Sec. 33-610. Effective time and date of document.
Sec. 33-610. Effective time and date of document. (a) Except as provided in
subsection (b) of this section and subsection (c) of section 33-611, a document accepted
for filing is effective: (1) At the date and time of filing, as evidenced by such means as
the Secretary of the 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, other than the certificate of incorporation of a domestic corporation
or a certificate of authority of a foreign corporation, 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.
(P.A. 94-186, S. 7, 215; P.A. 96-271, S. 5, 254; P.A. 98-137, S. 52, 62; 98-219, S. 33, 34; P.A. 01-199, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 94-186 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 96-271 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provision excluding "the
articles of incorporation of a domestic incorporation or a certificate of authority of a foreign corporation" and amended
Subsec. (b) to add provision excluding "the certificate of incorporation of a domestic corporation or a certificate of authority
of a foreign corporation", effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 98-137 amended Subsec. (a) to replace "transmitted by electronic
means" with "electronically transmitted", effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 98-219 revised effective date of P.A. 98-137, but
without affecting this section; P.A. 01-199 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to provide that a document is effective "At the date
and time of filing, as evidenced by such means as the Secretary of the State may use for the purpose of recording the date
and time of filing" rather than "At the time of filing on the date it is filed, as evidenced by the Secretary of the State's date
and time endorsement on the original document or, when the document is electronically transmitted, as evidenced by
electronic means prescribed by the Secretary of the State for the purpose of recording electronically the date and time
of filing".