2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 9:3402 — Filing

§3402.  Filing

A.  The contract of partnership or a multiple original thereof, duly executed by the partners, or a certified copy thereof, or statements submitted by foreign partnerships in accordance with R.S. 9:3421 et seq., shall be filed for registry with the secretary of state in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter to affect third persons as provided by Civil Code Articles 2806 and 2841 or when the parties choose to comply with the provisions of this Chapter.

B.(1)  The secretary of state may accept any filing authorized by this Title by electronic or facsimile transmission.  All electronic filings authorized by this Title shall include an electronic or digital signature.

(2)  "Digital signature" means a type of electronic signature that transforms a message using an asymmetric crypt system such that a person having the initial message and the signer's public key can accurately determine:

(a)  Whether the transformation was created using the private key that corresponds to the signer's public key.

(b)  Whether the initial message has been altered since the transformation was made.

(3)  "Electronic signature" means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to or logically associated with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the intent to sign the record.

C.  A facsimile filing, the process of transmitting printed documents by electronic method to the secretary of state, is deemed to be properly signed when the document received by a facsimile machine in the commercial division, office of the secretary of state, purports to be a copy of the original document, and contains the signatures required by this Section.

Acts 1980, No. 151, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1981; Acts 1999, No. 342, §4; Acts 2001, No. 1032, §3.