Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 9-1522 – Maintenance and destruction of records
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(1). 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 section 9-1515 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and:
(a). If the record was recorded in the county registry of deeds, by using the book and page at which the initial financing statement to which the record relates was recorded; or [PL 2001, c. 286, §9 (AMD).]
(b). If the record was filed in the office of the Secretary of State, by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates. [PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §4 (AFF).]
[PL 2001, c. 286, §9 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 9-1522
- Debtor: means :
(a). See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 9-1102File number: means the number assigned to an initial financing statement pursuant to section 9?1519, subsection (1). See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 9-1102 Filing office: means an office designated in section 9?1501 as the place to file a financing statement. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 9-1102 Financing statement: means a record or records composed of an initial financing statement and any filed record relating to the initial financing statement. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 9-1102 State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 9-1102 Statute: A law passed by a legislature. Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
(2). Except to the extent that a statute governing disposition of public records provides otherwise, the filing office immediately may destroy any written record evidencing a financing statement. However, if the filing office destroys a written record, it shall maintain another record of the financing statement that complies with subsection (1).
[PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §4 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1999, c. 699, §A2 (NEW). PL 1999, c. 699, §A4 (AFF). PL 2001, c. 286, §9 (AMD).