Arkansas § 4-9-522 Maintenance and destruction of records

Arkansas Statutes

§ 4-9-522 — Maintenance and destruction of records

Arkansas § 4-9-522

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Ark. Code Ann. § 4-9-522 (2026).

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(a)The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for at least one (1) year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under § 4-9-515 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and:

(1)if the record was filed in the filing office described in § 4-9-501(a)(1) , by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates and the date and time that the record was filed; or (2) if the record was filed in the filing office described in § 4-9-501(a)(2) , by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates.

(b)Except to the extent that a statute governing disposition of publ

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(a) The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for at least one (1) year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under § 4-9-515 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and: (1) if the record was filed in the filing office described in § 4-9-501(a)(1) , by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates and the date and time that the record was filed; or (2) if the record was filed in the filing office described in § 4-9-501(a)(2) , by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates. (b) Except to the extent that a statute governing disposition of public records provides otherwise, the filing office immediately may destroy any written record evidencing a financing statement. However, if the filing office destroys a written record, it shall maintain another record of the financing statement which complies with subsection (a).