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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) For each record filed in a filing office, the filing office shall:
(1) assign a unique number to the filed record;
(2) create a record that bears the number assigned to the filed record and the date and time of filing; and
(3) maintain the filed record for public inspection.
(b) The filing office shall maintain a capability to retrieve a record by the name of the debtor and by the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates. The secretary of state shall also maintain a capability to associate and retrieve with one another an initial financing statement and each filed record relating to the initial financing statement.
(c) The filing office may not remove a debtor's name from the index until one year after the effectiveness of a financing statement naming the debtor lapses under Section 55-9-515 NMSA 1978 with respect to all secured parties of record.
(d) The secretary of state shall perform the acts required by Subsections (a) through (c) of this section at the time and in the manner prescribed by filing-office rule, but not later than three business days after the filing office receives the record in question.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 55. Uniform Commercial Code § 55-9-519. Numbering, maintaining and indexing records; communicating information provided in records - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-55-uniform-commercial-code/nm-st-sect-55-9-519/
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