La. R.S. § 12:239.1 Certificate of Correction

• Library: Louisiana Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with changes from the 2023 Legislative Session
• Year: 2023
• Citation: La. R.S. § 12:239.1

A. Whenever a document filed with the secretary of state under any provision of this Chapter is an inaccurate record of the corporate action therein referred to, or is defectively or erroneously executed or acknowledged, such instrument may be corrected by filing with the secretary of state a certificate of correction which shall be executed, acknowledged, filed, and recorded in accordance with this Section. The certificate of correction shall specify the inaccuracy or defect to be corrected and shall set forth the portion of the instrument in corrected form. The secretary of state may prescribe and furnish forms for filing the certificate of correction.

B.

(1) The certificate of correction shall be executed in the name of the corporation by an officer of the corporation.

(2) When the corporation has no officers, directors, or shareholders, each incorporator or his agent shall sign the certificate of correction, and the certificate shall recite that the corporation has no officers, directors, or shareholders.

(3) The certificate of correction shall be acknowledged by the officer who signed it or may be in the form of an authentic act.