Note: This version of section effective until 1-1-2018. See also following repeal of this section, effective 1-1-2018.

1. (b) The document must contain the information required by this article. It may contain other information as well.
2. (c) The document must be typewritten or printed.
3. (d) The document must be legible and otherwise suitable for filing.
4. (e) The document must be in the English language. A limited partnership name need not be in English if written in English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals.

5. (f) Every person executing the document shall sign it and state beneath or opposite the signature the person's name and the capacity in which the person signs. A signature on a document authorized to be filed under this article may be a facsimile. A signature on a document under this subsection that is transmitted and filed electronically is sufficient if the person transmitting and filing the document:

   1. (1) has the intent to file the document as evidenced by a symbol executed or adopted by a party with present intention to authenticate the filing; and
   2. (2) enters the filing party's name on the electronic form in a signature box or other place indicated by the secretary of state.
6. (g) The document must be delivered to the office of the secretary of state as required by section 5.1 of this chapter, and the correct filing fee must be paid in the manner and form required by the secretary of state.
7. (h) The secretary of state may accept payment of the correct filing fee by credit card, debit card, charge card, or similar method. However, if the filing fee is paid by credit card, debit card, charge card, or similar method, the liability is not finally discharged until the secretary of state receives payment or credit from the institution responsible for making the payment or credit. The secretary of state may contract with a bank or credit card vendor for acceptance of bank or credit cards. However, if there is a vendor transaction charge or discount fee, whether billed to the secretary of state or charged directly to the secretary of state's account, the secretary of state or the credit card vendor may collect from the person using the bank or credit card a fee that may not exceed the highest transaction charge or discount fee charged to the secretary of state by the bank or credit card vendor during the most recent collection period. This fee may be collected regardless of any agreement between the bank and a credit card vendor or regardless of any internal policy of the credit card vendor that may prohibit this type of fee. The fee is a permitted additional charge under IC 24-4.5-3-202 .

Sec. 5. (a) A document must satisfy the requirements of this article to be entitled to filing by the secretary of state.

As added by P.L.147-1988, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.228-1995, SEC.18; P.L.11-1996, SEC.23; P.L.277-2001, SEC.17.