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# O.C.G.A. § 14-2-125. Filing duty of Secretary of State.

(a) 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.

(b) 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.

(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 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 Code 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 part;

(2) Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document; or

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

## History

Code 1981, § 14-2-125, enacted by Ga. L. 1988, p. 1070, § 1.

## Law Reviews

For annual survey on business associations, see 68 Mercer L. Rev. 71 (2016).