(a) A document delivered to the department for filing that satisfies the requirements of AS 10.55.601 shall be filed by the department.
(b) The department files a document by recording it as filed on the date and time of receipt. After filing a document, the department shall deliver to the domestic or foreign entity or its representative a copy of the document with an acknowledgment of the date and time of filing.
(c) If the department refuses to file a document, the department shall return the document to the domestic or foreign entity or its representative within 10 days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for the refusal.
(d) The duty of the department to file documents under this section is ministerial. The filing or refusal to file a document does not
(1) affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or in part;
(2) relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document; or
(3) create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Title 10. Corporations and Associations
Chapter 55. Alaska Entity Transactions Act
Sec. 10.55.601. Requirements for documents.
Sec. 10.55.603. Filing, service, and copying fees.
Sec. 10.55.604. Effective time and date of document.
Sec. 10.55.605. Correcting filed document.
Sec. 10.55.606. Filing duty of department.
Sec. 10.55.607. Appeal from refusal to file a document.
Sec. 10.55.608. Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document.
Sec. 10.55.609. Penalty for signing false document.
Sec. 10.55.610. Interrogatories by department; judicial review.
Sec. 10.55.615. Confidentiality of information disclosed by interrogatories.
Sec. 10.55.620. Failure or refusal to answer interrogatories.