§ 554.9523 — Information from filing office — sale or license of records

Iowa § 554.9523

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XIII: COMMERCE
• Ch. 554: UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE

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1. Acknowledgment of filing written record. If a person that files a written record
requests an acknowledgment of the filing, the filing office shall send to the person an image
of the record showing the number assigned to the record pursuant to section 554.9519,
subsection 1, paragraph “a”, 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:
a. note upon the copy the number assigned to the record pursuant to section 554.9519,
subsection 1, paragraph “a”, and the date and time of the filing of the record; and
b. send the copy to the person.
2. Acknowledgment of filing other record. If a person files a record other than a written
record, the filing office shall communicate to the person an acknowledgment that provides:
a. the information in the record;
b. the number assigned to the record pursuant to section 554.9519, subsection 1,
paragraph “a”; and
c. the date and time of the filing of the record.
3. Communication of requested information. The filing office shall communicate or
otherwise make available in a record the following information to any person that requests it:
a. whether there is on file on a date and time specified by the filing office, but not a date
earlier than three business days before the filing office receives the request, any financing
statement that:
(1) designatesaparticulardebtoror,iftherequestsostates,designatesaparticulardebtor
at the address specified in the request;
(2) hasnotlapsedundersection554.9515withrespecttoallsecuredpartiesofrecord; and
(3) if the request so states, has lapsed under section 554.9515 and a record of which is
maintained by the filing office under section 554.9522, subsection 1;
b. the date and time of filing of each financing statement; and
c. the information provided in each financing statement.
4. Medium for communicating information. In complying with its duty under subsection
3, the filing office may communicate information in any medium. However, if requested,
the filing office shall communicate information by issuing a record that can be admitted into
evidence in the courts of this state without extrinsic evidence of its authenticity.

5. Timelinessoffilingofficeperformance. Thefilingofficeshallperformtheactsrequired
by subsections 1 through 4 at the time and in the manner prescribed by filing-office rule, but
not later than two business days after the filing office receives the request.
6. Public availability of records. 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
part, in every medium from time to time available to the filing office, as provided in chapter
22.