Mississippi Code
Article 2 - Formation; Certificate of Limited Partnership and Other Filings
§ 79-14-210. Duty of Secretary of State to file; review of refusal to file; delivery of record by Secretary of State

The Secretary of State shall file a record delivered to the Secretary of State for filing which satisfies this chapter. The duty of the Secretary of State under this section is ministerial.
When the Secretary of State files a record, the Secretary of State shall record it as filed on the date and at the time of its delivery. After filing a record, the Secretary of State shall deliver to the person that submitted the record a copy of the record with an acknowledgment of the date and time of filing.
If the Secretary of State refuses to file a record, the Secretary of State shall, not later than fifteen (15) business days after the record is delivered:
If the Secretary of State refuses to file a record, the person that submitted the record may petition the Chancery Court of the First Judicial District of Hinds County, Mississippi, to compel filing of the record. The record and the explanation of the Secretary of State of the refusal to file must be attached to the petition. The court may decide the matter in a summary proceeding.
The filing of or refusal to file a record does not:
Affect the validity or invalidity of record in whole or in part; or
Create a presumption that the information contained in the record is correct or incorrect.
Except as otherwise provided by Section 79-35-13 or by law other than this chapter, the Secretary of State may deliver any record to a person by delivering it:
In person to the person that submitted it;
To the address of the person's registered agent;

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