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9210.  (a) In this section:
   (1) "Request" means a record of a type described in paragraph (2),
(3), or (4).
   (2) "Request for an accounting" means a record authenticated by a
debtor requesting that the recipient provide an accounting of the
unpaid obligations secured by collateral and reasonably identifying
the transaction or relationship that is the subject of the request.
   (3) "Request regarding a list of collateral" means a record
authenticated by a debtor requesting that the recipient approve or
correct a list of what the debtor believes to be the collateral
securing an obligation and reasonably identifying the transaction or
relationship that is the subject of the request.
   (4) "Request regarding a statement of account" means a record
authenticated by a debtor requesting that the recipient approve or
correct a statement indicating what the debtor believes to be the
aggregate amount of unpaid obligations secured by collateral as of a
specified date and reasonably identifying the transaction or
relationship that is the subject of the request.
   (b) Subject to subdivisions (c), (d), (e), and (f), a secured
party, other than a buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment
intangibles, or promissory notes or a consignor, shall comply with a
request within 14 days after receipt as follows:
   (1) In the case of a request for an accounting, by authenticating
and sending to the debtor an accounting.
   (2) In the case of a request regarding a list of collateral or a
request regarding a statement of account, by authenticating and
sending to the debtor an approval or correction.
   (c) A secured party that claims a security interest in all of a
particular type of collateral owned by the debtor may comply with a
request regarding a list of collateral by sending to the debtor an
authenticated record including a statement to that effect within 14
days after receipt.
   (d) A person that receives a request regarding a list of
collateral, claims no interest in the collateral when it receives the
request, and claimed an interest in the collateral at an earlier
time shall comply with the request within 14 days after receipt by
sending to the debtor an authenticated record that contains both of
the following:
   (1) It disclaims any interest in the collateral.
   (2) If known to the recipient, it provides the name and mailing
address of any assignee of or successor to the recipient's interest
in the collateral.
   (e) A person that receives a request for an accounting or a
request regarding a statement of account, claims no interest in the
obligations when it receives the request, and claimed an interest in
the obligations at an earlier time shall comply with the request
within 14 days after receipt by sending to the debtor an
authenticated record that contains both of the following:
   (1) It disclaims any interest in the obligations.
   (2) If known to the recipient, it provides the name and mailing
address of any assignee of or successor to the recipient's interest
in the obligations.
   (f) A debtor is entitled without charge to one response to a
request under this section during any six-month period. The secured
party may require payment of a charge not exceeding twenty-five
dollars ($25) for each additional response.

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