Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 1360 - Department of State
Subtitle 1360-08 - Uniform Commercial Code
Chapter 1360-08-02 - Uniform Commercial Code Acceptance and Refusal of Documents
Section 1360-08-02-.01 - ROLE OF FILING OFFICER
The duties and responsibilities of the filing officer with respect to the administration of the UCC are ministerial. In accepting for filing or refusing to file a UCC record pursuant to these rules, the filing officer does not determine the legal sufficiency or insufficiency of the UCC record or determine that information in the record is correct or incorrect, in whole or in part. Accepting for filing or refusing to file a UCC record does not create a presumption that information in the UCC record is correct or incorrect, in whole or in part.
Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 4-5-204, 47-9-516, 47-9-519, and 47-9-526 and 2012 Tenn. Pub. Acts Ch. 708.