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TX Bus & Com Code § 9.512 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.512. Amendment of Financing Statement

Sec. 9.512.  AMENDMENT OF FINANCING STATEMENT.  (a)  Subject to Section 9.509, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or, subject to Subsection (e), otherwise amend the information provided in a financing statement by filing an amendment that:(1)  identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which the amendment relates;  and(2)  if the amendment relates to an initial financing statement filed or recorded in a filing office described in Section 9.501(a)(1), provides the information specified in Section 9.502(b).(b)  Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.515, the filing of an amendment does not extend the period of effectiveness of the financing statement.(c)  A financing statement that is amended by an amendment that adds collateral is effective as to the added collateral only from the date of the filing of the amendment.(d)  A financing statement that is amended by an amendment that adds a debtor is effective as to the added debtor only from the date of the filing of the amendment.(e)  An amendment is ineffective to the extent it:(1)  purports to delete all debtors and fails to provide the name of a debtor to be covered by the financing statement;  or(2)  purports to delete all secured parties of record and fails to provide the name of a new secured party of record.(f)  A secured party may change the name or mailing address of the secured party in more than one financing statement by filing a master amendment setting forth the name of the secured party and file number of each financing statement and the new name or mailing address of the secured party.  The secured party must also provide filing information in computer-readable form prescribed by the Secretary of State.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.513 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.513. Termination Statement

Sec. 9.513.  TERMINATION STATEMENT.  (a)  A secured party shall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement to file a termination statement for the financing statement if the financing statement covers consumer goods and:(1)  there is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise give value;  or(2)  the debtor did not authorize the filing of the initial financing statement.(b)  To comply with Subsection (a), a secured party shall cause the secured party of record to file the termination statement:(1)  within one month after there is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make advances, incur an obligation, or otherwise give value;  or(2)  if earlier, within 20 days after the secured party receives an authenticated demand from a debtor.(c)  In cases not governed by Subsection (a), within 20 days after a secured party receives an authenticated demand from a debtor, the secured party shall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement to send the debtor a termination statement for the financing statement or file the termination statement in the filing office if:(1)  except in the case of a financing statement covering accounts or chattel paper that has been sold or goods that are the subject of a consignment, there is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise give value;(2)  the financing statement covers accounts or chattel paper that has been sold but as to which the account debtor or other person obligated has discharged its obligation;(3)  the financing statement covers goods that were the subject of a consignment to the debtor but are not in the debtor's possession;  or(4)  the debtor did not authorize the filing of the initial financing statement.(d)  Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.510, upon the filing of a termination statement with the filing office, the financing statement to which the termination statement relates ceases to be effective.  Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.510, for purposes of Sections 9.519(g), 9.522(a), and 9.523(c), the filing with the filing office of a termination statement relating to a financing statement that indicates that the debtor is a transmitting utility also causes the effectiveness of the financing statement to lapse.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 705, Sec. 17, eff. June 13, 2001.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.514 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.514. Assignment of Powers of Secured Party of Record

Sec. 9.514.  ASSIGNMENT OF POWERS OF SECURED PARTY OF RECORD.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (c), an initial financing statement may reflect an assignment of all of the secured party's power to authorize an amendment to the financing statement by providing the name and mailing address of the assignee as the name and address of the secured party.(b)  Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (c), a secured party of record may assign of record all or a part of its power to authorize an amendment to a financing statement by filing in the filing office an amendment of the financing statement that:(1)  identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which it relates;(2)  provides the name of the assignor;  and(3)  provides the name and mailing address of the assignee.(c)  An assignment of record of a security interest in a fixture covered by a record of a mortgage that is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing under Section 9.502(c) may be made only by an assignment of record of the mortgage in the manner provided by law of this state other than this chapter.(d)  A secured party of record may assign of record all of the secured party's rights under more than one financing statement filed with the Secretary of State by filing a master assignment setting forth the name of the secured party of record and file number of each financing statement and the name and mailing address of the assignee.  The secured party must also provide filing information in computer-readable form prescribed by the Secretary of State.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.517 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.517. Effect of Indexing Errors

Sec. 9.517.  EFFECT OF INDEXING ERRORS.  The failure of the filing office to index a record or to correctly index information contained in a record does not affect the effectiveness of the filed record.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 565 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 3, eff. June 16, 2007.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.518 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.518. Claim Concerning Inaccurate or Wrongfully Filed Record

