<br><br> <br>Page 1 of 1 <br>14A.2-100 Filing duty of Secretary of State. (Effective January 1, 2011) <br>(1) If a document delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the <br>requirements of this chapter and applicable organic law, the Secretary of State shall <br>file it. <br>(2) The Secretary of State files a document by recording it as filed as provided in KRS <br>14A.2-070(1)(a). <br>(3) After filing a document, the Secretary of State shall deliver to the entity or foreign <br>entity or to the person delivering the document for filing or to another person as <br>identified in writing a copy of the document with an acknowledgment of the time <br>and date of filing. <br>(4) If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document, the Secretary of State shall <br>return it to the filer within five (5) days after the document was delivered, together <br>with a brief, written explanation of the reason for the refusal. <br>(5) The Secretary of State's delivery of an acknowledgment of filing, an explanation for <br>the reason a document was not filed, or other communication as to a document filed <br>or delivered for filing may be accomplished electronically. <br>(6) The Secretary of State's duty to file documents under this section shall be <br>ministerial. The filing or refusal to file a document shall not: <br>(a) Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or part; <br>(b) Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the <br>document; or <br>(c) Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information <br>contained in the document is correct or incorrect. <br>Effective: January 1, 2011 <br>History: Created 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 151, sec. 17, effective January 1, 2011. <br><br>