§ 17-16-125 — 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 W.S.
17-16-120, the secretary of state shall file the document.
(b) The secretary of state files a document by stamping or
otherwise endorsing "Filed," together with his official title
and the date and time of filing, on both the original and the
document copy and on the receipt for the filing fee. The
secretary of state may prescribe rules for filing of electronic
transmissions. After filing a document, except as provided in
W.S. 17-28-103, the secretary of state shall deliver the
document copy, with the filing fee receipt (or acknowledgement
of receipt if no fee is required) attached, to the domestic or
foreign corporation or its representative. The secretary of
state, in his discretion, may issue a certificate evidencing the
filing of a document upon the payment of the requisite fee.
(c) If the secretary of state refuses to file a document,
he shall return it to the domestic or foreign corporation or its
representative within fifteen (15) days after the document was
delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the
reason for his refusal.
(d) The secretary of state's duty to file documents under
this section is ministerial. His filing or refusing to file a
document does not:
(i) Affect the validity or invalidity of the document
in whole or part;
(ii) Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of
information contained in the document; or
(iii) Create a presumption that the document is valid
or invalid or that information contained in the document is
correct or incorrect.