed a mandatory
form for the document under W.S. 17-16-121, the document shall
be in or on the prescribed form.
(i) The document shall be delivered to the office of the
secretary of state for filing. Delivery may be made by
electronic transmission if and to the extent permitted by the
secretary of state. If it is filed in typewritten or printed
form and not transmitted electronically, the secretary of state
may require one (1) exact copy to be delivered with the
document, except as provided in W.S. 17-28-103.
(j) When any document is delivered to the office of the
secretary of state for filing, the correct filing fee, and any
franchise tax, license fee, penalty or past due fees, taxes or
penalties required to be paid by this act or other law shall be
paid or provision for payment made in a manner provided by the
secretary of state.
(k) Reserved.