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The 2026 Florida Statutes

Title XXXVI
BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS
Chapter 617
NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS
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F.S. 617.0127
617.0127 Certificates to be received in evidence; effect of certified copy of filed document.—All certificates issued by the department pursuant to this chapter must be taken and received in all courts, public offices, and official bodies as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. A certificate attached to a copy of a document filed by the department, bearing the signature of the Secretary of State, which may be in facsimile, and the seal of this state, is conclusive evidence that the original document is on file with the department.
History.—s. 10, ch. 90-179; s. 6, ch. 2026-168.