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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) Unless otherwise specified in any other section of this chapter, any document required by this chapter to be delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing shall be signed by any one or more authorized persons.
(2) The person signing the document shall state the person's name beneath or opposite the person's signature, the capacity in which the person signs and the person's street and mailing address. A document required or permitted to be delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing under this chapter which contains a copy of a signature, however made, is acceptable for filing by the Secretary of State.
(3) Any person may sign a certificate, an operating agreement or any amendment to either by an agent, including an attorney-in-fact.
(4) A person commits an offense if the person signs a document with the knowledge that it is false in any material respect with intent that the document be delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing. An offense under this provision is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00).
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Mississippi Code Title 79. Corporations, Associations and Partnerships § 79-29-207 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ms/title-79-corporations-associations-and-partnerships/ms-code-sect-79-29-207/
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