Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a)
UCC records may be tendered for filing at the Secretary of State's office as
follows.
(1) Personal delivery at the
Secretary of State's street address. The file time for a UCC record delivered
by this method is when delivery of the UCC record is accepted by the Secretary
of State (even though the UCC record may not yet have been accepted for filing
and subsequently may be rejected).
(2) Courier delivery at the Secretary of
State's street address. The file time for a UCC record delivered by this method
is, notwithstanding the time of delivery, is the next close of business
following the time of delivery (even though the UCC record may not yet have
been accepted for filing and may be subsequently rejected).
(3) Postal service delivery to the Secretary
of State's mailing address. The file time for a UCC record delivered by this
method is the next close of business following the time of delivery (even
though the UCC record may not yet have been accepted for filing and may be
subsequently rejected). A UCC record delivered after regular business hours or
on a day the Secretary of State's office is not open for business will have a
filing time of the close of business on the next day the Secretary of State's
office is open for business.
(4)
Electronic filing. UCC records, excluding information statements, may be
transmitted electronically using the XML format approved by the International
Association of Commercial Administrators. At the request of an authorized XML
submitter, the Secretary of State shall identify which versions and releases of
the XML format are acceptable to the Secretary of State's UCC information
management system. The Secretary of State's office publishes an implementation
guide that prescribes the use of the XML format. The implementation guide shall
be available to the public upon request. The file time for a record delivered
by this method is the time that the Secretary of State's UCC information
management system analyzes the relevant transmission and determines that all
the required elements of the transmission have been received in a required
format and are machine readable. UCC records also may be transmitted
electronically through online entry. The file date and time for a UCC record
delivered by this method are the date and time that the UCC information
management system receives it.
(b) The appropriate fee shall be paid at the
time a UCC record is submitted to the Secretary of State for filing. The
methods of payment are United States dollars, check, money order, cashier's
check, credit card, and debit to a prepaid customer account established with
the Secretary of State.
1. New
section filed 6-21-2004; operative 6-21-2004 pursuant to Government Code
section
11343.4
(Register 2004, No. 26).
2. Amendment filed 5-29-2014; operative
7-1-2014 (Register 2014, No. 22).
Note: Authority cited: Section
9526,
Commercial Code. Reference: Section
9516,
Commercial Code; and Section
12194,
Government Code.
