{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55d-13","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 55D-13","heading":"Effective time and date of document.","body":"(a)\tExcept as provided in subsection (b) of this section and in G.S. 55D-14, a document accepted for filing is effective:\n(1)\tAt the time of filing on the date it is filed, as evidenced by the Secretary of State's date and time endorsement on the filed document; or\n(2)\tAt the time specified in the document as its effective time on the date it is filed.\n(b)\tA 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 11:59:59 P.M. on that date. A delayed effective date for a document may not be later than the 90th day after the date it is filed.\n(c)\tExcept as provided in G.S. 55-2-03(b), 55A-2-03(b), and 57D-2-20(b), the fact that a document has become effective under this section does not determine its validity or invalidity or the correctness or incorrectness of the information contained in the document. (1955, c. 1371, s. 1; 1967, c. 13, s. 1; c. 823, s. 16; 1989, c. 265, s. 1; 1993, c. 552, s. 1; 2001-358, ss. 3(b), 4; 2001-387, ss. 173, 175(a); 2001-413, s. 6; 2013-157, s. 8.)","path":["Chapter 55D. Filings, Names, and Registered Agents for Corporations, Nonprofit Corporations, and Partnerships.","Article 2. Submission of Documents to the Secretary of State for Filing."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_55D/GS_55D-13.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:06:17Z","sha256":"278a2a6316308f146c42879b46fbe45482fd6cadce4ef6bff16ba4ad00eca90a","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55d-12","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-55d-14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}