(a) If a person that files a written record requests an acknowledgment of the filing, the filing office shall send to the person an image of the record showing the number assigned to the record pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 9519 and the date and time of the filing of the record. However, if the person furnishes a copy of the record to the filing office, the filing office may instead do both of the following:
(1) Note upon the copy the number assigned to the record pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 9519 and the date and time of the filing of the record.
(2) Send the copy to the person.
(b) If a person files a record other than a written record, the filing office shall communicate to the person an acknowledgment that provides all of the following information:
(1) The information in the record.
(2) The number assigned to the record pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 9519.
(3) The date and time of the filing of the record.
(c) The filing office shall communicate or otherwise make available in a record all of the following information to any person that requests it:
(1) Whether there is on file on a date and time specified by the filing office, but not a date earlier than three business days before the filing office receives the request, any financing statement that satisfies all of the following conditions:
(A) It designates a particular debtor or, if the request so states, designates a particular debtor at the address specified in the request.
(B) It has not lapsed under Section 9515 with respect to all secured parties of record.
(C) If the request so states, it has lapsed under Section 9515 and a record of which is maintained by the filing office under subdivision (a) of Section 9522.
(2) The date and time of filing of each financing statement.
(3) The information provided in each financing statement.
(d) In complying with its duty under subdivision (c), the filing office may communicate information in any medium. However, if requested, the filing office shall communicate information by issuing its written certificate.
(e) The filing office described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 9501 shall perform the acts required by subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, at the time and in the manner prescribed by filing-office rule, but not later than two business days after the filing office receives the request.
(f) At least weekly, the filing office described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 9501 shall offer to sell or license to the public on a nonexclusive basis, in bulk, copies of all records filed in it under this chapter, in every medium from time to time available to the filing office.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 991, Sec. 35. Effective January 1, 2000. Operative July 1, 2001, by Sec. 75 of Ch. 991 and Section 9701.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018