Sec. 525. (a) Beginning on October 1, 2019, and except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), the fee for filing and indexing a record under IC 26-1-9.1-501 through IC 26-1-9.1-527, other than an initial financing statement of the kind described in IC 26-1-9.1-502(a), is:

(1) twelve dollars ($12) if the record is communicated in writing; and

(2) no statutory fee if the record is communicated by electronic filing.

     (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), the fee for filing and indexing an initial financing statement of the kind described in IC 26-1-9.1-502(a) is:

(1) twelve dollars ($12) if the financing statement indicates that it is filed in connection with a public-finance transaction; and

(2) twelve dollars ($12) if the financing statement indicates that it is filed in connection with a manufactured-home transaction.

     (c) The number of names under which a record must be indexed does not affect the amount of a fee under subsection (a) or (b).

     (d) The fee for responding to a request for information from the filing office, including for issuing a certificate showing whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor, is:

(1) five dollars ($5) if the request is communicated in writing; and

(2) no statutory fee if the request is communicated electronically.

     (e) This section does not require a fee with respect to a record of a mortgage which is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut under IC 26-1-9.1-502(c). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of the mortgage apply.

As added by P.L.57-2000, SEC.45. Amended by P.L.165-2001, SEC.16; P.L.277-2001, SEC.26; P.L.177-2019, SEC.17; P.L.206-2021, SEC.12.