§ 11-9-525. Fees
Initial financing statement; general. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, the fees for filing a record under this part are the amounts specified in Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 15. Fees of the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority. The Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority […]
§ 11-9-526. Rules
Adoption of filing office rules. The authority shall adopt and publish in print or electronically rules to implement this article, including rules to administer, maintain, and modify the central indexing system. The filing office rules must be consistent with this article. Harmonization of rules. To keep the filing office rules, practices of the […]
§ 11-9-515. Duration and Effectiveness of Financing Statement; Effect of Lapsed Financing Statement; Record of Mortgage as Financing Statement
Five-year effectiveness. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this Code section, a filed financing statement is effective for a period of five years after the date of filing or until the twentieth day after any earlier maturity date required to be specified on the filed financing statement. Lapse and continuation of financing […]
§ 11-9-516. What Constitutes Filing; Effectiveness of Filing
What constitutes filing. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, communication of a record to a filing office and tender of the filing fee or acceptance of the record by the filing office constitutes filing. Refusal to accept record; filing does not occur. Filing does not occur with respect […]
§ 11-9-517. Effect of Indexing Errors
The failure of the filing office or authority to index a record correctly does not affect the effectiveness of the filed record. History. Code 1981, § 11-9-517 , enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 362, § 1.
§ 11-9-518. Inaccurate or Wrongfully Filed Record
Statement with respect to record indexed under person’s name. A person may file in the filing office an information statement with respect to a record indexed under the person’s name if the person believes that the record is inaccurate or was wrongfully filed. The information statement shall be filed in the filing office of […]
§ 11-9-519. Numbering, Maintaining, and Indexing Records; Communicating Information Provided in Records
Filing office duties. For each record filed in a filing office, the filing office shall: Assign a unique number to the filed record; Create a record that bears the number assigned to the filed record and the date and time of filing; Maintain the filed record or a microfilm or other photostatic, microphotographic, photographic […]
§ 11-9-520. Acceptance and Refusal to Accept Record
Refusal to accept record. A filing office may refuse to accept a record for filing only for a reason set forth in subsection (b) of Code Section 11-9-516. Communication concerning refusal. If a filing office refuses to accept a record for filing, it shall communicate to the person that presented the record the […]
§ 11-9-521. Uniform Form of Written Financing Statement and Amendment; Authority May Prescribe Forms
Initial financing statement form. Except for a reason set forth in subsection (b) of Code Section 11-9-516, a filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written initial financing statement in the form and format set forth in the final official text of the 2010 amendments to Article 9 of […]
§ 11-9-522. Maintenance and Destruction of Records
Postlapse maintenance and retrieval of information. The authority shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed record for at least one year after the effectiveness of such record or the initial financing statement to which such record relates has lapsed under Code Section 11-9-515 with respect to all secured parties of […]