1.    Any person may request electronically an acknowledgment of a filing. The central indexing system shall provide to the person detailed information and an image of the record, if not filed electronically, showing the number assigned to the record pursuant to subdivision a of subsection 1 of section 41-09-90 and the date and time of the filing of the record.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 41-09-94

  • Debtor: means a natural person whose name was provided in a financing statement record as an individual debtor or one of the types of persons listed in section 41-09-76. See North Dakota Code 41-10-01
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49

2.    The central indexing system shall communicate electronically the following information to any person that requests it:

a.    Whether there is on file on a date and time specified by the central indexing system, any statement of an agricultural lien created under chapter 35-17, 35-30, or 35-31 or any financing statement that:

(1) Designates a particular debtor or, if the request so states, designates a particular debtor at the address specified in the request; (2) Has not lapsed under section 41-09-86 with respect to all secured parties of record; and

    (3) Effective January 1, 2002, if the request so states, has lapsed under section 41-09-86 and a record of which is maintained by the central indexing system under subsection 1 of section 41-09-93; b.    The date and time of filing of each statement and each financing statement; and c.    The information provided in each statement and each financing statement.

3.    If a request to the central indexing system cannot be automatically accepted, the secretary of state shall perform the acts required by subsections 1 and 2 not later than two business days after the central indexing system receives the request.

4.    At least weekly, the secretary of state shall offer to sell or license to the public on a nonexclusive basis, in bulk, detailed information of all records filed.