(a) For each record filed in a filing office, the filing office shall: (1) assign a unique number to the filed record; (2) create a record that bears the number assigned to the filed record and the date and time of filing; (3) maintain the filed record for public inspection; and (4) index the filed […]
(a) A filing office shall refuse to accept a record for filing for a reason set forth in § 4-9-516(b) and may refuse to accept a record for filing only for a reason set forth in § 4-9-516(b). (b) If a filing office refuses to accept a record for filing, it shall communicate to the […]
(a) A filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written initial financing statement in the following form and format except for a reason set forth in § 4-9-516(b): (b) A filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written record in the following form and format […]
(a) The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for at least one (1) year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under § 4-9-515 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor […]
(a) If a person that files a written record requests an acknowledgment of the filing, the filing office shall send to the person an image of the record showing the number assigned to the record pursuant to § 4-9-519(a)(1) and the date and time of the filing of the record. However, if the person furnishes […]
Delay by the filing office beyond a time limit prescribed by this part is excused if: (1) the delay is caused by interruption of communication or computer facilities, war, emergency conditions, failure of equipment, or other circumstances beyond control of the filing office; and (2) the filing office exercises reasonable diligence under the circumstances.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), the fee for filing and indexing a record, whether by paper or electronically, under this part, other than an initial financing statement of the kind described in § 4-9-502(c), is: (1) Records filed only with the Secretary of State pursuant to § 4-9-501(a)(3), sixteen dollars ($16.00) for […]
(a) The Secretary of State shall adopt and publish rules to implement this chapter. The filing office rules must be: (1) consistent with this chapter; and (2) adopted and published in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq. (b) To keep the filing office rules and practices of the filing office […]
The Secretary of State shall report annually on or before October 1 to the Governor and General Assembly on the operation of the filing office. The report must contain a statement of the extent to which: (1) the filing office rules are not in harmony with the rules of filing offices in other jurisdictions that […]
(a) As used in this section: (1) “Prepaid account” means an account: (A) Established by a remitter with the Secretary of State by depositing at least one hundred dollars ($100); (B) That may be used by the Secretary of State to obtain payment from a remitter for the payment of fees required by this subtitle; […]
(a) An individual, representative of an organization, or other lender in the business of making loans or extending credit may file in the filing office a notarized affidavit or sworn affirmation, signed or attested to under penalty of perjury, that identifies a filed financing statement and states that: (1) the individual, organization, or other lender […]
