[§414-19]  Certificates and certified copies
to be received in evidence.  All certificates issued by the department
director pursuant to this chapter, and all copies of documents filed in the
department director's office pursuant to this chapter when certified by the
department director, shall be taken and received in all courts, public offices,
and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.  A
certificate by the department director, under the seal of the department of
commerce and consumer affairs, as to the existence or nonexistence of the facts
relating to corporations, shall be taken and received in all courts, public
offices, and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the existence or
nonexistence of the facts therein stated. [L 2000, c 244, pt of §1]