Section 31D-1-123 - Effective time and date of document(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and subsection (c), section one hundred twenty-four of this article, a document accepted for filing is effective: (1) At the date and time of filing, as evidenced by means as the secretary of state may use for the purpose of recording the date and time of filing; or(2) At the time specified in the document as its effective time on the date it is filed.(b) A document may specify a delayed effective time and date and if it does so, the document becomes effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date but no time is specified, the document is effective at the close of business on that date. A delayed effective date for a document may not be later than the ninetieth day after the date it is filed.