Section 123.32. Filings; notice of filing.

(1) An incorporation, consolidation, or annexation petition or annexation resolution shall be filed with the commission. A statement signed by at least 1 signer of the petition or resolution designating the name and address of a natural person to receive notices on behalf of all signers shall accompany the filing or shall be filed separately within 10 business days from the filing. Notice served by the department or any other person on the designated natural person shall be deemed notice to all signers of the petition or voters on the resolution. Notice to an affected city, village, township, or county shall be through its clerk. Upon the filing of a petition or resolution, the department shall make a notation as to the date and time of filing and assign a docket number. Receipt of a petition or resolution shall not be an acknowledgement that it is legally sufficient.

(2)       Other items permitted or required to be filed shall be tendered in a legible reproducible form and transmitted to the department.

(3)        A person may request, in writing, that the department notify the person in writing when a document has been filed involving a specific docket and the department shall send the notice at the earliest practicable time after the filing of the item.

(4)       A person may inspect the file regarding a specific docket at the department during regular business hours, and at the person’s own expense may cause the contents of the file to be duplicated.

History: 2013 AACS.