PART II. FILING DOCUMENTS

 

§414-11  Filing requirements.  (a)  Adocument must satisfy the requirements of this section, and of any othersection that adds to or varies these requirements, to be entitled to filing bythe department director.

(b)  This chapter must require or permit filingthe document in the office of the department director.

(c)  The document must contain the informationrequired by this chapter.  It may contain other information as well.

(d)  The document must be typewritten or printed.

(e)  The document must be in the Englishlanguage.  A corporate name need not be in English if written in Englishletters or Arabic or Roman numerals, and the certificate of good standingrequired of foreign corporations need not be in English if accompanied by anEnglish translation under oath of the translator.

(f)  The document must be certified andexecuted:

(1)  By the chairperson of the board of directors of adomestic or foreign corporation, by its president, or by another of itsofficers;

(2)  If directors have not been selected or thecorporation has not been formed, by an incorporator; or

(3)  If the corporation is in the hands of a receiver,trustee, or other court-appointed fiduciary, by that fiduciary.

(g)  The person executing the document shallsign it and print beneath or opposite that person's signature the person's nameand the capacity in which the person signs.  The document may but need notcontain:

(1)  The corporate seal;

(2)  An attestation by the secretary or an assistantsecretary; or

(3)  An acknowledgment, verification, or proof.

(h)  If the department director has prescribeda mandatory form for the document under section 414-12, the document must be inor on the prescribed form.

(i)  The document must be delivered to the officeof the department director for filing and must be accompanied by the correctfiling fee and any penalty required by this chapter. [L 2000, c 244, pt of §1;am L 2001, c 129, §§6 to 8]