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Section 293-A:1.25 Filing Duty of Secretary of State.

(a) If a document delivered to the office of the secretary of state for filing satisfies the requirements of RSA 293-A:1.20, 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 of receipt, on both the original and the document copy. After filing a document, except as provided in RSA 293-A:5.03 and RSA 293-A:15.10, the secretary of state shall deliver the document copy to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative.
   (c) If the secretary of state refuses to file a document, he shall return it to the domestic or foreign corporation or its representative within 30 days after the document was delivered, 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 administrative. His filing or refusing to file a document does not:
      (1) Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or 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.
   (e) The secretary of state and those acting on his or her behalf shall incur no liability, either personally or on behalf of the state of New Hampshire, as a result of defects or inconsistencies in the documents recorded by them under RSA 292, RSA 293-A, RSA 293-B, RSA 294-A, RSA 301, RSA 301-A, RSA 304-A, RSA 304-B, RSA 304-C, RSA 305-A, or RSA 349 or as a result of negligent acts or omissions in the handling and recording of those documents.

Source. 1992, 255:1, eff. Jan. 1, 1993. 2004, 248:6, eff. July 1, 2004.

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