2023 Colorado Revised Statutes › Title 4 - UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE (§§ 4-1-101 — 4-13-306) › Article 9 - SECURED TRANSACTIONS (§§ 4-9-101 — 4-9-809) › Part 2 - EFFECTIVENESS OF SECURITY AGREEMENT; ATTACHMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST; RIGHTS OF PARTIES TO SECURITY AGREEMENT (§§ 4-9-201 — 4-9-210) › Section 4-9-210 - Request for accounting - request regarding list of collateral or statement of account - definitions

(a)
In this section:
(1)
"Request" means a record of a type described in paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of this subsection (a).
(2)
"Request for an accounting" means a record signed by a debtor requesting that the recipient provide an accounting of the unpaid obligations secured by collateral and reasonably identifying the transaction or relationship that is the subject of the request.
(3)
"Request regarding a list of collateral" means a record signed by a debtor requesting that the recipient approve or correct a list of what the debtor believes to be the collateral securing an obligation and reasonably identifying the transaction or relationship that is the subject of the request.
(4)
"Request regarding a statement of account" means a record authenticated by a debtor requesting that the recipient approve or correct a statement indicating what the debtor believes to be the aggregate amount of unpaid obligations secured by collateral as of a specified date and reasonably identifying the transaction or relationship that is the subject of the request.
(b)
Subject to subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) of this section, a secured party, other than a buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes or a consignor, shall comply with a request within fourteen days after receipt:
(1)
In the case of a request for an accounting, by signing and sending to the debtor an accounting; and
(2)
In the case of a request regarding a list of collateral or a request regarding a statement of account, by signing and sending to the debtor an approval or correction.
(c)
A secured party that claims a security interest in all of a particular type of collateral owned by the debtor may comply with a request regarding a list of collateral by sending to the debtor a signed record including a statement to that effect within fourteen days after receipt.
(d)
A person that receives a request regarding a list of collateral, that claims no interest in the collateral when it receives the request, and that claimed an interest in the collateral at an earlier time shall comply with the request within fourteen days after receipt by sending to the debtor a signed record:
(1)
Disclaiming any interest in the collateral; and
(2)
If known to the recipient, providing the name and mailing address of any assignee of or successor to the recipient's interest in the collateral.
(e)
A person that receives a request for an accounting or a request regarding a statement of account, claims no interest in the obligations when it receives the request, and that claimed an interest in the obligations at an earlier time shall comply with the request within fourteen days after receipt by sending to the debtor an authenticated record:
(1)
Disclaiming any interest in the obligations; and
(2)
If known to the recipient, providing the name and mailing address of any assignee of or successor to the recipient's interest in the obligations.
(f)
A debtor is entitled without charge to a response to a request under this section during any six-month period for each (i) an accounting, (ii) regarding a list of collateral, and (iii) regarding a statement of account. The secured party may require payment of a charge, not exceeding fifteen dollars, for each additional response. Wherever the term "debtor" is used in this section, it means either the debtor or the person designated by the debtor to receive a response in a notification authenticated by the debtor and received by the secured party or other applicable person at or prior to the time of a request.
Amended by 2023 Ch. 136,§ 51, eff. 8/7/2023.
L. 2001: Entire article R&RE, p. 1340, § 1, effective July 1.
(1) This section is similar to former § 4-9-208 as it existed prior to 2001.
(2)
Colorado legislative change:
In subsection (f), Colorado changed the word "one" to "a", added the phrase "for each (i) an accounting, (ii) regarding a list of collateral, and (iii) regarding a statement of account", changed the fee from $25 to $15, and added the last sentence.
2023 Ch. 136, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).