Tennessee Code 48-101-305 – Filing of certificate of incorporation
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 48-101-305
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Corporation: means any corporation organized pursuant to this part. See Tennessee Code 48-101-301
- Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
- Secretary: means the corporate officer to whom the bylaws or the board of directors has delegated responsibility under §. See Tennessee Code 48-11-201
- Secretary of state: means the person who holds the office of secretary of state of Tennessee. See Tennessee Code 48-202-101
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
When executed and acknowledged in conformity with § 48-101-304, the certificate of incorporation shall be filed with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall thereupon examine the certificate of incorporation and, if the secretary of state finds that the recitals contained therein are correct, that the requirements of § 48-101-304 have been complied with, and that the name is not identical with or so nearly similar to that of another corporation already in existence in this state as to lead to confusion and uncertainty, the secretary of state shall approve the certificate of incorporation and record it in an appropriate book or record in the secretary of state’s office. When such certificate has been so made, filed and approved, the applicants shall constitute a public corporation under the name set out in the certificate of incorporation.