§ 47-9523 — Information from filing office; sale or license of records

Arizona § 47-9523

• Jurisdiction: Arizona
• Title 47: Arizona Revised Statutes
• Ch. 9: SECURED TRANSACTIONS
• Art. 5: Filing

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A. If a person that files a written record requests an acknowledgment of the filing, the filing office shall provide to the person an image of the record showing the number assigned to the record pursuant to section 47-9519, subsection A, paragraph 1 and the date and time of the filing of the record. However, if the person furnishes a copy of the record to the filing office, the filing office may instead:

1. Note on the copy the number assigned to the record pursuant to section 47-9519, subsection A, paragraph 1 and the date and time of the filing of the record; and

2. Provide the copy to the person.

B. If a person files a record other than a written record, the filing office shall communicate to the person an acknowledgment that provides:

1. The information in the record;

2. The number assigned to the record pursuant to section 47-9519, subsection A, paragraph 1; and

3. The date and time of the filing of the record.

C. The filing office shall communicate or otherwise make available in a record the following information to any person that requests it:

1. Whether there is on file on a date and time specified by the filing office, but not a date earlier than five business days before the filing office receives the request, any financing statement that:

(a) Designates a particular debtor;

(b) Has not lapsed under section 47-9515 with respect to all secured parties of record; and

(c) If the request so states, has lapsed under section 47-9515 and a record of which is maintained by the filing office under section 47-9522, subsection A;

2. The date and time of filing of each financing statement; and

3. A duplicate of each financing statement.

D. In complying with its duty under subsection C of this section, the filing office may communicate information in any medium. However, if requested, the filing office shall communicate information by issuing its written certificate.

E. The filing office shall perform the acts required in subsections A through D of this section at the time and in the manner prescribed by filing office rule but, in the case of a filing office described in section 47-9501, subsection A, paragraph 2, not later than five business days after the filing office receives the request.

F. Except for a filing office described in section 47-9501, subsection A, paragraph 1, at least weekly, the filing office shall offer to sell or license to the public on a nonexclusive basis, in bulk, copies of all records filed in it under this article, in every medium from time to time available to the filing office.

G. Except for a filing office described in section 47-9501, subsection A, paragraph 1, the filing office is not required to mail any document, record, certificate or information under this section unless the person who requests the document, record, certificate or information requests the filing office to mail the document, record, certificate or information and the person provides the filing office with an appropriate sized, addressed and stamped envelope.