{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-504.116","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 504.116","heading":"Filing duty of secretary of state.","body":"1. If a document delivered to the office of the secretary of state for filing satisfies the requirements of section 504.111, the secretary of state shall file it.\n2. The secretary of state files a document by recording the document as filed on the date and the time of receipt. After filing a document, except as provided in sections 504.504, 504.1510, and 504.1613, 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.\n3. Upon refusing to file a document, the secretary of state shall return it to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason or reasons for the refusal.\n4. The secretary of state’s duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. Filing or refusal to file a document does not do any of the following:\na. Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or in part.\nb. Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document.\nc. Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.","path":["Title XII - BUSINESS ENTITIES (Ch. 486 - 504C)","Chapter 504 - REVISED IOWA NONPROFIT CORPORATION ACT","Subchapter I - GENERAL PROVISIONS","Part 2 - FILING DOCUMENTS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/504.116.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:12Z","sha256":"5f2cf5aff18bbe1b475628368f9d4e5448c119a12c2c54e6a939e0fca973cc8a","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-504.115","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-504.117"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}