{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-4-27-123","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 4-27-123","heading":"Effective time and date of document.","body":"(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and § 4-27-124(c), a document accepted for filing is effective:\n(1) at the time of filing on the date it is filed, as evidenced by the Secretary of State's date and time endorsement on the original document; or\n(2) at the time specified in the document as its effective time on the date it is filed.\n(b) A document may specify a delayed effective time and date, and if it does so, the document becomes effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date but no time is specified, the document is effective at the close of business on that date. A delayed effective date for a document may not be later than the 90th day after the date it is filed.","path":["Title 4 Business and Commercial Law","Subtitle 3. Corporations and Associations","Chapter 27 Business Corporation Act of 1987","Subchapter 1 — General Provisions","Part B: Filing Documents"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ar.code/release78.2020.11.06/gov.ar.code.title.04.odt","current_through":"2020-11-06","vintage":"Arkansas Code Release 78 (2020-11), retrieved 2026-09-17; absent from the newer snapshot, which serves other sections of this chapter, so it may since have been repealed or amended","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:07:03Z","sha256":"f730570b385225b556a141f53ec5b39cace7b7b3b3a65c03cff3ab46b7a007d1","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-4-27-122","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-4-27-124"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}