Tennessee Code Title 61. Partnerships § 61-2-1106

(a) If a document delivered to the office of the secretary of state for filing satisfies the requirements of § 61-2-1101, 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 such document. After filing a document, the secretary of state shall deliver the document, with the filing fee receipt (or acknowledgement of receipt if no fee is required) attached, to the domestic or foreign limited partnership or its representative in due course. A domestic or foreign limited partnership or its representative may present to the secretary of state an exact or conformed copy of the document presented for filing, together with such document, and, in that event, the secretary of state shall stamp or otherwise endorse the exact or conformed copy filed, together with his 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 such document.

(c) If the secretary of state refuses to file a document, he shall return it to the domestic or foreign limited partnership or its representative within a reasonable time after the document was received for filing, 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:

(e) Any limited partnership document that meets the requirements of parts 1, 2, and 9 of this chapter for filing and recording, and all applicable rules, must be received, filed, and recorded by the appropriate office, notwithstanding any contrary requirements found in any other laws of this state.