A document delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing that satisfies the requirements of Section 79-37-111 must be filed by the Secretary of State.
The Secretary of State files a document by recording it as filed on the date and time of receipt.After filing a document, the Secretary of State shall deliver to the domestic or foreign entity or its representative a copy of the document with an acknowledgement of the date and time of filing.
If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document, the Secretary of State shall return the document to the domestic or foreign entity or its representative within five (5) days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for the refusal.
The duty of the Secretary of State to file documents under this section is ministerial.The filing or refusal to file a document does not:
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 79 - Corporations, Associations, and Partnerships
Chapter 37 - Mississippi Entity Conversion and Domestication Act
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 79-37-103. Relationship of chapter to other laws
§ 79-37-104. Required notice or approval
§ 79-37-105. Status of filings
§ 79-37-107. Reference to external facts
§ 79-37-108. Alternative means of approval of transactions
§ 79-37-111. Requirements for documents
§ 79-37-112. Filing, service, and copying fees
§ 79-37-113. Effective time and date of document
§ 79-37-114. Correcting filed document
§ 79-37-115. Filing duty of Secretary of State
§ 79-37-116. Appeal from refusal to file a document
§ 79-37-117. Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document