(a) Filing office duties. 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) […]
(a) Mandatory refusal to accept record. A filing office shall refuse to accept a record for filing for a reason set forth in § 9–516(b) and may refuse to accept a record for filing only for a reason set forth in § 9–516(b). (b) Communication concerning refusal. If a filing office refuses to accept a […]
(a) Initial financing statement form. 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 1999 revisions to article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code promulgated by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform […]
(a) Post-lapse maintenance and retrieval of information. 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 § 9–515 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using […]
(a) Acknowledgment of filing written record. 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 § 9–519(a)(1) and the date and time of the filing of the record. […]
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) Initial financing statement or other record. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), fees for services rendered by the filing office under this Part must be set by rules adopted by the Lieutenant Governor pursuant to Title 3, Chapter 35, Virgin Islands Code. The rules must set the fees for filing and indexing a […]
(a) Adoption of filing-office rules. The Lieutenant Governor shall adopt and publish rules to implement this article. The filing-office rules must be: (1) consistent with this article; and (2) adopted and published in accordance with Title 3, Chapter 35, Virgin Islands Code. (b) Harmonization of rules. To keep the filing-office rules and practices of the […]
The Lieutenant Governor shall report annually on or before March 31st to the Governor and Legislature 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 enact substantially this […]
