ORS 554.015
Filing duty of Secretary of State


(1)

If a document delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the requirements of ORS 554.005 (Filing requirements), the Secretary of State shall file it.

(2)

The Secretary of State files a document by indicating thereon that it has been filed by the Secretary of State and the date of filing. After filing a document, except for the annual report, the Secretary of State shall return an acknowledgment of filing to the corporation or its representative.

(3)

If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document the Secretary of State shall return it to the corporation or its representative within 10 business days after the document was delivered together with a brief written explanation of the reason for the refusal.

(4)

The Secretary of State’s duty to file documents under this section is ministerial and is limited in scope of review as set out by rule of the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State is not required to verify or inquire into the legality or truth of any matter included in any document delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State for filing. The Secretary of State’s filing or refusing to file a document does not:

(a)

Affect the validity or invalidity of the document in whole or part; or

(b)

Relate to the correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document.

(5)

The Secretary of State’s refusal to file a document does not create a presumption that the document is invalid or that information contained in the document is incorrect. [1987 c.94 §141; 1999 c.486 §20]

Source: Section 554.015 — Filing duty of Secretary of State, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors554.­html.

554.005
Filing requirements
554.007
Effective time and date of document
554.009
Correcting filed document
554.011
Penalty for signing false document
554.012
Forms
554.015
Filing duty of Secretary of State
554.016
Filing, service, copying and certification fees
554.017
Appeal from Secretary of State’s refusal to file document
554.018
Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document
554.019
Certificate of existence
554.020
Articles of incorporation
554.030
Evidence of corporate existence
554.040
Contents of articles
554.060
Challenge to validity of organization
554.070
Membership
554.080
Corporate existence
554.082
Registered office and registered agent
554.084
Change of registered office or registered agent
554.086
Resignation of registered agent
554.088
Service on corporation
554.090
Directors
554.100
Oath of office
554.110
Powers of directors
554.120
Records of proceedings of directors
554.130
Assessments
554.135
Alternative method for collecting assessments
554.140
Directors’ duty to institute proceedings to enforce lien
554.150
Action to compel assessment
554.160
Assessments to provide funds to meet obligations
554.170
Covenants by landowners
554.180
Landowners’ notice
554.190
Recording notice
554.200
Incurring indebtedness before notice recorded
554.210
Plans and specifications
554.220
Bonds
554.230
Bonds
554.240
Retirement of bonds
554.250
Refunding bonds
554.260
Contracts with governmental agencies or others for financial assistance or cooperative action
554.270
Purchase or lease of works and water rights
554.275
Activity of corporation as urban service
554.280
Resolution for serial coupon obligations
554.290
Warrants to pay claims
554.300
Amendment of articles
554.302
Dissolution of corporation by Secretary of State
554.305
Notice of grounds for dissolution
554.307
Reinstatement of dissolved corporation
554.309
Denial of reinstatement
554.315
Annual report
554.320
Exemption from taxation
554.340
Judicial determination of legality of proceedings
554.350
Service to lands outside district
554.375
Dissolution of district and reorganization as corporation
554.380
Articles of incorporation for corporation formed from dissolved district
554.385
Findings by board of reorganizing district
554.390
Dissolution of district and reorganization as corporation under ORS 554.320 and 554.375 to 554.390 prohibited after 2004
554.410
Applicability of ORS 554.005 to 554.340 to corporations organized under 1911 Act
554.420
Amendment of articles, and landowners’ notice, of corporation organized under 1911 Act
554.430
Applicability of 1911 Act, as amended, to corporations organized under that Act
554.440
Malheur Improvement Company
554.510
Authority to include or exclude lands
554.520
Application for inclusion or exclusion
554.530
Application
554.540
Meeting date
554.550
Notice of meeting
554.560
Quorum for meeting
554.570
Effect of exclusion on existing debts
554.580
Condition of approval of inclusion
554.590
Articles of amendment
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