12A:9-520 - Acceptance and refusal to accept record
12A:9-520 Acceptance and refusal to accept record.
12A:9-520. Acceptance and Refusal to Accept Record.
(a)Mandatory refusal to accept record. A filing office shall refuse to accept a record for filing for a reason set forth in 12A:9-516 (b) and may refuse to accept a record for filing only for a reason set forth in 12A:9-516 (b).
(b)Communication concerning refusal. If a filing office refuses to accept a record for filing, it shall communicate to the person that presented the record the fact of and reason for the refusal and the date and time the record would have been filed had the filing office accepted it. The communication must be made at the time and in the manner prescribed by filing-office rule but, in the case of a filing office described in 12A:9-501 (a) (2), in no event more than two business days after the filing office receives the record.
(c)When filed financing statement effective. A filed financing statement satisfying 12A:9-502 (a) and (b) is effective, even if the filing office is required to refuse to accept it for filing under subsection (a). However, 12A:9-338 applies to a filed financing statement providing information described in 12A:9-516 (b) (5) which is incorrect at the time the financing statement is filed.
(d)Separate application to multiple debtors. If a record communicated to a filing office provides information that relates to more than one debtor, this part applies as to each debtor separately.
L.2001, c.117, s.1; amended 2001, c.386, s.84.
12A:9-521. Uniform form of written financing statement and amendment
12A:9-521. Uniform Form of Written Financing Statement and Amendment.
(a)Initial financing statement form. A filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written initial financing statement in the following form and format except for a reason set forth in 12A:9-516 (b):
(b)Amendment form. A filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written record in the following form and format except for a reason set forth in 12A:9-516 (b):
L.2001, c.117, s.1; amended 2001, c.386, s.85.