21-208. Filing duty of Secretary of State.
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(MBCA 1.25)
(a)If a document delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the requirements of section 21-203 , the Secretary of State shall file it.
(b)The Secretary of State files a document by recording it as filed on the date and at the time of receipt. After filing a document, except as provided in sections 21-235 and 21-2,211 , the Secretary of State shall deliver to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative a copy of the document with an acknowledgment of the date and time of filing.
(c)If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document, it shall be returned to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative within five days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for refusal.
(d)The Secretary of State's duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. The Secretary of State's filing or refusing to file a document does not:
(1)Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or 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.