Okla. Stat. tit. 18, § 18-441-203
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Delivery to and filing of records by Secretary of
Official statutory text
State - Effective time and date.
DELIVERY TO AND FILING OF RECORDS BY SECRETARY OF STATE;
EFFECTIVE TIME AND DATE.
(a) A record authorized or required by the Uniform Limited
Cooperative Association Act of 2009 to be delivered to the Secretary
of State for filing must be captioned to describe the record’s
purpose, be in a medium and format permitted by the Secretary of
State, and be delivered to the Secretary of State. If the filing
fees have been paid, and unless the Secretary of State determines
that the record does not comply with the filing requirements of the
Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act of 2009, the Secretary
of State shall file the record and send a copy of the filed record
and a receipt for the fees to the person on whose behalf the record
was filed.
(b) The Secretary of State, upon request and payment of the
required fee, shall furnish a certified copy of any record filed by
the Secretary of State under the Uniform Limited Cooperative
Association Act of 2009 to the person making the request.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 18 and 24 of this
act, a record delivered to the Secretary of State for filing under
the Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act of 2009 may specify
an effective time and a delayed effective date that may include an
effective time on that date. Except as otherwise provided in
Sections 18 and 24 of this act, a record filed by the Secretary of
State under the Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act of 2009
is effective:
(1) If the record does not specify an effective time and does
not specify a delayed effective date, on the date and at the time
the record is filed as evidenced by the Secretary of State’s
endorsement of the date and time on the record;
(2) If the record specifies an effective time but not a delayed
effective date, on the date the record is filed at the time
specified in the record;
(3) If the record specifies a delayed effective date but not an
effective time, at 12:01 a.m. on the earlier of:
(A) the specified date; or
(B) the ninetieth day after the record is filed; or
(4) If the record specifies an effective time and a delayed
effective date, at the specified time on the earlier of:
(A) the specified date; or
(B) the ninetieth day after the record is filed.
DELIVERY TO AND FILING OF RECORDS BY SECRETARY OF STATE;
EFFECTIVE TIME AND DATE.
(a) A record authorized or required by the Uniform Limited
Cooperative Association Act of 2009 to be delivered to the Secretary
of State for filing must be captioned to describe the record’s
purpose, be in a medium and format permitted by the Secretary of
State, and be delivered to the Secretary of State. If the filing
fees have been paid, and unless the Secretary of State determines
that the record does not comply with the filing requirements of the
Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act of 2009, the Secretary
of State shall file the record and send a copy of the filed record
and a receipt for the fees to the person on whose behalf the record
was filed.
(b) The Secretary of State, upon request and payment of the
required fee, shall furnish a certified copy of any record filed by
the Secretary of State under the Uniform Limited Cooperative
Association Act of 2009 to the person making the request.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 18 and 24 of this
act, a record delivered to the Secretary of State for filing under
the Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act of 2009 may specify
an effective time and a delayed effective date that may include an
effective time on that date. Except as otherwise provided in
Sections 18 and 24 of this act, a record filed by the Secretary of
State under the Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act of 2009
is effective:
(1) If the record does not specify an effective time and does
not specify a delayed effective date, on the date and at the time
the record is filed as evidenced by the Secretary of State’s
endorsement of the date and time on the record;
(2) If the record specifies an effective time but not a delayed
effective date, on the date the record is filed at the time
specified in the record;
(3) If the record specifies a delayed effective date but not an
effective time, at 12:01 a.m. on the earlier of:
(A) the specified date; or
(B) the ninetieth day after the record is filed; or
(4) If the record specifies an effective time and a delayed
effective date, at the specified time on the earlier of:
(A) the specified date; or
(B) the ninetieth day after the record is filed.
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