(1) The Secretary of State shall adopt and publish rules applicable to its filing procedures, processes and operations to implement this chapter. The filing-office rules must be:

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 79.0526

  • Filing office: means an office designated in ORS § 79. See Oregon Statutes 79.0102
  • State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Oregon Statutes 79.0102

(a) Consistent with this chapter; and

(b) Adopted and published in accordance with ORS Chapter 183.

(2) To keep the filing-office rules and practices of the filing office in harmony with the rules and practices of filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially ORS § 79.0501 to 79.0528, and to keep the technology used by the filing office compatible with the technology used by filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially ORS § 79.0501 to 79.0528, the Secretary of State, so far as is consistent with the purposes, policies and provisions of this chapter, in adopting, amending and repealing filing-office rules, shall:

(a) Consult with filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially ORS § 79.0501 to 79.0528;

(b) Consult the most recent version of the Model Rules promulgated by the International Association of Corporate Administrators or any successor organization; and

(c) Take into consideration the rules and practices of, and the technology used by, filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially ORS § 79.0501 to 79.0528. [2001 c.445 § 97]