Any and all papers or documents that are required to be filed in any department of the city government shall be presented to the official or his or her lawfully authorized deputy in his or her particular office within the time specified in Section 2.12.010 of this code. Upon receipt of any paper or document, the official in whose department it is presented for filing shall note the time of filing of the paper or document as to the minute, hours, day, month and year as well as the name of the party at whose request said paper or document is filed; the paper or instrument shall also show the word "filed," and be attended by the signature of the particular official.
(1941 Code § 802)