(a) If a document delivered to the office of the secretary of state for filing satisfies the requirements of § 43-38-1101, the secretary of state shall file it.

(b) The secretary of state files a document by stamping or otherwise endorsing “Filed”, together with the secretary of state's name and official title and the date and time of receipt, on the document. After filing a document, except for filings pursuant to §§ 43-38-109 and 43-38-120, the secretary of state shall deliver the document, with the filing fee receipt attached, or acknowledgment of receipt if no fee is required, to the cooperative or its representative in due course. A cooperative or its representative may present to the office of the secretary of state an exact or conformed copy of the document presented for filing, together with the document; and, in that event, the secretary of state shall stamp or otherwise endorse the exact or conformed copy filed, together with the secretary of state's name and official title and the date and time of receipt, and immediately return the exact or conformed copy to the party filing the original of the document.

(c) If the secretary of state refuses to file a document, the secretary of state shall return it to the cooperative or its representative immediately after the document was received for filing, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for the refusal.

(d) The secretary of state's duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. The secretary of state's 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; or

(4) Establish that a document purporting to be an exact or conformed copy is in fact an exact or conformed copy.

(e) Any cooperative document that meets the requirements of this chapter for filing and recording shall be received, filed and recorded by the appropriate office, upon payment of the appropriate fees and taxes, if any, notwithstanding any contrary requirements found in any other provisions of the laws of this state.