1. 1. A record authorized or required to be delivered to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter must be captioned to describe the record’s purpose, contain the information required by this chapter but may include other information as well, and be in a medium permitted by the secretary of state. The document must be typewritten or printed. If the document is electronically transmitted, it must be in a format that can be retrieved or reproduced in typewritten or printed form. The document must be delivered to the office of the secretary of state for filing. Delivery may be made by electronic transmission if and to the extent permitted by the secretary of state. The secretary of state may adopt rules for the electronic filing of documents and the certification of electronically filed documents. If it is filed in typewritten or printed form and not transmitted electronically, the secretary of state may require an exact or conformed copy to be delivered with the document. Unless the secretary of state determines that a record does not comply with the filing requirements of this chapter, and if all filing fees have been paid, the secretary of state shall file the record and perform all of the following:

   1. a. For a statement of dissociation, send all of the following:

      1. (1) A copy of the filed statement and a receipt for the fees to the person which the statement indicates has dissociated as a general partner.
      2. (2) A copy of the filed statement and receipt to the limited partnership.

   2. b. For a statement of withdrawal, send all of the following:

      1. (1) A copy of the filed statement and a receipt for the fees to the person on whose behalf the record was filed.
      2. (2) If the statement refers to an existing limited partnership, a copy of the filed statement and receipt to the limited partnership.
   3. c. For all other records, send a copy of the filed record and a receipt for the fees to the person on whose behalf the record was filed.
2. 2. Upon request and payment of a fee, the secretary of state shall send to the requester a certified copy of the requested record.

3. 3. Except as otherwise provided in sections 488.116 and 488.207, a record delivered to the secretary of state for filing under this chapter may specify an effective time and a delayed effective date. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a record filed by the secretary of state is effective according to the following:

   1. a. If the record does not specify an effective time and does not specify a delayed effective date, on the date and at the time the record is filed, as evidenced by the secretary of state’s endorsement of the date and time on the record.
   2. b. If the record specifies an effective time but not a delayed effective date, on the date the record is filed at the time specified in the record.

   3. c. If the record specifies a delayed effective date but not an effective time, at 12:01 a.m. on the earlier of either of the following:

      1. (1) The specified date.
      2. (2) The ninetieth day after the record is filed.

   4. d. If the record specifies an effective time and a delayed effective date, at the specified time on the earlier of either of the following:

      1. (1) The specified date.
      2. (2) The ninetieth day after the record is filed.
4. 4. If the secretary of state refuses to file a document, the secretary of state shall return it to the limited partnership or foreign limited partnership or its representative, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for the refusal.

5. 5. The secretary of state’s duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. Filing or refusing to file a document does not do any of the following:

   1. a. Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or part.
   2. b. Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document.
   3. c. Create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.

2004 Acts, ch 1021, §24, 118

Referred to in §9.11, 488.109, 488.115, 488.201, 488.202, 488.907, 488.1108