2013 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 13 - Water Resources, Agriculture and Food
Chapter 554 - Corporations for Irrigation, Drainage, Water Supply or Flood Control
Section 554.005 - Filing requirements.

(1) For the Secretary of State to file a document under ORS 554.005 to 554.340, the document must satisfy the requirements set forth in this section and any other requirements in ORS 554.005 to 554.340 that supplement or modify the requirements set forth in this section.

(2) ORS 554.005 to 554.340, 554.420, 554.440 or 554.510 to 554.590 must require or permit filing the document with the Office of the Secretary of State.

(3) The document must contain the information required by ORS 554.005 to 554.340, 554.420, 554.440 or 554.510 to 554.590 and may contain other information.

(4) The document must be legible.

(5) The document must be in the English language.

(6) The document must be executed:

(a) By the chairperson of the board of directors of a corporation or one of the corporation's officers;

(b) If directors have not been selected or before the organizational meeting, by an incorporator;

(c) If the corporation is in the hands of a receiver, trustee or other court-appointed fiduciary, by the receiver, trustee or fiduciary; or

(d) By an agent of a person identified in this subsection, if the person authorizes the agent to execute the document.

(7) The person that executes the document shall state beneath or opposite the signature the person's name and the capacity in which the person signs. The document may, but is not required to, contain:

(a) The corporate seal.

(b) An attestation by the secretary or an assistant secretary.

(c) An acknowledgment, verification or proof.

(8) If the Secretary of State has prescribed a mandatory form for the document, the document must be in or on the prescribed form.

(9) The document must be delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State and must be accompanied by the required fees.

(10) Delivery of a document to the Office of the Secretary of State is accomplished only when the Office of the Secretary of State actually receives the document. [1987 c.94 §137; 1999 c.486 §19; 2013 c.159 §14]