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Section 440.9520 – Acceptance and Refusal to Accept Record; Wrongful Filing; Action to Require Secretary of State to Accept Record; Personal Liability; Filing by Regulated Financial Institution.

440.9520 Acceptance and refusal to accept record; wrongful filing; action to require secretary of state to accept record; personal liability; filing by regulated financial institution. Sec. 9520. (1) A filing office shall refuse to accept a record for filing for a reason set forth in section 9516(2) or, if the filing office is the secretary […]

Section 440.9522 – Maintenance and Destruction of Records.

440.9522 Maintenance and destruction of records. Sec. 9522. (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 section 9515 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable […]

Section 440.9524 – Delay by Filing Office.

440.9524 Delay by filing office. Sec. 9524. Delay by the filing office beyond a time limit prescribed by this part is excused if both of the following apply: (a) 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. […]

Section 440.9525 – Fee for Filing and Indexing Record; Other Fees.

440.9525 Fee for filing and indexing record; other fees. Sec. 9525. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) or (4), the fee for filing and indexing a record under this part is $15.00. (2) A filing office shall charge a person a fee for responding to a request for a search of the records […]

Section 440.9526 – Filing-Office Rules.

440.9526 Filing-office rules. Sec. 9526. (1) The secretary of state shall adopt and publish rules to implement this article. The filing-office rules must be consistent with this article and adopted and published in accordance with the administrative procedures act of 1969, 1969 PA 306, MCL 24.201 to 24.328. (2) To keep the filing-office rules and […]