Oregon Code § 65.017·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Filing
duty of Secretary of State.
(1) If a document delivered to the Secretary of State for filing satisfies the
requirements of ORS 65.004, the Secretary of State shall file the document.
(2) The Secretary
of State files a document by accepting, reviewing and entering the document
into the Secretary of States files, indicating on the document the date of
filing and that the Secretary of State has filed the document. The time of
filing is 12:01 a.m. on the date of filing. After filing a document, except a
document described in ORS 65.114, 65.671, 65.674, 65.724 and 65.787, the
Secretary of State shall return an acknowledgment of filing to the corporation
that filed the document or to a representative of the corporation.
(3) If the
Secretary of State refuses to file a document, the Secretary of State shall
return the document to the corporation that sought to file the document or to a
representative of the corporation within 10 business days after the Secretary
of State received the document, together with a brief written explanation of
the reason or reasons for the refusal.
(4) The Secretary
of States duty to file documents under this section is ministerial. 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 Secretary of
State for filing. The Secretary of States filing or refusing to file a
document does not:
(a) Affect the
validity or invalidity of the document in whole or in part except as provided
in ORS 65.051; or
(b) Relate to the
correctness or incorrectness of information contained in the document.
(5) The Secretary
of States refusal to file a document does not create a presumption that the
document is invalid or that information contained in the document is incorrect.
[1989 c.1010 §8; 1999 c.486 §11; 2019 c.174 §10]
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 65.017
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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