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| 2.__Process fee.__The Secretary of State shall collect a fee of | | $20 each time process is served on the Secretary of State under | | this chapter.__The party to a proceeding causing service of process | | is entitled to recover this fee as costs if that party prevails in | | the proceeding. |
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| | | 3.__Copying and certifying fees.__The Secretary of State shall | | charge the following fees for copying and certifying the copy of | | any filed documents. |
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| | | A.__For copying, the fee is $2 per page. |
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| | | B.__For certifying the copy, the fee is $5. |
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| | | §1010.__Expedited service |
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| | | The Secretary of State may provide expedited service for the | | processing of documents in accordance with this chapter. The | | Secretary of State shall establish a fee schedule and adopt rules | | to set forth the procedures governing this expedited service. All | | fees collected as provided by this section must be deposited into | | a fund for use by the Secretary of State in providing improved | | filing service. |
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| | | §1011.__Filing duty of Secretary of State |
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| | | 1.__Duty to file.__If a document delivered to the office of | | the Secretary of State for filing pursuant to this chapter | | satisfies the requirements of section 1005, the Secretary of | | State shall file the document. |
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| | | 2.__Recording as filed; acknowledgment.__The Secretary of | | State files a document pursuant to subsection 1 by recording it | | as filed on the date of receipt. After filing a document, the | | Secretary of State shall deliver to the partnership or its | | representative a copy of the document with an acknowledgment of | | the date of filing. |
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| | | 3.__Refusal to file; written explanation.__If the Secretary of | | State refuses to file a document, the Secretary of State shall | | return it to the partnership or its representative within 5 days | | after the document was delivered, together with a brief, written | | explanation of the reason for the refusal. |
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| | | 4.__Ministerial.__The Secretary of State's duty to file a | | document under this section is ministerial, and the filing or | | refusal to file a document does not: |
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