Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
(1) Search results shall be produced by
applying standardized search logic to the name presented to the filing officer.
Human judgment does not play a role in determining the results of the search,
except with respect to supplemental responses regarding individual debtor names
that are not automated. The following guidelines apply to searches:
(A) There is no limit to the number of
matches that may be returned in response to the search criteria;
(B) The characters searched are letters "a"
through "z" and numbers "0" through "9" and all other characters are
disregarded;
(C) No distinction is
made between upper and lower case letters;
(D) Punctuation marks, accents and suffixes
are disregarded;
(E) Words and
abbreviations at the end of a name that indicate the existence or nature of an
organization are disregarded in the search. Such words include, but are not
limited to: association, bank, church, college, company, corporation, club,
foundation, fund, incorporated, institute, limited, society, syndicate, trust,
union, limited partnership, L P, limited liability company, LLC, limited
liability partnership, LLP, or like words or abbreviations of the foregoing.
These words and abbreviations are set forth in the "Ending Noise Words" list as
promulgated and adopted by the International Association of Commercial
Administrators (IACA);
(F) The
words "a" and "the" at the beginning of the search criteria are
disregarded;
(G) All spaces are
disregarded;
(H) For first and
middle names of individuals, initials are treated as the logical equivalent of
all names that begin with such initials, and the first name and no middle name
or initial is equated with all middle names and initials. For example, a search
request for "John A. Smith" would cause the search to retrieve all filings
against all individual debtors with "John" or the initial "J" as the first
name, "Smith" as the last name, and with the initial "A" or any name beginning
with "A" in the middle name field or no name or initial in the middle name
field. Additionally, a search request for "John Smith" (first and last names
with no designation in the middle name field), would cause the search to
retrieve all filings against individual debtors with "John" or the initial "J"
as the first name, "Smith" as the last name and any name or initial or no name
or initial in the middle name; and
(I) The word "and" and the symbol "&" are
equated with each other.
(2) After using the preceding rules to modify
the name of the requested debtor to be searched, the search results will reveal
only active filings unless the search request explicitly states that lapsed
filings are to be included in the search results.
*Original authority: 400.9-526, RSMo
2001.
