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§ 79-4-1.25. Duty of Secretary of State

MS Code § 79-4-1.25 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) If a document delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the requirements of Section 79-4-1.20, the Secretary of State shall file it.

(b) The Secretary of State files a document by recording it as filed on the date and time of receipt. After filing a document, 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.

(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 ten (10) 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:

(1) Affect the validity or invalidity of the document, in whole or in part;

(2) Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document;

(3) Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.

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