Section 490.125 - Filing duty of secretary of state1. If a document delivered to the office of the secretary of state for filing satisfies the requirements of section 490.120, the secretary of state shall file it.2. The secretary of state files a document by recording it as filed on the date and time of receipt. After filing a document, except the biennial report required by section 490.1621, and except as provided in section 490.503, the secretary of state shall return to the person who delivered the document for filing a copy of the document with an acknowledgment of the date and time of filing.3. If the secretary of state refuses to file a document, it shall be returned to the person who delivered the document for filing within five days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for the refusal.4. The secretary of state's duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. The secretary of state's filing or refusing to file a document does not create a presumption of any of the following:a. The document does or does not conform to the requirements of this chapter.b. The information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.89 Acts, ch 288, §8; 96 Acts, ch 1170, §3; 97 Acts, ch 171, §7; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §5, 125; 2021 Acts, ch 165, § 7, 230
Amended by 2021 Iowa, ch 165, s 7, eff. 1/1/2022.89 Acts, ch 288, §8; 96 Acts, ch 1170, §3; 97 Acts, ch 171, § 7; 2002 Acts, ch 1154, §5, 125