2006 Kentucky Revised Statutes - .108   Requirements for documents to be entitled to filing by Secretary of State -- Effect of filing or refusal to file.

362.1-108 Requirements for documents to be entitled to filing by Secretary of State -- Effect of filing or refusal to file. (1) A statement shall satisfy the requirements of this section, and of any other section of this subchapter that adds to or varies these requirements, to be entitled to filing by the Secretary of State. (2) A statement shall contain the information required by this subchapter. It may also contain other information. (3) The statement shall be typewritten or printed or, if electronically transmitted, it shall be in a format that can be retrieved or reproduced in typewritten or printed form. (4) The statement shall be in the English language. A partnership name may be in a language other than English if written in English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals. Any statement that may be filed by a foreign partnership that is duly authenticated by the official having custody of the applicable records in the state, country, or other jurisdiction under whose law the partnership is formed may be in a language other than English if accompanied by a reasonably authenticated English translation. (5) The person or persons executing the statement shall sign it and state beneath or opposite the signature the name of the person and the capacity in which they sign. (6) The person or persons executing the statement may do so as an attorney-in-fact. Powers of attorney relating to the execution of the statement shall not be required to be provided to or filed with the Secretary of State. (7) If the Secretary of State has prescribed a mandatory form for a statement or other filing, then the statement or other filing shall be in or on the prescribed form. (8) In order to be filed, a statement shall be delivered to the office of the Secretary of State. Delivery may be made by electronic transmission if and to the extent permitted by the Secretary of State. If it is filed in typewritten or printed form and not transmitted electronically, then the Secretary of State may require one (1) exact or conformed copy to be delivered with the statement. (9) When the statement is delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing, the correct filing fee and any penalty required by this subchapter or other law to be collected by the office of the Secretary of State therewith shall be paid or provision for payment made in a manner permitted by the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State may accept payment of the correct amount due by credit card, debit card, charge card, or similar method. However, if the amount due is tendered by any method other than cash, then the liability is not finally discharged until the Secretary of State receives final payment or credit of collectible funds. Effective: July 12, 2006 History: Created 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 149, sec. 8, effective July 12, 2006. Page 1 of 1