(a) A person on whose behalf a filed record was delivered to the secretary of state for filing may correct the record if:

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 61-3-208

  • Person: means an individual, business corporation, nonprofit corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, cooperative association, unincorporated nonprofit association, statutory trust, business trust, common-law business trust, estate, trust, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See Tennessee Code 61-3-101
  • Record: when used as a noun, means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 61-3-101
  • signed: includes a mark, the name being written near the mark and witnessed, or any other symbol or methodology executed or adopted by a party with intention to authenticate a writing or record, regardless of being witnessed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
  • 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 Tennessee Code 61-3-101
(1) The record at the time of filing was inaccurate;
(2) The record was defectively signed; or
(3) The electronic transmission of the record to the secretary of state was defective.
(b) A record is corrected by delivering to the secretary of state for filing a statement of correction that:

(1) Does not state a delayed effective date;
(2) Is signed by the person correcting the filed record;
(3) Identifies the filed record to be corrected, including its filing date, or has attached to the statement of correction a copy of the filed record;
(4) Specifies the inaccuracy or defect to be corrected and the reason it is incorrect; and
(5) Corrects the inaccuracy or defect in the filed record.
(c) A statement of correction is effective as of the effective date of the filed record that it corrects except for purposes of § 61-3-102(d) and as to persons relying on the uncorrected filed record and adversely affected by the correction. For those purposes and as to those persons, the statement of correction is effective when filed.
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