2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 3 - Agriculture and Forestry
RS 3:85 - Recording articles of association; fees; certificate of incorporation
§85. Recording articles of association; fees; certificate of incorporation
A. The articles of association of each association organized hereunder shall be filed with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall record the articles of association and issue a certificate showing the date and hour when the original articles were filed for record. Thereupon its corporate existence shall begin. For the purposes of this Title, any document required to be filed with the secretary of state shall be deemed filed when it is received either physically or electronically in any office designated by the secretary of state for the receipt of such documents.
B. A multiple original or certified copy of the articles of association shall be delivered to the recorder of mortgages of the parish in which the association has its domicile, who shall file the multiple original or certified copy in his office.
C. Twenty-five cents per hundred words shall be paid to the recorder of mortgages for recording the articles in his office. Thirty-five dollars shall be paid the secretary of state for recording the articles in his office. One dollar shall be paid the secretary of state for his certificate of incorporation. No other fees shall be charged by the secretary of state or the recorder of mortgages in connection with the incorporation of any association.
Acts 1989, No. 83, §1; Acts 1999, No. 342, §1.
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