Sec. 42a-9-522. Maintenance and destruction of records.

      Sec. 42a-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 year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under section 42a-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 recorded in the filing office described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 42a-9-501, by using the book and page number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates or the date and time that the record was recorded; or

      (2) If the record was filed in the filing office described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 42a-9-501, 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).

      (P.A. 01-132, S. 93.)