1999 Minnesota Code
Chapters 324 - 338 Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection
Chapter 336 Uniform Commercial Code
Section 336.9-407 Information from filing officer.

336.9-407 Information from filing officer.

(1) If the person filing any financing statement, termination statement, statement of assignment, or statement of release, furnishes the filing officer a copy thereof, the filing officer shall upon request note upon the copy the file number and date and hour of the filing of the original and deliver or send the copy to such person.

(2) Upon request of any person, the filing officer shall conduct a search of the statewide computerized Uniform Commercial Code database for any active financing statements naming a particular debtor. The filing officer shall report the findings as of the date and hour of the search by issuing:

(a) a certificate listing the file number, date, and hour of each filing and the names and addresses of each secured party;

(b) photocopies of those original documents on file and located in the office of the filing officer; or

(c) upon request, both the certificate and the photocopies referred to in (b).

The uniform fee for conducting the search and for preparing a certificate shall be $15 if the request is in the standard form prescribed by the secretary of state. This uniform fee shall include up to ten photocopies of original documents. If the request for information is made on a form other than the standard form prescribed by the secretary of state, the fee shall be $20 and shall include up to ten photocopies of original documents.

Another fee, at the same rate, shall also be charged for conducting a search and preparing a certificate showing federal and state tax liens on file with the filing officer naming a particular debtor.

There shall be an additional fee of $1 per page for a photocopy of each financing statement or tax lien prepared in excess of the first ten.

Notwithstanding the fees set in this section, a natural person who is the subject of data must, upon the person's request, be shown the data without charge, and upon request be provided with photocopies of the data upon payment of no more than the actual cost of making the copies.

Notwithstanding section 13.49, a filing officer may include social security number information in a report of the findings following a search of the statewide computerized Uniform Commercial Code database or the state and federal tax liens on file with the filing officer. A filing officer may also include social security number information on a photocopy of an original document on file whether provided in response to a request for information or in response to a request made pursuant to section 13.03.

HIST: 1965 c 811 s 336.9-407; 1976 c 135 s 30; 1981 c 356 s 351; 1985 c 281 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 356 s 1; 1988 c 589 s 1; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 218; 1993 c 369 s 122; 1994 c 438 s 12; 1995 c 259 art 1 s 50