Current through 131st (2023-2024) Legislature Chapter 684
Section 9-1522 - Maintenance and destruction of records(1). The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for at least one year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under section 9-1515 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and: (a). If the record was recorded in the county registry of deeds, by using the book and page at which the initial financing statement to which the record relates was recorded; or [2001, c. 286, §9(AMD).](b). If the record was filed in the office of the Secretary of State, by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates. [1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §2(NEW); 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §4(AFF).]
[2001, c. 286, §9(AMD).]
(2). Except to the extent that a statute governing disposition of public records provides otherwise, the filing office immediately may destroy any written record evidencing a financing statement. However, if the filing office destroys a written record, it shall maintain another record of the financing statement that complies with subsection (1).
[1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §2(NEW); 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §4(AFF).]
11 M.R.S. § 9-1522
1999, c. 699, §A2 (NEW) . 1999, c. 699, §A4 (AFF) . 2001, c. 286, § 9 (AMD) .