Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42a-9-522
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Sec. 42a-9-522. Maintenance and destruction of records.
Official statutory text
(1) If the record was recorded in the filing office described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 42a-9-501 , by using the book and page number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates or the date and time that the record was recorded; or
(2) If the record was filed in the filing office described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 42a-9-501 , by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates.
(b) 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 which complies with subsection (a).
(2) If the record was filed in the filing office described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 42a-9-501 , by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates.
(b) 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 which complies with subsection (a).
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