(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) and (3), the fee for each of the following must be set and deposited by the secretary of state as prescribed in 2-15-405: (a) filing and indexing a record under this part, other than an initial financing statement filed in connection with a public-finance transaction or a manufactured-home transaction;(b) filing and indexing an initial financing statement of the kind described in 30-9A-502(3); and(c) responding to a request for information from the filing office, including for communicating whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor.(2) This section does not require a fee with respect to a record of mortgage that is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut under 30-9A-502(3). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of mortgage apply.(3) The secretary of state shall charge a fee commensurate with current filing fees to file and index a financing statement or related record for a transaction that involves collateral that is located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation and that is subject to the laws of the governing body of the tribe or tribes of the Indian reservation.Amended by Laws 2023, Ch. 568,Sec. 1, eff. 5/18/2023.En. Sec. 95, Ch. 305, L. 1999; amd. Sec. 18, Ch. 179, L. 2001; amd. Secs. 14, 29(1), Ch. 396, L. 2001; Sec. 30-9-545, MCA 1999; redes. 30-9A-525 by Code Commissioner, 2001.