Section 17-29-205 - Delivery to and filing of records by secretary of state; effective time and date(a) A record authorized or required to be delivered to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter shall be captioned to describe the record's purpose, be in a medium permitted by the secretary of state, and be delivered to the secretary of state. If the filing fees required by this act or other law and any past due fees, taxes or penalties have been paid, unless the secretary of state determines that a record does not comply with the filing requirements of this chapter, the secretary of state shall file the record and: (i) For a statement of denial under W.S. 17-29-303, send a copy of the filed statement and a receipt for the fees to the person on whose behalf the statement was delivered for filing and to the limited liability company; and(ii) For all other records, send a copy of the filed record and a receipt for the fees to the person on whose behalf the record was filed.(b) Upon request and payment of the requisite fee, the secretary of state shall send to the requester a certified copy of a requested record.(c) Except as otherwise provided in W.S. 17-28-103 and 17-29-206, a record delivered to the secretary of state for filing under this article shall be effective as provided in W.S. 17-16-123.(d) If the secretary of state refuses to file a record under subsection (a) of this section, the secretary of state shall return it to the limited liability company or its representative within fifteen (15) days after the record was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for the refusal.Amended by Laws 2021 , ch. 21, § 2, eff. 7/1/2021.Amended by Laws 2014 , ch. 81, § 1, eff. 7/1/2014.