Georgia § 14-3-125 - Duty of Secretary of State to file documents; effect of filing or refusing to do so.
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§ 14-3-125. Duty of Secretary of State to file documents; effect of filing or refusing to do so.
If a document delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the requirements of Code Section 14-3-120, the Secretary of State shall file it. The Secretary of State files a document by stamping or otherwise endorsing his or her official title and the date and time of receipt on both the original and the document copy. After filing a document, except as provided in Code Sections 14-3-503 and 14-3-1510, the Secretary of State shall deliver the document copy to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative. If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document, he or she shall return it to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative within ten days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for his or her refusal. The Secretary of State's duty to file documents under this Code section is ministerial. Filing or refusing to file a document does not: Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or in part; Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document; or Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect. (Code 1981, § 14-3-125 , enacted by Ga. L. 1991, p. 465, § 1; Ga. L. 2004, p. 508, §§ 66, 68.)
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Section 14-3-125 ("Duty of Secretary of State to file documents; effect of filing or refusing to do so.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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