30-13-312. Filing application and issuing certificate of registration. (1) One original and one copy of an application for registration of a mark must be delivered to the secretary of state. If the secretary of state finds that the application complies with the requirements of this part, he shall, when all fees have been paid as prescribed in this part:
     (a) endorse on the original and the copy the word "filed" and the month, day, and year of the filing thereof;
     (b) file the original in his office; and
     (c) issue a certificate of registration to which he shall affix the copy.
     (2) The certificate of registration, together with the copy of the application for registration of mark affixed thereto, shall be returned to the applicant.
     (3) Any certificate of registration issued by the secretary of state under the provisions of this section or a copy thereof duly certified by the secretary of state is admissible in evidence as competent and sufficient proof of the registration of such mark in any judicial proceeding in any court of this state.

     History: En. Sec. 5, Ch. 429, L. 1979; amd. Sec. 7, Ch. 131, L. 1983.