84.009 - Correction of inaccurate or defective record filed with Secretary of State; cancellation of filings. - Nevada Statutes

84.009  Correction of inaccurate or defective record filed with Secretary of State; cancellation of filings.

      1.  A corporation sole may correct a record filed with the Office of the Secretary of State with respect to the corporation sole if the record contains an inaccurate description of an action of the corporation sole or if the record was defectively signed, attested, sealed, verified or acknowledged.

      2.  To correct a record, the corporation sole must:

      (a) Prepare a certificate of correction which:

             (1) States the name of the corporation sole;

             (2) Describes the record, including, without limitation, its filing date;

             (3) Specifies the inaccuracy or defect;

             (4) Sets forth the inaccurate or defective portion of the record in an accurate or corrected form; and

             (5) Is signed by an archbishop, bishop, president, trustee in trust, president of stake, president of congregation, overseer, presiding elder, district superintendent or other presiding officer or member of the clergy of a church, religious society or denomination, who has been chosen, elected or appointed in conformity with the constitution, canons, rites, regulations or discipline of the church, religious society or denomination, and in whom is vested the legal title to the property held for the purpose, use or benefit of the church or religious society or denomination.

      (b) Deliver the certificate to the Secretary of State for filing.

      (c) Pay a filing fee of $25 to the Secretary of State.

      3.  A certificate of correction is effective on the effective date of the record it corrects except as to persons relying on the uncorrected record and adversely affected by the correction. As to those persons, the certificate is effective when filed.

      4.  If a corporation sole has made a filing with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of State has not processed the filing and placed the filing into the public record, the corporation sole may cancel the filing by:

      (a) Filing a statement of cancellation with the Secretary of State; and

      (b) Paying a fee of $50.

      (Added to NRS by 2003, 20th Special Session, 56; A 2009, 2835)