CT Gen Stat § 42a-9-523 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 42a - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Section 42a-9-523 - Information from filing office. Sale or license of records.

 (a) If a person that files or records a written record requests an acknowledgment of the filing or recording, the filing office, in the case of a filing office described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 42a-9-501, shall send to the person an acknowledgment of the filing of the record showing the number assigned to the record pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 42a-9-519 and the date and time of the filing of the record and, in the case of a filing office described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 42a-9-501, shall send to the person an acknowledgment of the recording of the record showing the book and page number and the date and time of the recording of the record.(b) If a person files or records a record other than a written record, the filing office shall communicate to the person an acknowledgment that provides:(1) The information in the record;(2) In the case of a filing office described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 42a-9-501, the number assigned to the record pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 42a-9-519 or, in the case of a filing office described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 42a-9-501, the book and page number assigned to the record; and(3) The date and time of the filing or recording of the record.(c) The filing office shall communicate or otherwise make available in a record the following information to any person that requests it:(1) Whether there is on file on a date and time specified by the filing office, but not a date earlier than six business days before the filing office receives the request, any financing statement that:(A) Designates a particular debtor;(B) Has not lapsed under section 42a-9-515 with respect to all secured parties of record; and(C) If the request so states, has lapsed under section 42a-9-515 and a record of which is maintained by the filing office under subsection (a) of section 42a-9-522;(2) The date and time of filing of each financing statement; and(3) The information provided in each financing statement, except that the filing office is not required to transcribe information that is otherwise available concerning collateral.(d) In complying with its duty under subsection (c), the filing office may communicate information in any medium. However, if requested, the filing office shall communicate information by issuing its written certificate.(e) The filing office described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 42a-9-501 shall perform the acts required by subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, at the time and in the manner prescribed by filing-office regulation, but not later than five business days after the filing office receives the request.(f) At least monthly, the filing office described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 42a-9-501 shall offer to sell or license to the public on a nonexclusive basis, in bulk, copies of all records filed in it under this part in every medium from time to time available to the filing office described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 42a-9-501.(P.A. 01-132, S. 94; P.A. 03-62, S. 14.)History: P.A. 03-62 amended Subsec. (a) to make provisions applicable to a person that “records” a written record and requests an acknowledgment of the “recording” and replace references to “filing” with “recording” in provision re duties of a filing office described in Sec. 42a-9-501(a)(1), amended Subsec. (b) to make provisions applicable to a person that “records” a record and the “recording” of a record and amended Subsec. (f) to replace “the Secretary of the State” with “the filing office described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 42a-9-501”.