7-39-203 - Approval of certificate by secretary of state Recording Beginning of corporate existence. - Tennessee Statutes

7-39-203. Approval of certificate by secretary of state Recording Beginning of corporate existence.

(a)  When executed and acknowledged in conformity with § 7-39-201, the certificate of incorporation shall be filed with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall examine the certificate of incorporation and, if the secretary of state finds that the recitals contained in the certificate of incorporation are correct, that the requirements of § 7-39-201 have been complied with and that the name is not identical with or so nearly similar to that of another corporation already in existence in this state as to lead to confusion and uncertainty, the secretary of state shall approve the certificate of incorporation and record it in an appropriate book of record in the secretary of state's office.

(b)  When the certificate has been so made, filed and approved, the corporate existence shall begin, and the certificate shall be conclusive evidence that the energy acquisition corporation has been formed pursuant to this chapter.

[Acts 1977, ch. 299, § 7; T.C.A., § 6-4207; Acts 1997, ch. 93, § 5.]