Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 25, June 23, 2023
a) UCC records may be tendered for filing at
the UCC Division as follows:
1) Personal delivery, at the UCC Division'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 filing office (even though the UCC record may not yet have been accepted for filing and
subsequently may be rejected). The date and time of receipt are stamped on the document or otherwise
permanently associated with the record maintained for a UCC document in the UCC information management
system.
2) Courier delivery, at the UCC Division's street
address. The file time for a UCC record delivered by this method is, notwithstanding the time of delivery,
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). The date and time of receipt are stamped on the
document or otherwise permanently associated with the record maintained for a UCC document in the UCC
information management system. A UCC record delivered after regular business hours or on a day the filing
office is not open for business, if not examined for processing sooner, will have a filing time of the close
of business on the next day the filing office is open for business.
3) Postal service delivery, to the filing office'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). The date and time of receipt are stamped on the document or otherwise permanently associated with
the record maintained for a UCC document in the UCC information management system. A UCC record delivered
after regular business hours or on a day the filing office is not open for business will have a filing time
of the close of business on the next day the filing office is open for business.
4) The Secretary of State offers online information and electronic filing
and search services through the website of the Secretary of State at
www.cyberdriveillinois.com. The file time for a UCC document
delivered by this method is the time that the Secretary of State's 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.
5) The UCC Division filing office hours.
A) The UCC Division business hours for personal delivery, courier delivery
and postal service delivery are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except holidays, in
Springfield only.
B) Electronic filing and search services are
available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, except for scheduled maintenance and unscheduled interruptions
of service.
6) The office address is Howlett Building,
Room 350 West, 501 South
Second Street, Springfield IL 62756. All incorporated materials and forms
referenced in this Part are available to the public for inspection and copying at this address.
b) UCC search requests may be delivered to the filing
office by any of the means by which UCC records may be delivered to the filing office. A search request for a
debtor named on an initial financing statement may not be made on the initial financing statement form, even
if the form has a space for that request. Search requests must be made on the UCC-11 form approved by the
International Association of Commercial Administrators, as incorporated by reference in Section
180.12 of this Part.
Amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 8559, effective June 15,
2007
