2021 Oregon Revised Statutes
Chapter 056 - Duties of Secretary of State
Section 56.016 - Filing facsimile transmissions and other reproductions of documents; notices of filing; rules; fees.


(a) A document may be delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing by electronic facsimile transmission if the original document is otherwise acceptable for filing.
(b) Any other reproduction of a document may be delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing if the original document is otherwise acceptable for filing.
(c) A document delivered under paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection need not be accompanied by a true copy of the document. After filing a document delivered under paragraph (a) or (b) of this subsection, the Secretary of State shall return an acknowledgment of filing to the domestic or foreign business entity or the representative of the domestic or foreign business entity.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section applies only to documents for which the Secretary of State is the filing officer under ORS 56.014.
(3)(a) The Secretary of State by rule may specify a method, including but not limited to an electronic method, by which the Secretary of State will send a notice, instead of or in addition to a written notice by mail, that is related to a document for which the Secretary of State is the filing officer under ORS 56.014. The Secretary of State shall permit a person that files a document to elect to receive notice by the method that the Secretary of State specifies under this paragraph. If the person does not elect to receive notice by the specified method, the Secretary of State shall send the notice by mail.
(b) The Secretary of State by rule may specify the form and format of and the manner in which a person may make the election described in paragraph (a) of this subsection and submit contact information that is suitable for receiving notice by the method the Secretary of State specifies under paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, the Secretary of State may not send a notice required before an administrative dissolution or a suspension or revocation of authority to transact business in this state using any method other than in writing and by mail.
(4) The Secretary of State by rule may establish fees for receiving and sending notices related to documents delivered for filing. [1993 c.66 §§4,14; 1995 c.215 §2; 1995 c.689 §35; 1997 c.775 §87; 1999 c.486 §1; 1999 c.652 §2; 2019 c.62 §1]