Sec. 9.518.  CLAIM CONCERNING INACCURATE OR WRONGFULLY FILED RECORD.  (a)  Any person named as a debtor or a secured party may file an information statement with respect to a record if the person believes that the record is inaccurate or was wrongfully filed.(b)  An information statement must:(1)  identify the record to which it relates by the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates;(2)  indicate that it is an information statement; and(3)  provide the basis for the person's belief that the record is inaccurate and indicate the manner in which the person believes the record should be amended to cure any inaccuracy or provide the basis for the person's belief that the record was wrongfully filed.(c)  The filing of an information statement does not affect the effectiveness of an initial financing statement or other filed record.(d)  Filing of an information statement is not effective as an amendment to a filed financing statement and is not sufficient to effect a change in the manner in which the filing office has indexed a financing statement or information contained in a financing statement.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 565 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 4, eff. June 16, 2007.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 67 (S.B. 782), Sec. 16, eff. July 1, 2013.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.5185 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.5185. Fraudulent Filing

Sec. 9.5185.  FRAUDULENT FILING.  (a)  A person may not intentionally or knowingly present for filing or cause to be presented for filing a financing statement that the person knows:(1)  is forged;(2)  contains a material false statement;  or(3)  is groundless.(b)  A person who violates Subsection (a) is liable to the owner of property covered by the financing statement for:(1)  the greater of $5,000 or the owner's actual damages;(2)  court costs;  and(3)  reasonable attorney's fees.(c)  A person who violates Subsection (a) also may be prosecuted under Section 37.101, Penal Code.(d)  An owner of property covered by a fraudulent financing statement described in Subsection (a) also may file suit in a court of suitable jurisdiction requesting specific relief, including, but not limited to, release of the fraudulent financing statement.  A successful plaintiff is entitled to reasonable attorney's fees and costs of court assessed against the person who filed the fraudulent financing statement.  If the person who filed the fraudulent financing statement cannot be located or is a fictitious person, the owner of the property may serve the known or unknown defendant through publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the suit is brought.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.520 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.520. Acceptance and Refusal to Accept Record

Sec. 9.520.  ACCEPTANCE AND REFUSAL TO ACCEPT RECORD.  (a)  A filing office shall refuse to accept a record for filing for a reason set forth in Section 9.516(b) and may refuse to accept a record for filing only for a reason set forth in Section 9.516(b).(b)  If a filing office refuses to accept a record for filing, it shall communicate to the person that presented the record the fact of and reason for the refusal and the date and time the record would have been filed had the filing office accepted it.  The communication must be made at the time and in the manner prescribed by filing-office rule, but in the case of a filing office described in Section 9.501(a)(2), in no event more than two business days after the filing office receives the record.(c)  A filed financing statement satisfying Sections 9.502(a) and (b) is effective, even if the filing office is required to refuse to accept it for filing under Subsection (a).  However, Section 9.338 applies to a filed financing statement providing information described in Section 9.516(b)(5) that is incorrect at the time the financing statement is filed.(d)  If a record communicated to a filing office provides information that relates to more than one debtor, this subchapter applies as to each debtor separately.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.5211 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.5211. Uniform Form of Written Financing Statement and Amendment

Sec. 9.5211.  UNIFORM FORM OF WRITTEN FINANCING STATEMENT AND AMENDMENT.  (a)  Except as provided by Section 9.516(b), a filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written initial financing statement on an industry standard form, including a national standard form or a form approved by the International Association of Commercial Administrators, adopted by rule by the secretary of state.(b)  Except as provided by Section 9.516(b), a filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written record on an industry standard form, including a national standard form or a form approved by the International Association of Commercial Administrators, adopted by rule by the secretary of state.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 748, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2004.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.522 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.522. Maintenance and Destruction of Records

Sec. 9.522.  MAINTENANCE AND DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS.  (a)  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 9.515 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 assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates.(b)  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 that complies with Subsection (a).|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.523 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.523. Information From Filing Office; Sale or License of Records

