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Utah Code § 70A-9a-522

Maintenance and destruction of records

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 70–70 (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.