§ 10:9-523 — Information from filing office; sale or license of records

Louisiana § 10:9-523

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 10: Commercial Laws

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§9-523. Information from filing office; sale or license of records
(a) 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 R.S. 10:9-519(a)(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 upon the copy the number assigned to the record pursuant to R.S.
10:9-519(a)(1) and the date and time of the filing of the record; and
(2) send the copy to the person.
(b) 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:
(1) the information in the record;
(2) the number assigned to the record pursuant to R.S. 10:9-519(a)(1); and
(3) the date and time of the filing of the record.
(c) Communication of request information. 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 included in the secretary of state's master index as of the date and
time specified therein any financing statement that:
(A) designates a particular debtor;
(B) has not lapsed under R.S. 10:9-515 with respect to all secured parties of record;
and
(C) if the request so states, has lapsed under R.S. 10:9-515 and a record of which is
maintained by the filing office under R.S. 10:9-522(a);
(2) the date and time of filing of each financing statement; and
(3) the information available in the secretary of state's master index with respect to
each financing statement.
(d) Medium for communicating information. In complying with its duty under
Subsection (c), 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.
(e) Timeliness of filing office performance. The filing office shall perform the acts
required by Subsections (a) through (d), within two business days after the filing office
receives the request.
(f) [Reserved.]
(g) Certification. The secretary of state shall, within two business days following
receipt of information transmitted under R.S. 10:9-519(a)(4), send written acknowledgment
confirming such receipt and reflecting all information received and included in the master
index to the secured party of record, and to the person whose name and address is listed in
the record for such acknowledgment. The secretary of state is excused from sending the
acknowledgment to a secured party of record or a person filing the record whose address is
not provided in the record.
(h) Limited obligation of filing office. Under Subsection (c), the filing office of a
parish is required only to provide information about records included in the secretary of
state's master index, and is not required to provide information from the real property records
of the parish.

Legislative History

Acts 2001, No. 128, §1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2012, No. 450, §1, eff. July 1, 2013.