Current through Reg. 49, No. 12; March 22, 2024
Search results are produced by the application of search
logic to the name presented to the filing officer. Human judgment does not play
a role in determining the results of the search.
(1) Standard search logic. Subparagraphs (A)
- (J) of this paragraph describe the filing office's standard search logic and
apply to all searches except for those where the search request specifies that
a non-standard search logic be used:
(A)
There is no limit to the number of matches that may be returned in response to
the search criteria.
(B) No
distinction is made between upper and lower case letters.
(C) The character "&" (the ampersand) is
deleted and replaced with the characters "and" each place it appears in the
name.
(D) Punctuation marks and
accents are disregarded. For the purposes of this section, punctuation and
accents include all characters other than the numerals 0 through 9 and letters
A through Z (in any case) of the English alphabet.
(E) The following words and abbreviations at
the end of an organization name that indicate the existence or nature of the
organization are "disregarded" to the extent practicable as determined by the
filing office's programming of its UCC information management system:
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(F) The
word "the" at the beginning of an organization debtor name is
disregarded.
(G) All spaces are
disregarded.
(H) For first personal
name and additional name(s)/initial(s) of individual debtor names, initials are
treated as the logical equivalent of all names that begin with such initials or
no name or initial, and first personal name and no additional
name(s)/initial(s) is equated with all additional name(s)/initial(s). 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 personal name, "Smith" as the surname, and with the initial
"A" or any name beginning with "A" or no name or initial in the additional
name(s)/initial(s) field. If the search request were for "John Smith" (first
personal name and surname with no designation in the additional
name(s)/initial(s) field), the search would retrieve all filings against
individual debtors with "John" or the initial "J" as the first personal name,
"Smith" as the surname and with any name or initial or no name or initial in
the additional name(s)/initial(s) field. In addition, Texas will also retrieve
filings with first personal name equivalents. If the search request were for
"John Smith" the search would also retrieve records with the first personal
name "Jack", "Johnnie", "Johnny", and "Jonathan". The following is a list of
all first personal name equivalents that are considered.
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(I) If
the name being searched is the surname of an individual debtor name without any
first personal name or additional name(s)/initial(s) provided, the search will
retrieve from the UCC information management system all financing statements
with individual debtor names with the surname being searched.
(J) After using subparagraphs (A) -
(I) of this paragraph to modify the name
being searched, the search will retrieve from the UCC information management
system all Active Records that pertain to financing statements with debtor
names that, after being modified as provided in this section, exactly match the
modified name being searched.
(2) Non-standard search logic. The following
non-standard search logic option is available for customers that have access to
our online search site: wildcard debtor name search. This search option allows
customers to search a character string at the beginning or anywhere within the
organization, surname and/or first personal name fields. The displayed results
consist only of the filing number and the debtor name.