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Section 55-9-520 – Acceptance and refusal to accept record.

(a) The secretary of state shall refuse to accept a record for filing for a reason set forth in Subsection (b) of Section 55-9-516 NMSA 1978 and may refuse to accept a record for filing only for a reason set forth in that subsection. (b) If a filing office refuses to accept a record for […]

Section 55-9-521 – Form of financing statement and amendment; records.

(a) A filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written initial financing statement that is in the following form and format, except for a reason set forth in Subsection (b) of Section 55-9-516 NMSA 1978: “UCC FINANCING STATEMENT FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS A. NAME & PHONE OF CONTACT AT FILER (optional) _______________________________________________________ […]

Section 55-9-522 – Maintenance and destruction of records.

(a) The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for at least one year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under Section 55-9-515 NMSA 1978 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the […]

Section 55-9-523 – Information from secretary of state.

(a) If a person that files a written record requests an acknowledgment of the filing, the secretary of state shall send to the person an image of the record showing the number assigned to the record pursuant to Paragraph (1) of Subsection (a) of Section 55-9-519 NMSA 1978 and the date and time of the […]

Section 55-9-524 – Delay by secretary of state.

Delay by the secretary of state beyond the time limits prescribed in Section 55-9-519 NMSA 1978 and Section 55-9-523 NMSA 1978 is excused if: (1) the delay is caused by interruption of communication or computer facilities, war, emergency conditions, failure of equipment, lack of appropriations or other circumstances beyond control of the secretary of state; […]

Section 55-9-525 – Fees.

(a) Except as provided in Subsections (b) and (d) of this section, the fee for filing and indexing a record pursuant to Sections 55-9-501 through 55-9-526 NMSA 1978 in the office of the secretary of state is: (1) if the record is communicated in writing in a form prescribed by the secretary of state: (i) […]

Section 55-9-526 – Filing-office rules.

The secretary of state shall adopt and publish rules to implement Sections 55-9-501 through 55-9-526 NMSA 1978. The filing-office rules must be: (a) consistent with Chapter 55, Article 9 NMSA 1978; and (b) adopted and published in accordance with the State Rules Act [Chapter 14, Article 4, NMSA 1978]. History: 1978 Comp., § 55-9-526, enacted […]

Section 55-9-512 – Amendment of financing statement.

(a) Subject to Section 55-9-509 NMSA 1978, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or, subject to Subsection (e) of this section, otherwise amend the information provided in, a financing statement by filing an amendment that: (1) identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to […]

Section 55-9-513 – Termination statement.

(a) A secured party shall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement to file a termination statement for the financing statement if the financing statement covers consumer goods and: (1) there is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur an […]

Section 55-9-514 – Assignment of powers of secured party of record.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (c) of this section, an initial financing statement may reflect an assignment of all of the secured party’s power to authorize an amendment to the financing statement by providing the name and mailing address of the assignee as the name and address of the secured party. (b) Except […]