N.D. Cent. Code § 10-19.1-149
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10-19.1-149. Secretary of state - Certificates and certified copies to be received in evidence
Official statutory text
10-19.1-149. Secretary of state - Certificates and certified copies to be received in
evidence.
1. All certificates issued by the secretary of state and all copies of records filed in
accordance with this chapter, when certified by the secretary of state, may be taken
and received in all courts, public offices, and official bodies as evidence of the facts
stated.
2. A certificate by the secretary of state under the great seal of this state, as to the
existence or nonexistence of the facts relating to corporations which would not appear
from a certified copy of any of the foregoing records or certificates, may be taken and
received in all courts, public offices, and official bodies as evidence of the existence or
nonexistence of the facts stated.
3. Any certificate or certified copy issued by the secretary of state under this section may
be created and disseminated as an electronic record with the same force and effect as
if produced in a paper form.
evidence.
1. All certificates issued by the secretary of state and all copies of records filed in
accordance with this chapter, when certified by the secretary of state, may be taken
and received in all courts, public offices, and official bodies as evidence of the facts
stated.
2. A certificate by the secretary of state under the great seal of this state, as to the
existence or nonexistence of the facts relating to corporations which would not appear
from a certified copy of any of the foregoing records or certificates, may be taken and
received in all courts, public offices, and official bodies as evidence of the existence or
nonexistence of the facts stated.
3. Any certificate or certified copy issued by the secretary of state under this section may
be created and disseminated as an electronic record with the same force and effect as
if produced in a paper form.
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