Section 33-1-250 - Filing duty of Secretary of State(a) If a document delivered to the office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the requirements of Section 33-1-200, the Secretary of State shall file it.(b) The Secretary of State files a document by stamping or otherwise endorsing "Filed", together with his name and official title and the date and time of receipt, on both the original and document copy, together with a further endorsement that the document copy is a true copy of the original document. After filing a document, except as provided in Sections 33-5-103 and 33-15-200, the Secretary of State shall deliver the document copy to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative and the document copy must be retained as a part of the permanent records of the corporation.(c) If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document, he shall return it to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative within five days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for his refusal.(d) The Secretary of State's duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. His filing or refusing to file a document does not: (1) affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or part;(2) relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document;(3) create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.1988 Act No. 444, Section 2; Repealed 1788 Act No. 444, Section 2]; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; 1976 Act No. 553, Section 2; 1962 (52) 1996; Repealed, 1988 Act No. 444, Section 2], and Section 33-7-40 [1962 Code Section 12-14.4; 1981 Act No. 146, Section 2; 1970 (56) 1932; 1968 (55) 3046; 1964 (53) 1910; 1963 (53) 327; 1962 (52) 1996; Derived from 1976 Code Section 33-1-60 [1962 Code Section 12-11.6.