490.125 - FILING DUTY OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
490.125 FILING DUTY OF SECRETARY OF STATE. 1. If a document delivered to the office of the secretary of state for filing satisfies the requirements of section 490.120, the secretary of state shall file it. 2. The secretary of state files a document by recording it as filed on the date and time of receipt. After filing a document, except the biennial report required by section 490.1622, and except as provided in sections 490.503 and 490.1509, the secretary of state shall deliver to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative a copy of the document with an acknowledgment of the date and time of filing. 3. If the secretary of state refuses to file a document, the secretary of state shall return it to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for the refusal. 4. The secretary of state's duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. Filing or refusing to file a document does not: a. Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or part. b. Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document. c. Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.
Section History: Recent Form 89 Acts, ch 288, §8; 96 Acts, ch 1170, § 3; 97 Acts, ch 171, § 7; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §5, 125