3 Del. C. § 8504: Certificate of incorporation; issuance and recording.

(a) The articles of association, accompanied with proof of publication of the notice provided for in § 8502 of this title, shall be presented to the Secretary of State, who shall examine the same, and if the Secretary of State finds the articles in proper form and within the purpose mentioned in this chapter, the Secretary of State shall endorse his or her approval thereon, and direct a certificate of incorporation to issue in form similar to those issued to corporations organized under the general corporation law of this State. The certificate of incorporation shall incorporate the subscribers and their associates and successors into a body politic and corporate, in deed and in law, by the name chosen. The articles of association shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.

(b) A certified copy of the articles of association, together with all endorsements, shall be recorded in the office of the recorder of deeds in and for the county where the principal place of business is situated. From thenceforth the subscribers thereto, their associates and successors shall be a body politic and corporate for the purposes and upon the terms named in the articles of association.

(c) Certified copies of the records of articles of association shall be competent evidence for all purposes in the courts of this State.