§ 18-2012. Articles of correction.

A.  If any document filed with the Office of the Secretary of State under this act contains any typographical error, error of transcription, or other technical error or has been defectively executed, the document may be corrected by the filing of articles of correction.

B.  Articles of correction shall set forth:

1.  The title of the document being corrected;

2.  The date that the document being corrected was filed; and

3.  The provision in the document as previously filed and as corrected and, if execution of the document was defective, the manner in which it was defective.

C.  Articles of correction may not make any other change or amendment which would not have complied in all respects with the requirements of this act at the time the document being corrected was filed.

D.  Articles of correction shall be executed in the same manner in which the document being corrected was required to be executed.

E.  Articles of correction may not:

1.  Change the effective date of the document being corrected; or

2.  Affect any right or liability accrued or incurred before its filing, except that any right or liability accrued or incurred by reason of the error or defect being corrected shall be extinguished by the filing if the person having the right has not detrimentally relied on the original document.

F.  Notwithstanding that any instrument authorized to be filed with the Secretary of State pursuant to the provisions of this act is, when filed inaccurately, defectively, or erroneously executed, sealed or acknowledged, or otherwise defective in any respect, the Secretary of State shall not be liable to any person for the preclearance for filing, or the filing and indexing of the instrument by the Secretary of State.

Added by Laws 1992, c. 148, § 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1992.  Amended by Laws 1999, c. 421, § 27, eff. Nov. 1, 1999.