§ 54-114. Certificate of incorporation. - North Carolina Statutes

§54‑114.  Certificate of incorporation.

The original articles ofincorporation of corporations organized under this Subchapter, or a true copythereof, verified as such by the affidavits of two of the signers thereof,shall be filed with the Secretary of State. A like verified copy of sucharticles and certificate of the Secretary of State, showing the date when sucharticles were filed with and accepted by the Secretary of State, within 30 daysof such filing and acceptance, shall be filed with and  recorded by theregister of deeds of the county in which the principal place of business of thecorporation is to be located, and no corporation shall, until such articles beleft for record, have legal existence. The register of deeds shall forthwithtransmit to the Secretary of State a certificate stating the time when suchcopy was recorded. Upon a receipt of such certificate, the Secretary of Stateshall issue a certificate of incorporation. (1915, c. 144, s. 3; C.S., s.5245; 1967, c. 823, s. 12.)