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Fla. Stat. § 679.522

Maintenance and destruction of records

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 679.1011 to 679.902 (152 sections).

History.--s. 6, ch. 2001-198.

(1) The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for at least 1 year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under s. 679.515 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and by using the file number, or official records book and page number if a fixture filing, assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates.

(2) Except to the extent that chapter 119 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 (1).

Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.