Sec. 1. (a) To be filed by the secretary of state under this article, an entity filing must be received by the secretary of state, comply with this article, and satisfy the following:
(1) The entity filing must be required or permitted by this article.
(2) The entity filing must be transferred to the secretary of state by hand, mail, or a form of electronic transmission meeting the requirements established by the secretary of state.
(3) The entity filing must be legible, typewritten or printed, or, if electronically transmitted, in a format that can be retrieved in a reproduced or typewritten form, and otherwise suitable for processing. The words in the entity filing must be in English, and numbers must be in Arabic or Roman numerals, but the name of the entity need not be in English if written in English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals.
(4) The entity filing must be signed by or on behalf of a person authorized to sign the filing.
(5) The entity filing must state the name and capacity, if any, of each individual who signed it, either on behalf of the individual or the person authorized or required to sign the filing, but need not contain a seal, attestation, acknowledgment, or verification.
(6) The entity filing may contain other information as well.
(b) If law other than this article prohibits the disclosure by the secretary of state of information contained in an entity filing, the secretary of state shall file the entity filing if the filing otherwise complies with this article but may redact the information.
(c) When an entity filing is delivered to the secretary of state for filing, any fee required under this article must be paid in a manner permitted by the secretary of state.
(d) The secretary of state may require that an entity filing delivered in written form be accompanied by an identical or conformed copy.
As added by P.L.118-2017, SEC.5.
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