Connecticut § 33-1006 - Effective time and date of document.
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§ 33-1006. Effective time and date of document.
Sec. 33-1006. Effective time and date of document. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and subsection (c) of section 33-1007, a document accepted for filing is effective: (1) At the date and time of filing, as evidenced by such means as the Secretary of the State may use for the purpose of recording the date and time of filing; or (2) at the time specified in the document as its effective time on the date it is filed.
(b) A document, other than the certificate of incorporation of a domestic corporation or a certificate of authority of a foreign corporation, may specify a delayed effective time and date, and if it does so the document becomes effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date but no time is specified, the document is effective at the close of business on that date.
(P.A. 96-256, S. 7, 209; P.A. 98-137, S. 49, 62; 98-219, S. 33, 34; P.A. 01-199, S. 35.)
History: P.A. 96-256 effective January 1, 1997; P.A. 98-137 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “transmitted by electronic means” with “electronically transmitted”, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 98-219 revised effective date of P.A. 98-137, but without affecting this section; P.A. 01-199 amended Subsec. (a)(1) to provide that a document is effective “At the date and time of filing, as evidenced by such means as the Secretary of the State may use for the purpose of recording the date and time of filing” rather than “At the time of filing on the date it is filed, as evidenced by the Secretary of the State's date and time endorsement on the original document or, when the document is electronically transmitted, as evidenced by electronic means prescribed by the Secretary of the State for the purpose of recording electronically the date and time of filing”.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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