§ 7423. Exemption from filing fees. The superintendent shall not be required to pay any fee to any county clerk, register or other public officer in this state for filing, recording, issuing a transcript or certificate, or authenticating any paper or instrument pertaining to the exercise by the superintendent of any of the powers or duties conferred upon him by any of the provisions of this article, whether or not such paper or instrument be executed by the superintendent or his deputies or attorneys of record and whether or not it is connected with the commencement of an action or judicial proceeding by or against the superintendent, or with the subsequent conduct of such an action or proceeding.