Section 9-617 - Filing corporate documents with State Department of Assessments and Taxation(a) In this section, "corporate document" means:(1) Articles of incorporation;(2) Articles of amendment;(3) Articles of joinder; or(4) Articles of withdrawal.(b)(1) When a corporate document is filed with it, the State Department of Assessments and Taxation shall: (i) Endorse on the corporate document the time and date the corporate document was received; and(ii) Examine the corporate document.(2) If, after examination, the State Department of Assessments and Taxation determines that the corporate document is proper, the State Department of Assessments and Taxation shall:(i) Issue a certificate of approval;(ii) Include with the certificate of approval a copy of the corporate document; and(iii) Record a copy of: 1. The corporate document; and2. The certificate of approval.(c) When the State Department of Assessments and Taxation issues a certificate of approval under this section:(1) The corporate document is effective;(2) The district exists as provided in the corporate document; and(3) The corporate document is conclusively presumed to have been adopted lawfully.