2011 Washington Code
Title 23B Washington business corporation act
23B.01 General provisions.
23B.01.240 Correcting filed records.
(1) A domestic or foreign corporation may correct a record filed by the secretary of state if the record (a) contains an incorrect statement; or (b) was defectively executed, attested, sealed, verified, or acknowledged.
(2) A record is corrected:
(a) By preparing articles of correction that (i) describe the record, including its filing date, or attach a copy of it to the articles of correction, (ii) specify the incorrect statement and the reason it is incorrect or the manner in which the execution was defective, and (iii) correct the incorrect statement or defective execution; and
(b) By delivering the articles of correction to the secretary of state for filing.
(3) Articles of correction are effective on the effective date of the record they correct except as to persons relying on the uncorrected record and adversely affected by the correction. As to those persons, articles of correction are effective when filed.
[2002 c 297 § 5; 1989 c 165 § 7.]
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