273.2524 Filing duty of Secretary of State. (Repealed, effective January 1, 2011)
(1) If a document delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the
requirements of KRS 273.252, the Secretary of State shall file it.
(2) The Secretary of State shall file a document by stamping or otherwise endorsing
"Filed," together with his name and official title and the date and time of receipt, on <br>both the original and the document copies and on the receipt for the filing fee. After <br>filing a document, except as provided in KRS 273.1841 and 273.3643, the Secretary <br>of State shall deliver the document copies, with the filing fee receipt, or <br>acknowledgement of receipt if no fee is required, attached, to the domestic or <br>foreign corporation or its representative.
(3) If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document, he shall return it to the domestic
or foreign corporation or its representative within five (5) days after the document <br>was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for his <br>refusal.
(4) The Secretary of State's duty to file documents under this section shall be
ministerial. His filing or refusal to file a document shall not: <br>(a) Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or part; <br>(b) Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the
document; or
(c) Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information
contained in the document is correct or incorrect.
Effective: January 1, 1989 <br>History: Repealed 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 151, sec. 151, effective January 1, 2011. --
Created 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 23, sec. 214, effective January 1, 1989.
Legislative Research Commission Note (1/1/2011). 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 151, sec. 151,
has repealed this statute effective January 1, 2011.
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