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2013 California Code
Commercial Code - COM
DIVISION 9. SECURED TRANSACTIONS
CHAPTER 5. Filing
9521

Universal Citation:
CA Com Code ยง 9521 (2013)
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(a) A filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written initial financing statement in the following form and format except for a reason set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 9516:


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NOTICE OF INCOMPLETE TEXT: The UCC Financing Statement
form appears in the hard-copy publication of the chaptered bill.
See Sec. 21 of Chapter 531, Statutes of 2013.


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PRINTER PLEASE NOTE: TIP-IN MATERIAL TO BE INSERTED

(b) A filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written record in the following form and format except for a reason set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 9516:


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NOTICE OF INCOMPLETE TEXT: The UCC Financing Statement
Amendment form appears in the hard-copy publication of the
chaptered bill. See Sec. 21 of Chapter 531, Statutes of 2013.


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PRINTER PLEASE NOTE: TIP-IN MATERIAL TO BE INSERTED

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 531, Sec. 21. Effective January 1, 2014. Operative July 1, 2014, by Sec. 28 of Ch. 531. Note: See published chaptered bill for complete section text; the UCC Financing Statement forms appear in Ch. 531 on pages 30 to 31 and 33 to 34.)

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