2005 Vermont Code - § 13.27. — After-acquired shares

§ 1.27. Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document

(a) A certificate attached to a copy of a document filed by the secretary of state, bearing his or her signature (which may be in facsimile) and the seal of this state, is conclusive evidence that the original document is on file with the secretary of state.

(b) A certificate by the secretary of state that a diligent search has failed to locate documents claimed to be filed with the secretary of state shall be taken and received in all courts, public offices, and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the absence of those documents in the files of the secretary of state.

(c) The secretary of state's filing of the articles of incorporation is conclusive proof that the incorporators satisfied all conditions precedent to incorporation except in a proceeding by the state to cancel or revoke the incorporation or involuntarily dissolve the corporation. (Added 1993, No. 85, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.)