(a) A document must satisfy the requirements of this section, and of any other section that adds to or varies these requirements, to be entitled to filing by the Secretary of State.

(b) This chapter must require or permit filing the document in the office of the Secretary of State.

(c) The document must contain the information required by this chapter. It may contain other information as well.

(d) The document must be in a medium and form as permitted by the Secretary of State.

(e) The document must be in the English language. However, 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 a reasonably authenticated English translation.

(f) The document must be executed:

(1) by the presiding officer of its board of directors of a domestic or foreign corporation, its president, or by another of its officers;

(2) if directors have not been selected or the corporation has not been formed by an incorporator; or

(3) if the corporation is in the hands of a receiver, trustee, or other court-appointed fiduciary, by that fiduciary.

(g) The person executing a document shall sign it and state beneath or opposite the signature his or her name and the capacity in which he or she signs. The document may, but need not, contain:

(1) the corporate seal;

(2) an attestation by the Secretary or an assistant secretary; or

(3) an acknowledgement, verification, or proof.

(h) If the Secretary of State has prescribed a mandatory form for a document under Section 33-31-121, the document must be in or on the prescribed form.

(i) The document must be delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing and must be accompanied by one exact or conformed copy, except as provided in Sections 33-31-503 and 33-31-1509, the correct filing fee, and any franchise tax, license fee, or penalty required by this chapter or other law.

HISTORY: Former Section 33-31-120 [1962 Code Section 12-760; 1952 Code Section 12-760; 1942 Code Section 1226; 1932 Code Section 1226; Cr. C. '22 Section 114; Cr. C. '12 Section 258; Cr. C. '02 Section 198; 1900 (23) 390]; 1994 Act No. 384, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 101, Section 2, eff June 1, 2005.

Effect of Amendment

The 2005 amendment, in subsection (d), substituted "in a medium and form as permitted by the Secretary of State" for "typewritten or printed".