(1) A document must satisfy the requirements of this section except as any other section modifies these requirements, to be entitled to filing by the Secretary of State.
(2) This chapter must require or permit filing the document with the office.
(3) The document shall contain the information required by this chapter. It may contain other information as well.
(4) The document must be legible.
(5) The document must be in the English language. The certificate of existence required of foreign corporations need not be in English if accompanied by a reasonably authenticated English translation.
(6) The document must be executed:
(a) By the chair of the board of directors of a domestic or foreign corporation, its president or another of its officers;
(b) If directors have not been selected or before the organizational meeting, by an incorporator; or
(c) If the corporation is in the hands of a receiver, trustee or other court-appointed fiduciary, by that fiduciary, receiver or trustee.
(7) The person executing the document shall state beneath or opposite the signature the name of the person and the capacity in which the person signs. The document may, but is not required to contain:
(a) The corporate seal;
(b) An attestation by the secretary or an assistant secretary; or
(c) An acknowledgment, verification or proof.
(8) If the Secretary of State has prescribed a mandatory form for the document under ORS 60.016, the document must be in or on the prescribed form.
(9) The document must be delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State and must be accompanied by the required fees.
(10) Delivery of a document to the office is accomplished only when the document is actually received by the office. [1987 c.52 §4; 1989 c.1040 §3; 1999 c.486 §5]
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