54-09-02.1. Secretary of state - Certificates and certified copies to be received in evidence

54-09-02.1. Secretary of state - Certificates and certified copies to be received in evidence. 1. All certificates issued by the secretary of state and all copies of records filed in accordance with this chapter or any other chapter, when certified by the secretary of state, may be taken and received in all courts, public offices, and official bodies as evidence of the facts stated. 2. A certificate by the secretary of state under the great seal of this state, as to the existence or nonexistence of the facts relating to records filed by the secretary of state in accordance with this chapter or any other chapter which would not appear from a certified copy of any of the foregoing records or certificates, may be taken and received in all courts, public offices, and official bodies as evidence of the existence or nonexistence of the facts stated. 3. Any certificate or certified copy issued by the secretary of state under this section may be created and disseminated as an electronic record with the same force and effect as if produced in a paper form.