AB566,93,12 (b) The record must be physically delivered in written form unless and to the extent the department permits electronic delivery of records.

AB566,93,15 (c) The words in the record must be in English, and numbers must be in Arabic or Roman numerals, but the name of an entity need not be in English if written in English letters or Arabic or Roman numerals.

AB566,93,17 (d) The record must be signed by a person authorized or required under this chapter to sign the record.

AB566,93,21 (e) The record must state the name and capacity, if any, of each individual who signed it, either on behalf of the individual or the person authorized or required to sign the record, but need not contain a seal, attestation, acknowledgment, or verification.

AB566,93,22 (f) The record must contain the name of the drafter, if required by s. 182.01 (3).

AB566,93,25 (1m) The department may waive any of the requirements of sub. (1) (a) to (f) if it appears from the face of the document that the document's failure to satisfy the requirement is immaterial.

AB566,94,4 (2) If law other than this chapter prohibits the disclosure by the department of information contained in a record delivered to the department for filing, the department shall file the record if the record otherwise complies with this chapter but may redact the information.

AB566,94,7 (3) When a record is delivered to the department for filing, any fee required under this chapter and any fee, interest, or penalty required to be paid to the department must be paid in a manner permitted by the department.

AB566,94,9 (5) The department may provide forms for filings required or permitted to be made by this chapter and may require their use.

AB566,94,12 179.0207 Effective date and time. Except as otherwise provided in s. 179.0208 and subject to s. 179.0209 (4), a record filed under this chapter is effective as follows:

AB566,94,14 (1) Except as provided in subs. (2) and (3), on the date that it is received by the department for filing and at any of the following times on that date:

AB566,94,15 (a) The time of day specified in the document as its effective time.

AB566,94,16 (b) If no effective time is specified, at the close of business.

AB566,94,18 (2) The date that a document is received by the department is determined by the department's endorsement on the original document under s. 179.0210 (2).

AB566,94,24 (3) A document may specify a delayed effective date and time, except the effective date may not be more than 90 days after the date that it is received for filing. If a document specifies a delayed effective date and time in accordance with this subsection, the document is effective at the time and date specified. If a delayed effective date, but no time, is specified, the document is effective at the close of business on that date.

AB566,95,4 179.0208 Withdrawal of filed record before effectiveness. (1) Except as otherwise provided in ss. 179.1123 (2), 179.1133 (2), 179.1143 (2), and 179.1153 (2), a record delivered to the department for filing may be withdrawn before it takes effect by delivering to the department for filing a statement of withdrawal.

AB566,95,5 (2) A statement of withdrawal must satisfy all of the following:

AB566,95,7 (a) It must be signed by each person that signed the record being withdrawn, except as otherwise agreed by those persons.

AB566,95,8 (b) It must identify the record to be withdrawn.

AB566,95,11 (c) If signed by fewer than all the persons that signed the record being withdrawn, it must state that the record is withdrawn in accordance with the agreement of all the persons that signed the record.

AB566,95,13 (3) On filing by the department of a statement of withdrawal, the action or transaction evidenced by the original record does not take effect.

AB566,95,16 179.0209 Correcting filed record. (1) A person on whose behalf a filed record was delivered to the department for filing may correct the record if any of the following applies:

AB566,95,17 (a) The record at the time of filing was inaccurate.

AB566,95,18 (b) The record was defectively signed.

AB566,95,19 (c) The electronic transmission of the record to the department was defective.

AB566,95,21 (2) To correct a filed record, a person on whose behalf the record was delivered to the department must deliver to the department for filing a statement of correction.

AB566,95,22 (3) (a) A statement of correction may not state a delayed effective date.

AB566,95,23 (b) A statement of correction must satisfy all of the following:

AB566,95,24 1. It must be signed by the person correcting the filed record.