2019 Montana Code Annotated
Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations
Chapter 3. Religious Corporations Sole
Part 2. Formation and Operation
35-3-203. Effect of issuance of certificate of incorporation
35-3-203. Effect of issuance of certificate of incorporation. (1) Upon filing the articles of incorporation in the office of the secretary of state with proof of appointment or election of such bishop, chief priest, or presiding elder, the secretary of state must issue to the corporation over the great seal of the state a certificate of incorporation.
(2) Upon the issuance of this certificate, the corporate existence shall begin and such certificate of incorporation shall be conclusive evidence that all conditions precedent required to be performed by the incorporator have been complied with and that the corporation has been incorporated under this chapter, except as against the state in a proceeding to cancel or revoke the certificate of incorporation or for involuntary dissolution of the corporation.
History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 301, L. 1967; R.C.M. 1947, 15-2405.
