{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-12-1-125","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 12:1-125","heading":"Filing duty of secretary of state","body":"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.\nB. 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.\nC. 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.\nD. 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:\n(1) Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or part.\n(2) Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document.\n(3) Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.","path":["TITLE 12. CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=920186","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:50:50Z","sha256":"2af509903ded9b0404b2b0296efc01c78e17d0f8ffae9cbdcea0d5bad8f01f20","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-12-1-124","next":"us-la/rs-12-1-126"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}