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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Code Section 11-9-519 and the date and […]
Delay by the filing office or authority beyond a time limit prescribed by this part is excused if: 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 or authority; and The filing office or authority exercises reasonable diligence […]
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 […]
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 […]
