RS 12:1-125: Filing duty of secretary of state

A. If a document delivered to the office of the secretary of state for filing satisfies the requirements of R.S. 12:1-120, the secretary of state shall file it.

B. The secretary of state files a document by recording it as filed on the date and time of receipt. After filing a document, except as provided in R.S. 12:1-503, 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 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 the refusal.

D. The secretary of state's duty to file documents under this Section is ministerial. The secretary's filing or refusing to file a document does not do any of the following:

(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.

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