§ 34.1-9-522 — Maintenance and destruction of records

(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 section 34.1-9-515 with respect to all secured
parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the
name of the debtor and:
(i) If the record was filed or recorded in the filing
office described in section 34.1-9-501(a)(i), 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 recorded; or
(ii) If the record was filed in the filing office
described in section 34.1-9-501(a)(ii), 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).