{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-31d-1-123","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 31D-1-123","heading":"Effective time and date of document.","body":"(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and subsection (c), section one hundred twenty-four of this article, a document accepted for filing is effective:\n(1) At the date and time of filing, as evidenced by means as the Secretary of State may use for the purpose of recording the date and time of filing; 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 ninetieth day after the date it is filed.","path":["CHAPTER 31D. WEST VIRGINIA BUSINESS CORPORATION ACT.","ARTICLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/31D-1-123/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:28:04Z","sha256":"25e5c2ee42f9ae5d498eebfe32285509402f9c6eb8077a1d9e2eed44cc429ca2","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-31d-1-122","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-31d-1-124"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}