2018 Mississippi Code
Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships
Chapter 4 - Mississippi Business Corporation Act
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Subarticle B. Filing Documents.
§ 79-4-1.25. Duty of Secretary of State.
(a) If a document delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the requirements of Section 79-4-1.20, the Secretary of State shall file it.
(b) The Secretary of State files a document by recording it as filed on the date and time of receipt. After filing a document, the Secretary of State shall deliver to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative a copy of the document with an acknowledgment of the date and time of filing.
(c) If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document, he shall return it to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative within ten (10) days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for his refusal.
(d) The Secretary of State’s duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. His filing or refusing to file a document does not:
(1) Affect the validity or invalidity of the document, in whole or in part;
(2) Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document;
(3) Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.
