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Miss. Code Ann. § 79-4-1.25: Duty of Secretary of State.

(a) If a document delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the requirements of Section 79-4-1.20, 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, 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, he shall return it to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative within ten (10) days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for his refusal.
(d) The Secretary of State’s duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. His filing or refusing 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;
(3) Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.

Where this section sits in the code

Title 79. Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships
Chapter 4. Mississippi Business Corporation Act
Article 1. General Provisions.
Subarticle B. Filing Documents.

(a) If a document delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the requirements of Section 79-4-1.20, 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, 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, he shall return it to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative within ten (10) days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for his refusal.

(d) The Secretary of State’s duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. His filing or refusing 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;

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

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