Colorado § 7-90-301 - Filing requirements.

§ 7-90-301. Filing requirements.

(1) (a) Each document that is required or permitted to be filed in the records of the secretary of state pursuant to any provision of this title or any organic statute of this state shall be subject to this part 3.

(b) To be entitled to be filed pursuant to this part 3, a document shall be subject to this part 3 and shall comply with the requirements of this section and the requirements of any other law of this state that adds to or varies the requirements of this part 3.

(b.5) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 1475, § 208, effective July 1, 2004.)

(c) Any provision in this title or any other organic statute of this state that provides for filing of a document with the secretary of state or with the office of the secretary of state or in the records of the secretary of state shall be deemed to mean delivery of the document to the secretary of state, for filing pursuant to this part 3.

(2) Notwithstanding the general recognition in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section of requirements of other law of this state that may add to or vary the requirements of this part 3, and notwithstanding any other provision of this title or any other organic statute of this state requiring the signature of any person on, or execution by any person of, a document, no such signature or execution shall be required as a condition to its being filed pursuant to this part 3.

(3) The document shall contain all information required by the law of this state to be contained in the document but, unless otherwise provided by law, shall not contain other information.

(4) The document shall be on or in such medium as may be acceptable to the secretary of state and from which the secretary of state may create a document that contains all of the information stated in the document and that is typewritten or printed on paper. The secretary of state may require that the document be delivered by any one or more means or on or in any one or more media as may be acceptable to the secretary of state. The secretary of state is not required to file a document that is not delivered by a means and in a medium that complies with the requirements then established by the secretary of state for the delivery and filing of documents. If the secretary of state permits a document to be delivered on paper, the document shall be typewritten or machine printed, and the secretary of state may impose reasonable requirements upon the dimensions, legibility, quality, and color of such paper and typewriting or printing and upon the format and other attributes of any document that is delivered electronically. The secretary of state shall ensure, at the earliest practicable time, that delivery of a document subject to this part 3 for filing may be accomplished electronically, without the necessity for the delivery of a physical original document or the image thereof, if all required information is delivered and is readily retrievable from the data delivered. If the delivery of a document subject to this part 3 for filing is required to be accomplished electronically, such document shall not be accompanied by any physical document unless the secretary of state permits such accompaniment.

(5) The document shall be in the English language. The entity name of any entity contained in the document need not be in English if expressed in English letters or arabic or roman numerals.

(6) The document shall state the section or sections of the organic statutes, other than this part 3, pursuant to which it is delivered to the secretary of state for filing pursuant to this part 3.

(6.5) to (7.7) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2002, p. 1838, § 90, effective July 1, 2002; p. 1702, § 88, effective October 1, 2002.)

(8) The document must state the true name or true names, and mailing address or mailing addresses, of any one or more of the individuals who cause the document to be delivered for filing, but the document need not state the true name and mailing address of more than one such individual.

(9) The document shall include any form or cover sheet, or both, required pursuant to section 7-90-302.

(10) The document shall be delivered to the secretary of state for filing and shall be accompanied by all required fees.

(11) (Deleted by amendment, L. 2004, p. 1475, § 208, effective July 1, 2004.)

(12) Notwithstanding section 2-4-108, C.R.S., section 24-11-110, C.R.S., or any other provision of law, if the last day of a period for filing a document that is authorized or required to be filed by electronic means falls on a Saturday, Sunday, legal holiday, or any day the secretary of state's physical office is closed, the period shall expire on such day.

Source: L. 97: Entire article added, p. 1517, § 21, effective June 3. L. 98: (1), (2), (3), (6), (8), and (10) amended and (6.5) and (7.7) added, p. 618, § 15, effective July 1. L. 2002: Entire section amended, p. 1838, § 90, effective July 1; entire section amended, p. 1702, § 88, effective October 1. L. 2003: (1), (3), (4), (6), (8), and (9) amended and (11) added, p. 2288, § 197, effective July 1, 2004. L. 2004: (1)(a), (1)(b), (1)(b.5), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (8), (9), (10), and (11) amended, p. 1475, § 208, effective July 1. L. 2005: (4) amended, p. 1207, § 8, effective October 1. L. 2007: (10) amended, p. 241, § 27, effective May 29. L. 2008: (12) added, p. 24, § 21, effective August 5. L. 2019: (8) amended, (SB 19-086), ch. 166, p. 1920, § 19, effective July 1, 2020.