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Utah Code § 70A-9a-522

Maintenance and destruction of records

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 70A-12-101 to 70A-9a-904 (293 sections).

Enacted by Chapter 252, 2000 General Session

(1) 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 70A-9a-515 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and:

(a) if the record was filed or recorded in the filing office described in Subsection 70A-9a-501(1)(a):

(i) by using the entry number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates and the book and page that the record was filed or recorded; or

(ii) by the legal description of the real property; or

(b) if the record was filed in the filing office described in Subsection 70A-9a-501(1)(b), by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates.

(2) 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 (1).

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.