Texas Administrative Code › Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION › Part 4 - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE › Chapter 95 - UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE › Subchapter E - SEARCH REQUESTS AND REPORTS › Section 95.503 - Search Methodology

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
Search results are produced by the application of search
					 logic to the name presented to the filing officer. Human judgment does not play
					 a role in determining the results of the search.
(1) Standard search logic. Subparagraphs (A)
				  - (J) of this paragraph describe the filing office's standard search logic and
				  apply to all searches except for those where the search request specifies that
				  a non-standard search logic be used:
(A)
				  There is no limit to the number of matches that may be returned in response to
				  the search criteria.
(B) No
				  distinction is made between upper and lower case letters.
(C) The character "&" (the ampersand) is
				  deleted and replaced with the characters "and" each place it appears in the
				  name.
(D) Punctuation marks and
				  accents are disregarded. For the purposes of this section, punctuation and
				  accents include all characters other than the numerals 0 through 9 and letters
				  A through Z (in any case) of the English alphabet.
(E) 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:
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(F) The
				  word "the" at the beginning of an organization debtor name is
				  disregarded.
(G) All spaces are
				  disregarded.
(H) For first personal
				  name and additional name(s)/initial(s) of individual debtor names, initials are
				  treated as the logical equivalent of all names that begin with such initials or
				  no name or initial, and first personal name and no additional
				  name(s)/initial(s) is equated with all additional name(s)/initial(s). For
				  example, a search request for "John A. Smith" would cause the search to
				  retrieve all filings against all individual debtors with "John" or the initial
				  "J" as the first personal name, "Smith" as the surname, and with the initial
				  "A" or any name beginning with "A" or no name or initial in the additional
				  name(s)/initial(s) field. If the search request were for "John Smith" (first
				  personal name and surname with no designation in the additional
				  name(s)/initial(s) field), the search would retrieve all filings against
				  individual debtors with "John" or the initial "J" as the first personal name,
				  "Smith" as the surname and with any name or initial or no name or initial in
				  the additional name(s)/initial(s) field. In addition, Texas will also retrieve
				  filings with first personal name equivalents. If the search request were for
				  "John Smith" the search would also retrieve records with the first personal
				  name "Jack", "Johnnie", "Johnny", and "Jonathan". The following is a list of
				  all first personal name equivalents that are considered.
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(I) 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 with the surname being searched.
(J) After using subparagraphs (A) -
(I) of this paragraph to modify the name
				  being searched, the search will retrieve from the UCC information management
				  system all Active Records that pertain to financing statements with debtor
				  names that, after being modified as provided in this section, exactly match the
				  modified name being searched.