§ 130A-468. Filing of documents with the registry.
§ 130A‑468. Filing ofdocuments with the registry.
(a) When the Secretaryof State receives a document that may be filed with the registry pursuant tothis Article, the Secretary shall create a digital reproduction of thatdocument and enter the reproduced document into the registry database. TheSecretary is not required to review a document to ensure that it complies withthe particular statutory requirements applicable to the document. Each documententered into the registry database shall be assigned a unique file number andpassword.
(b) Upon entering thereproduced document into the registry database, the Secretary shall return theoriginal document and a wallet‑size card containing the document's filenumber and password to the person who submitted the document.
(c) When the Secretaryof State receives a revocation of a document that is filed with the registryand that document's file number and password, or a request to remove thatdocument from the registry without its revocation, the Secretary shall deletethat document from the registry database.
(d) The Secretary ofState's entry of a document into, or removal of a document from, the registrydatabase does not do any of the following:
(1) Affect the validityof the document in whole or in part.
(2) Relate to theaccuracy of information contained in the document.
(3) Create a presumptionregarding the validity of the document, regarding the accuracy of informationcontained in the document, or that the statutory requirements for the documenthave been met. (2001‑455,s. 1; 2001‑513, s. 30(b); 2007‑502, s. 16.)