Sec. 10.55.606. Filing duty of department.

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(a)A document delivered to the department for filing that satisfies the requirements of AS 10.55.601 shall be filed by the department.

(b)The department files a document by recording it as filed on the date and time of receipt. After filing a document, the department shall deliver to the domestic or foreign entity or its representative a copy of the document with an acknowledgment of the date and time of filing.

(c)If the department refuses to file a document, the department shall return the document to the domestic or foreign entity or its representative within 10 days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for the refusal.

(d)The duty of the department to file documents under this section is ministerial. The filing or refusal 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; or

(3)create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.