§414-16  Filing duty of department director. 
(a)  If a document delivered to the department director for filing satisfies
the requirements of section 414-11, the department director shall file it.



(b)  The department director files a document
by stamping or otherwise endorsing the document including the date and time of
receipt.



(c)  If the department director refuses to file
a document, the department director shall return it to the domestic or foreign
corporation or its representative together with a brief, written explanation of
the reason for the department director's refusal.



(d)  The department director's duty to file
documents under this section is ministerial.  The department director's 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; and



(3)  Create a presumption that the document is valid
or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or
incorrect. [L 2000, c 244, pt of §1; am L 2001, c 129, §12]