§415B-10 Filing of document and effective date. (a) Any document required to be delivered to the director for filing pursuant to this chapter shall be:

(1) Certified and executed by:

(A) A person intending to organize a corporation or an incorporator, if the corporation has not been organized; or

(B) Two persons who are officers of the corporation, if the corporation has been organized; and

(2) Delivered to the director.

(b) If the director finds the document sets forth the information required by this chapter, the director shall:

(1) Stamp the word "Filed" and the date of the delivery thereof; and

(2) File the document in the director's office.

(c) The director, however, shall not file a document required by this chapter unless all fees prescribed by this chapter have been paid with respect to the document.

(d) Upon the filing of a document, the document shall become effective as of delivery. Articles of merger or consolidation may become effective at a later time and date, and articles of dissolution may become effective on a later date, as set forth in the instrument, but not more than thirty days after being filed. [L 1985, c 270, pt of §1; am L 1987, c 135, §138]