If a duplicate is not submitted, an acknowledgment copy will not be returned. A request for an acknowledgment copy will be treated as a UCC11 information request and charged accordingly. The Agency will not hold deficient documents or fees pending receipt of corrections or additional fees. Documents Filed in the Offices of the County Clerks Deeds of Trust and Financing Statement documents filed with the county clerk s office with multiple titles such as Deed of Trust and Financing Statement require two separate filings. While a deed of trust may be effective as a financing statement under the UCC, a deed of trust cannot be filed as a financing statement unless a separate document and appropriate nonstandard filing fee for a financing statement is supplied.
County clerks maintain separate recording systems for financing statements and real estate records.
For this reason when filing a financing statement in both the UCC and real estate records, two separate financing statements along with the appropriate fee for each recording should be provided. The financing statement to be filed in the real property records must recite that it is to be filed in the real property records. County clerks may charge additional statutory fees. Contact the county clerk s office in the applicable county for current fee schedule.