679.522 – Maintenance and destruction of records.
679.522 Maintenance and destruction of records.— (1) The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for at least 1 year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under s. 679.515 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name […]
679.523 – Information from filing office; sale or license of records.
679.523 Information from filing office; sale or license of records.— (1) If a person files a written record, the filing office shall make available, on the database, an image of the record showing the number assigned to the record pursuant to s. 679.519(1)(a) and the date of the filing of the record or, if requested, send to […]
679.524 – Delay by filing office.
679.524 Delay by filing office.—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. […]
679.525 – Processing fees.
679.525 Processing fees.— (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), the nonrefundable processing fee for filing and indexing a record under this part, other than an initial financing statement of the kind described in s. 679.5021(3), is: (a) For filing an initial financing statement, $25 for the first page, which shall include the cost of filing a […]
679.526 – Filing-office rules.
679.526 Filing-office rules.—The Department of State may adopt and publish rules to administer this chapter. The filing-office rules must be: (1) Consistent with this chapter. (2) Adopted and published in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. History.—s. 6, ch. 2001-198.
679.527 – Florida Secured Transaction Registry.
679.527 Florida Secured Transaction Registry.— (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) The “Florida Secured Transaction Registry” or “registry” means the centralized database in which all initial financing statements, amendments, assignments, and other statements of change authorized to be filed under this chapter are filed, maintained, and retrieved. The term does not apply to documents that […]
679.514 – Assignment of powers of secured party of record.
679.514 Assignment of powers of secured party of record.— (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), 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 […]
679.515 – Duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement.
679.515 Duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement.— (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2), (5), (6), and (7), a filed financing statement is effective for a period of 5 years after the date of filing. (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (5), (6), and (7), an initial financing statement filed in […]
679.516 – What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing.
679.516 What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing.— (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2), communication of a record to a filing office and tender of the processing fee or acceptance of the record by the filing office constitutes filing. (2) Filing does not occur with respect to a record that a filing office refuses to accept because: […]
679.517 – Effect of indexing errors.
679.517 Effect of indexing errors.—The failure of the filing office to index a record correctly does not affect the effectiveness of the filed record. History.—s. 6, ch. 2001-198.