§ 130A-468. Filing of documents with the registry. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 130A‑468.  Filing ofdocuments with the registry.

(a)        When the Secretaryof State receives a document that may be filed with the registry pursuant tothis Article, the Secretary shall create a digital reproduction of thatdocument and enter the reproduced document into the registry database. TheSecretary is not required to review a document to ensure that it complies withthe particular statutory requirements applicable to the document. Each documententered into the registry database shall be assigned a unique file number andpassword.

(b)        Upon entering thereproduced document into the registry database, the Secretary shall return theoriginal document and a wallet‑size card containing the document's filenumber and password to the person who submitted the document.

(c)        When the Secretaryof State receives a revocation of a document that is filed with the registryand that document's file number and password, or a request to remove thatdocument from the registry without its revocation, the Secretary shall deletethat document from the registry database.

(d)        The Secretary ofState's entry of a document into, or removal of a document from, the registrydatabase does not do any of the following:

(1)        Affect the validityof the document in whole or in part.

(2)        Relate to theaccuracy of information contained in the document.

(3)        Create a presumptionregarding the validity of the document, regarding the accuracy of informationcontained in the document, or that the statutory requirements for the documenthave been met. (2001‑455,s. 1; 2001‑513, s. 30(b); 2007‑502, s. 16.)