(a) When executed and acknowledged in conformity with § 7-65-105, the certificate of incorporation shall be filed with the secretary of state.
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 7-65-106

  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
(b) The secretary of state shall then examine the certificate of incorporation. If the secretary of state finds that the recitals contained in the certificate of incorporation are correct, that there has been compliance with the requirements of § 7-65-105, and that the name is not identical with or so nearly similar to that of another authority 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.
(c) 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.
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