Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - SECRETARY OF STATE › Title 436 - ADMINISTRATIVE RULES FOR ARTICLE 9 UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE › Chapter 5 - Search Requests and Reports › Section 436-5-503 - Search methodology

Current through June 17, 2024
Search results are produced by the application of search
				  logic to the name presented to the Filing office. Human judgment does not play
				  a role in determining the results of the search.
503.1 Standard search logic.
The following rules describe the Filing office's standard
				  search logic and apply to all searches except as provided 503.2.1.
503.1.1 There is no limit to the number of
				matches that may be returned in response to the search criteria.
503.1.2 No distinction is made between upper
				and lower case letters.
503.1.3
				Punctuation marks and accents are disregarded. For the purposes of this rule,
				punctuation and accents include all characters other than the numerals 0
				through 9 and the letters A through Z (in upper and lower case) of the English
				alphabet.
503.1.4 All spaces are
				disregarded.
503.1.5 The following
				rules apply only to organization names:
(a)
				The character "&" (the ampersand) is deleted and replaced with the
				characters "and" each place it appears in the name.
(b) The following words and abbreviations at
				the end of an organization name that indicate the existence or nature of the
				organization are "disregarded" to the extent practicable as determined by the
				Filing office's programming of its UCC information management system: Agency,
				Association, Assn, Associates, Assc, Assoc, Attorneys at Law, Bank, National
				Bank, Business Trust, Charter, Chartered, Company, Co, Corporation, Corp,
				Credit Union, CU, Federal Savings Bank, FSB, General Partnership, Gen part, GP,
				Incorporated, Inc, Limited, Ltd, Ltee, Limited Liability Company, LC, LLC,
				Limited Partnership, LP, Limited Liability Partnership, LLP, Medical Doctors
				Professional Association, MDPA, Medical Doctors Professional Corporation, MDPC,
				National Association, NA, Partners, Partnership, Professional Association, Prof
				Assn, PA, Professional Corporation, Prof Corp, PC, Professional Limited
				Liability Company, Professional Limited Liability Co, PLLC, Railroad, RR, Real
				Estate Investment Trust, REIT, Registered Limited Liability Partnership, RLLP,
				Savings Association, SA, Savings Association, SA, Service Corporation, SC, Sole
				Proprietorship, SP, SPA, Trust, Trustee, As Trustee.
(c) The word "the" at the beginning of an
				organization debtor name is disregarded.
503.1.6 The following search rules apply to
				individual debtor names:
(a) Surname: The
				individual debtor surname on a filed record must exactly match the surname of
				the search request. The search logic does not provide equivalencies for the
				surname filed, nor does the search logic disregard titles, suffixes or ending
				noise words of any type if entered in the surname field.
(b) First Personal Name. The following
				equivalencies apply:
(1) A first personal name
				is the logical equivalent of the first initial of the name.
(2) An initial (a single letter) is the
				logical equivalent of all first personal names that begin with that
				letter.
(3) No first personal name
				or initial is the logical equivalent of all first personal names and
				initials.
(c) Additional
				Names/Initials. The following equivalencies apply:
(1) A name is the logical equivalent of the
				first initial of the name.
(2) An
				initial (a single letter) is the logical equivalent of all names that begin
				with that letter and no entry in the additional names/initials field.
(3) No entry in the additional names/initials
				field is the logical equivalent of all names and initials.
(d) Search Results. Only records that exactly
				match the surname field under subsection (a); exactly match the first personal
				name after application of the equivalency rules in subsection (b); and that
				exactly match the additional names/initials field after application of the
				equivalency rules in subsection (c) will be reported.
(e) Single Names. If the name being searched
				is the surname of an individual debtor name without any first personal name or
				additional name(s)/initial(s) provided, the search will retrieve from the UCC
				information management system all financing statements with individual debtor
				names that consist of only the surname.
(f) Search Result Examples
(1) A search request for "John A. Smith"
				(first personal name and surname with an initial in the additional
				name(s)/initial(s) field) would cause the search to retrieve all filings
				against all individual debtors with (i) "John" or the initial "J" as the first
				personal name, (ii) "Smith" as the surname, and (iii) no name or initial, the
				initial "A" or any name beginning with "A" in the additional name(s)/initial(s)
				field.
(2) A search request for
				"J.A. Smith" (initial for first personal name, surname and an initial in the
				additional name(s)/initial(s) field), would retrieve all filings against
				individual debtors with (i) the initial "J" or any name beginning with "J" as
				the first personal name (ii) "Smith" as the surname, and (iii) no name or
				initial, the initial "A" or any name beginning with "A" in the additional
				name(s)/initial(s) field.
(3) A
				search for "John Smith" (first personal and surname with no designation in the
				additional name(s)/initial(s) field), would retrieve all filings against
				individual debtors with (i) "John" or the initial "J" as the first personal
				name, (ii) "Smith" as the surname and with any name or initial or no name or
				initial in the additional name(s)/initial(s) field.
503.1.5 After applying the
				preceding rules to the name being searched, the search will retrieve from the
				UCC information management system's searchable index all Unlapsed Records, or,
				if requested by the searcher, all records, that pertain to financing statements
				with debtor names that, after application of this Rule 503, exactly match the
				name being searched.