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Tennessee Code Title 48. Corporations and Associations § 48-247-105

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) If the form and filing of a document delivered to the office of the secretary of state for filing satisfies the requirements of § 48-247-101, and of all other applicable sections or rules that add to these requirements, then the secretary of state must file it.

(b) The secretary of state files a document by stamping or otherwise endorsing “Filed”, together with the secretary of state's name and official title and the date and time of receipt, on the document. After filing a document, except for filings pursuant to §§ 48-208-103, and 48-228-203, the secretary of state shall deliver the document, with the filing fee receipt, or acknowledgment of receipt if no fee is required, attached, to the domestic or foreign LLC or its representative in due course. A domestic or foreign LLC or its representative may present to the office of the secretary of state an exact or conformed copy of the document presented for filing together with the document, and, in that event, the secretary of state shall stamp or otherwise endorse the exact or conformed copy “Filed”, together with the secretary of state's name and official title and the date and time of receipt, and immediately return the exact or conformed copy to the party filing the original of the document.

(c) If the secretary of state refuses to file a document, then the secretary of state must return it to the domestic or foreign LLC or its representative immediately after the document was received for filing, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for the refusal.

(d) The secretary of state's duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. The secretary of state's filing or refusing to file a document does not:

(1) Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or in 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; or

(4) Establish that a document purporting to be an exact or conformed copy is in fact an exact or conformed copy.

(e) Any LLC document that meets the requirements of chapters 201-248 of this title and all applicable rules for filing and recording must be received, filed, and recorded by the appropriate office, upon payment of the appropriate fee and taxes, if any, notwithstanding any contrary requirements found in any other laws of this state.

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