Sec. 9.523.  INFORMATION FROM FILING OFFICE;  SALE OR LICENSE OF RECORDS.  (a)  If a person that files a written record requests an acknowledgment of the filing, the filing office shall send to the person an image of the record showing the number assigned to the record pursuant to Section 9.519(a)(1) and the date and time of the filing of the record.  However, if the person furnishes a copy of the record to the filing office, the filing office may instead:(1)  note upon the copy the number assigned to the record pursuant to Section 9.519(a)(1) and the date and time of the filing of the record;  and(2)  send the copy to the person.(b)  If a person files 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)  the number assigned to the record pursuant to Section 9.519(a)(1);  and(3)  the date and time of the filing 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 three business days before the filing office receives the request, any financing statement that:(A)  designates a particular debtor or, if the request so states, designates a particular debtor at the address specified in the request;(B)  has not lapsed under Section 9.515 with respect to all secured parties of record;  and(C)  if the request so states, has lapsed under Section 9.515 and a record of which is maintained by the filing office under Section 9.522(a);(2)  the date and time of filing of each financing statement;  and(3)  the information provided in each financing statement.(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 shall perform the acts required by Subsections (a)-(d) at the time and in the manner prescribed by filing-office rule, but not later than two business days after the filing office receives the request.(f)  At least weekly, the Secretary of State shall offer to sell or license to the public on a nonexclusive basis, in bulk, copies of all records filed with the Secretary under this subchapter, in every medium from time to time available to the Secretary.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.524 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.524. Delay by Filing Office

Sec. 9.524.  DELAY BY FILING OFFICE.  Delay by the filing office beyond a time limit prescribed by this subchapter is excused if:(1)  the delay is caused by interruption of communication or computer facilities, war, emergency conditions, failure of equipment, or other circumstances beyond control of the filing office;  and(2)  the filing office exercises reasonable diligence under the circumstances.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.525 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.525. Fees

Sec. 9.525.  FEES.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided in Subsections (b), (e), and (f), the fee for filing and indexing a record under this subchapter is:(1)  $15 if the record is communicated in writing and consists of one or two pages;(2)  $30 if the record is communicated in writing and consists of more than two pages; and(3)  $5 if the record is communicated by another medium authorized by filing-office rule.(b)  Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (e), the fee for filing and indexing an initial financing statement of the following kinds is:(1)  $60 if the financing statement indicates that it is filed in connection with a public-finance transaction;(2)  $60 if the financing statement indicates that it is filed in connection with a manufactured-home transaction; and(3)  $60 if the debtor is a transmitting utility.(c)  The number of names required to be indexed does not affect the amount of the fee in Subsections (a) and (b).(d)  The fee for responding to a request for information from the filing office, including for communicating whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor, is:(1)  $15 if the request is communicated in writing;  and(2)  an amount established by the filing office if the request is communicated by another medium authorized by filing-office rule.(e)  This section does not require a fee with respect to a record of a mortgage that is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut under Section 9.502(c).  However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of the mortgage apply.(f)  The filing fee for filing, indexing, and furnishing filing data about a statement of master amendment under Section 9.512(f) or master assignment under Section 9.514(d) is $500 plus 50 cents for each financing statement covered by the master statement in excess of 50.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 705, Sec. 18, eff. June 13, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 547 (S.B. 1699), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.526 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.526. Filing-Office Rules

Sec. 9.526.  FILING-OFFICE RULES.  (a)  The Secretary of State shall adopt and publish rules to implement this chapter.  The filing-office rules must be consistent with this chapter.(b)  To keep the filing-office rules and practices of the filing office in harmony with the rules and practices of filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this subchapter, and to keep the technology used by the filing office compatible with the technology used by filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this subchapter, the Secretary of State, so far as is consistent with the purposes, policies, and provisions of this chapter, in adopting, amending, and repealing filing-office rules, shall:(1)  consult with filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this subchapter;(2)  consult the most recent version of the Model Administrative Rules promulgated by the International Association of Commercial Administrators or any successor organization; and(3)  take into consideration the rules and practices of, and the technology used by, filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 547 (S.B. 1699), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.527 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.527. Duty to Report

Sec. 9.527.  DUTY TO REPORT.  The Secretary of State shall report before January 1 of each odd-numbered year to the Legislature on the operation of the filing office.  The report must contain a statement of the extent to which:(1)  the filing-office rules are not in harmony with the rules of filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this subchapter and the reasons for these variations; and(2)  the filing-office rules are not in harmony with the most recent version of the Model Administrative Rules promulgated by the International Association of Commercial Administrators, or any successor organization, and the reasons for these variations.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 547 (S.B. 1699), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009.|