§ 24.03.450. Certificates and certified copies to be received in evidence
All certificates issued by the secretary of state in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, and all copies of records filed in the office of the secretary of state in accordance with the provisions of this chapter when certified by the secretary of state under the seal of the state, shall be taken and received in all courts, public offices, and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated. A certificate by the secretary of state under the 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 records or certificates under this section shall be taken and received in all courts, public offices, and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the existence or nonexistence of the facts therein stated.
[2004 c 265 § 37; 1982 c 35 § 116; 1967 c 235 § 91.]
Notes:
Intent -- Severability -- Effective dates -- Application -- 1982 c 35: See notes following RCW 43.07.160.
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