Oregon Statutes - Chapter 56 - Duties of Secretary of State

• 56.005   [1963 c.580 §10; repealed by 1987 c.414 §172]
• 56.006   “Office” defined.
  “Office,” when used in this chapter to refer to the administrative unit directed by the Secretary of State, means the Office of Secretary of State....
• 56.010   [Repealed by 1963 c.580 §103]
• 56.012   [1963 c.580 §§11,12; repealed by 1987 c.414 §172]
• 56.014   Secretary of State as filing officer; duties.
  (1) The Secretary of State is the filing officer under ORS chapters 58, 60, 62, 63, 65, 67, 70, 554, 647, 648 and 649 and...
• 56.015   [1955 c.349 §1; 1957 c.80 §1; repealed by 1963 c.580 §103]
• 56.016   Filing facsimile transmissions and other reproductions of documents; fees.
  (1) Notwithstanding any provisions of ORS chapters 58, 60, 62, 63, 65, 67, 70, 554, 647, 648 and 649 or ORS 128.560 to 128.600 or...
• 56.018   Power of Secretary of State in performing business registry functions.
  For purposes of performing business registry functions, the Secretary of State shall have the power: (1) To organize and reorganize, as necessary, the Office of...
• 56.020   [Amended by 1961 c.280 §4; repealed by 1963 c.580 §103]
• 56.022   Authority of Secretary of State to carry out business registry functions; rules.
  The Secretary of State shall have the power and authority reasonably necessary to enable the Secretary of State to carry out business registry functions and...
• 56.023   Approval of name of entity by Director of Department of Consumer and Business Services required in certain business registry filings; exception.
  (1) If a person seeks to make a business registry filing of a name with the Secretary of State under ORS chapter 58, 60, 62,...
• 56.025   Designation of persons to sign papers.
  The Secretary of State may designate one or more of the clerks, deputies or assistants of the Secretary of State, in the name of the...
• 56.030   [Amended by 1961 c.280 §5; repealed by 1963 c.580 §103]
• 56.035   Documents filed with Secretary of State; verification.
  Where a document is required by law to be verified before it may be filed with the Secretary of State, the document shall include or...
• 56.037   Authority of Secretary of State to refuse to file documents.
  (1) The Secretary of State may refuse to file a document delivered for filing under ORS chapters 58, 60, 62, 63, 65, 67, 70, 79,...
• 56.040   [Repealed by 1961 c.280 §2]
• 56.041   Operating Account.
  (1) The Operating Account is established in the General Fund of the State Treasury. (2) The net amount accruing to the Secretary of State from...
• 56.045   [1985 c.383 §8; repealed by 1987 c.58 §15 and 1987 c.414 §172]
• 56.050   Copies of records as evidence.
  Copies of all records and papers of the Office of the Secretary of State, certified by the Secretary of State, shall be received in evidence...
• 56.060   Records of Secretary of State.
  The Secretary of State shall keep, as records of office, books showing all acts, matters and things done by the Secretary of State in performing...
• 56.070   [1955 c.185 §1; 1971 c.184 §1; repealed by 1999 c.652 §22]
• 56.080   Withdrawal of certificates issued and filings accepted; withdrawal from filing.
  (1) Except as provided in subsections (2), (3) and (4) of this section, the Secretary of State, within one year after a filing and not...
• 56.090   [1983 c.717 §2; 1987 c.414 §60; repealed by 1993 c.66 §15]
• 56.100   Electronic materials not subject to public records law.
  Except as the Secretary of State provides by rule, the following are not public records for the purposes of ORS 192.410 to 192.505: (1) Electronic...
• 56.105   [1987 c.843 §13; repealed by 2007 c.186 §21]
• 56.110   Evidentiary effect of certificates and other documents issued by Secretary of State.
  This section applies to certificates of the Secretary of State and documents filed by the Secretary of State under the business registry functions of the...
• 56.120   [1983 c.87 §4; repealed by 1987 c.58 §15]
• 56.140   Fees; waiver; rules.
  (1) The Secretary of State shall collect a nonrefundable fee of $50 for each document delivered for filing to the Secretary of State as part...
• 56.150   [1987 c.58 §8; 1987 c.414 §136; repealed by 1991 c.132 §37]
• 56.160   Petty cash fund.
  The Secretary of State is authorized to establish a petty cash fund, not to exceed $300, for the purpose of performing business registry functions. [1987...
• 56.170   [Formerly 57.772; 1993 c.66 §6; repealed by 1999 c.652 §22]
• 56.180   Business Registration Information Center; functions.
  (1) A Business Registration Information Center is established within the Office of the Secretary of State. (2) The primary functions of the center are: (a)...

Last modified: August 7, 2008