279.040 Filing and approval of articles -- When corporation may begin business.
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(1)The incorporators shall execute triplicate originals of the articles of incorporation
that satisfy the requirements of KRS 14A.2-010 to 14A.2-150, and each
incorporator shall acknowledge each triplicate original before an officer authorized
to take acknowledgments of deeds. They shall then file the triplicate originals,
together with the certificate of acknowledgment, in the office of the Secretary of
State. If the Secretary of State finds the articles to be legal and valid, he shall
immediately indorse his approval on each of the triplicate originals, retain, record
and file one
(1)triplicate original in his office, and deliver the other two
triplicate originals, with his approval indorsed thereon, to the incorporators. The
incorporators shall then file one
(1)approved triplicate original in the office of the
county clerk of the county in which the principal office of the corporation is to be
located.
(2)As soon as the Secretary of State has filed the articles of incorporation, the proposed
corporation shall be a body politic and corporate and may transact business in its
corporate name.