35-2-122. Correcting filed document. (1) A domestic or foreign corporation may correct a document filed by the secretary of state if the document:
(a) contains an incorrect statement; or
(b) was defectively executed, attested, sealed, verified, or acknowledged.
(2) A document is corrected:
(a) by preparing articles of correction that:
(i) describe the document, including its filing date, or have attached a copy of the document;
(ii) specify the incorrect statement and the reason it is incorrect or the manner in which the execution was defective; and
(iii) correct the incorrect statement or defective execution; and
(b) by delivering the articles of correction to the secretary of state.
(3) Articles of correction are effective on the effective date of the document they correct except as to persons relying on the uncorrected document and adversely affected by the correction. As to those persons, articles of correction are effective when filed.
History: En. Sec. 9, Ch. 411, L. 1991.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Title 35. Corporations, Partnerships, and Associations
Chapter 2. Nonprofit Corporations
35-2-116. Reservation of power to amend or repeal
35-2-121. Effective date of document
35-2-122. Correcting filed document
35-2-123. Penalty for signing false documents
35-2-124. and 35-2-125 reserved
35-2-126. Designation of status of nonprofit corporations
35-2-128. Religious corporations -- constitutional protections