14-2-125. Filing duty of Secretary of State.

If a document delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the requirements of Code Section 14-2-120, the Secretary of State shall file it.#

The Secretary of State files a document by stamping or otherwise endorsing his official title and the date and time of receipt on both the original and the document copy. After filing a document, except as provided in Code Sections 14-2-503 and 14-2-1510, the Secretary of State shall deliver the document copy to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative.#

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 days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for his refusal.#

The Secretary of State’s duty to file documents under this Code section is ministerial. His filing or refusing to file a document does not:#

1. (1)

   Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or part;#

2. (2)

   Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document; or#

3. (3)

   Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.#