Section 277. Certificate of filing  


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  • Upon compliance with the requirements
      of this article, the secretary of state shall cause a certificate to  be
      issued and delivered to the person filing the statement. The certificate
      shall  be  issued  over  the signature of the secretary of state and the
      seal of the department of state, and it shall show the name and business
      address of the person claiming ownership of the vessels, receptacles  or
      utensils  upon which the name, mark or device is produced; the nature of
      the business of the person filing; the type of vessels,  receptacles  or
      utensils on which the name, mark or device is produced and used; a copy,
      specimen, facsimile or counterpart of such name, mark or device as filed
      in  the  secretary of state's office, or a reproduction thereof; and the
      filing date.
        Any certificate issued under the provisions hereof and duly  certified
      by  the  secretary of state, or a certified copy of the statement filed,
      shall be admissible in evidence in any action or judicial proceedings in
      any court of this state as competent and sufficient proof of the  filing
      pursuant  to  this  article,  and  shall  be prima facie evidence of the
      ownership by the person filing hereunder of all vessels, receptacles and
      utensils upon which such name, mark or device is produced.