Section 10.55.606. Filing duty of department.

   (a) A document delivered to the department for filing that satisfies the requirements of AS 10.55.601 shall be filed by the department.
   (b) The department files a document by recording it as filed on the date and time of receipt. After filing a document, the department shall deliver to the domestic or foreign entity or its representative a copy of the document with an acknowledgment of the date and time of filing.
   (c) If the department refuses to file a document, the department shall return the document to the domestic or foreign entity or its representative within 10 days after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written explanation of the reason for the refusal.
   (d) The duty of the department to file documents under this section is ministerial. The filing or refusal to file a document does not
        (1) affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or in part;
        (2) relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document; or
        (3) create a presumption that the document is valid or invalid or that information contained in the document is correct or incorrect.

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History

(Sec. 10 ch 60 SLA 2013)