With respect to correction of a filed record: 1. Whenever a record authorized by this chapter to be filed with the secretary of state has been filed and inaccurately records the action referred to in the record, contains an inaccurate or erroneous statement, or was defectively or erroneously signed, sealed, acknowledged, or verified, the record may be corrected by filing a statement of correction. 2. A statement of correction: a. Must: (1) Be signed by: (a) The person that signed the original record; or (b) By a person authorized to sign on behalf of that person; (2) Set forth the name of the cooperative that filed the record;
(3) Identify the record to be corrected by description and by the date of its filing with the secretary of state; (4) Identify the inaccuracy, error, or defect to be corrected; and (5) Set forth a statement in corrected form of the portion of the record to be corrected. b. May not revoke or nullify the record. 3. The statement of correction must be filed with the secretary of state. 4. With respect to the effective date of correction: a. A certificate issued by the secretary of state before a record is corrected, with respect to the effect of filing the original record, is considered to be applicable to the record as corrected as of the date the record as corrected is considered to have been filed under this subsection. b. After a statement of correction has been filed with the secretary of state, the original record as corrected is considered to have been filed on the date the original record was filed as to all other persons and for all other purposes.
10-15-57.2. Secretary of state - Certificates and certified copies to be received in evidence. 1. All certificates issued by the secretary of state and all copies of records filed in accordance with this chapter, when certified by the secretary of state, may be taken and received in all courts, public offices, and official bodies as evidence of the facts stated. 2. A certificate by the secretary of state under the great seal of this state, as to the existence or nonexistence of the facts relating to a cooperative which would not appear from a certified copy of any of the foregoing records or certificates, may be taken and received in all courts, public offices, and official bodies as evidence of the existence or nonexistence of the facts stated. 3. Any certificate or certified copy issued by the secretary of state under this section may be created and disseminated as an electronic record with the same force and effect as if produced in a paper form.