2011 Florida Statutes
TITLE XXXVI — BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
Chapter 607 — CORPORATIONS
607.0125 — Filing duties of Department of State.


FL Stat § 607.0125 (2002 through 2nd Reg Sess) What's This?

607.0125 Filing duties of Department of State.—

(1) If a document delivered to the Department of State for filing satisfies the requirements of s. 607.0120, the Department of State shall file it.

(2) The Department of State files a document by recording it as filed on the date of receipt. After filing a document, the Department of State shall deliver an acknowledgment or certified copy to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative.

(3) If the Department of State refuses to file a document, it shall return it to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative within 15 days after the document was received for filing, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for refusal.

(4) The Department of State s duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. The filing or refusing to file a document does not:

(a) Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or part;

(b) Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document;

(c) Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.

(5) If not otherwise provided by law and the provisions of this act, the Department of State shall determine, by rule, the appropriate format for, number of copies of, manner of execution of, method of electronic transmission of, and amount of and method of payment of fees for, any document placed under its jurisdiction.

History.—s. 8, ch. 89-154; s. 135, ch. 90-179; s. 16, ch. 99-218.

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