Ohio Code 1309.522 – Maintenance and destruction of records – UCC 9-522
(A) The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for not less than one year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under section 1309.515 of the Revised Code with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 1309.522
- Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
- Debtor: means :
(a) A person having an interest, other than a security interest or other lien, in the collateral, whether or not the person is an obligor;
(b) A seller of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes; or
(c) A consignee. See Ohio Code 1309.102
- File number: means the number assigned to an initial financing statement under division (A) of section 1309. See Ohio Code 1309.102
- Filing office: means an office designated in section 1309. See Ohio Code 1309.102
- Financing statement: means a record composed of an initial financing statement and any filed record or records relating to the initial financing statement. See Ohio Code 1309.102
(1) If the record was filed in the filing office described in division (A)(1) of section 1309.501 of the Revised Code, by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates and the date and time that the record was filed; or
(2) If the record was filed in the filing office described in division (A)(2) of section 1309.501 of the Revised Code, by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates.
(B) Except as otherwise provided in Chapter 149 of the Revised Code or any other provision of the Revised Code governing disposition of public records, 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 division (A) of this section.