2009 North Carolina Code
Chapter 55D - Filings, Names, and Registered Agents for Corporations, Nonprofit Corporations, and Partnerships.
§ 55D-13. Effective time and date of document.

§ 55D‑13.  Effective time and date of document.

(a)        Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and in G.S. 55D‑14, a document accepted for filing is effective:

(1)        At 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

(2)        At the time specified in the document as its effective time on the date it is filed.

(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 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.

(c)        Except as provided in G.S. 55‑2‑03(b), 55A‑2‑03(b), and 57C‑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.)