Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Commerce
Title R154 - Corporations and Commercial Code
Rule R154-2 - Utah Uniform Commercial Code, Revised Article 9 Rules
Section R154-2-503 - Search Methodology
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 154-2-503
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1)
(a) Search results are produced by the
application of search logic to the name presented to the filing
office.
(b) Human judgment does not
play a role in determining the results of the search.
(2) Subsections (2)(a) through (2)(d) 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)
(i)
Punctuation marks and accents are disregarded; and (ii) Punctuation and accents
include all characters other than:
(A) the
numerals 0 through 9; and
(B) the
letters A through Z, whether upper or lower case, of the English
alphabet.
(d)
To the extent practicable as determined by the filing office's programming of
its UCC information management system, words and abbreviations at the end of an
organization name that show the existence or nature of the organization are
treated as follows:
(i) All spaces are
disregarded.
(ii)
(A) For first personal name and additional
names and initials of individual debtor names:
(I) initials are treated as the logical
equivalent of all names that begin with those initials; and
(II) first personal name and no additional
names and initials is equated with all additional names and initials.
(B) For example, a search request
for "John A. Smith" would cause the search to retrieve all filings against all
individual debtors with:
(I) "John" or the
initial "J" as the first personal name;
(II) "Smith" as the surname; and
(III) the initial "A" or any name beginning
with "A" in the additional names and initials field.
(C) If the search request were for "John
Smith," first personal name and surname with no designation in the additional
names and initials field, the search would retrieve all filings against
individual debtors with:
(I) "John" or the
initial J as the first personal name;
(II) "Smith" as the surname; and
(III) any name, any initial, or no name or
initial in the additional names and initials field.
(iii) If the name being searched
is the surname of an individual debtor name without any first personal name or
additional names and initials provided, the search will retrieve from the UCC
information management system all financing statements with individual debtor
names that consist of only the surname.
(3) After using Subsections (2)(a) through (2)(d) to change the name being searched, the search will retrieve from the UCC information management system all unlapsed records that pertain to financing statements with debtor names that exactly match the modified name being searched.
(4)
(a) A non-standard search logic, such as a
"wild card" search can be applied to a non-certified search upon request;
and
(b) The filing office makes no
representations or warranties regarding the accuracy or completeness of data
included in non-standard search results. Users rely on non-standard search
results at their own risk.
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