47-14B-4. Certification and filing of application.If the secretary of state finds that an application for registration conforms to law and all requisite fees have been paid, the secretary of state shall:(1)Certify that the application has been filed in the secretary of state's office by endorsing upon the original application the word, Filed, and the date and hour of the filing. This endorsement is conclusive of the date and time of its filing in the absence of actual fraud;(2)File and index the endorsed application.The secretary of state shall prepare and return to the person who filed the application or the person's representative a copy of the original signed application, similarly endorsed, and shall certify such copy as a true copy of the original signed application. Source: SL 2001, ch 245, §100.
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