6 Del. C. § 9-525
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§ Â 9-525. Fees.
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(a) Initial financing statement or other record; general rule. —
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), the fee for filing and indexing a record under this part, other than an initial financing statement of the kind described in subsection (b), is:
(1) The amount specified in subsection (c), if applicable, plus an amount not to exceed $ 125 and an amount of $2 per page for each page in excess of 4 pages if the record is communicated in writing or as an image; or
(2) An amount not to exceed $ 100 if the record is communicated via the Internet or a similar medium authorized by filing office rule, provided that filings complying with such rule shall be exempt from fees described in subsection (c) and paragraph (d)(3) of this section.
(b) Initial financing statement: public-finance or manufactured-home transaction. — Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), the fee for filing and indexing an initial financing statement of the following kind is the amount specified in subsection (a)(and, if applicable, subsection (c)), plus $20 if the financing statement indicates that it is filed in connection with a public-finance transaction or a manufactured-home transaction.
(c) Number of names. — Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), if a record is communicated in writing or as an image, the fee for each name more than two required to be indexed is $25.
(d) Response to information request and expediting services. — (1) The fee for 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, is:
(A) $25 if the request is communicated in writing; and
(B) $25 if the request is communicated by another medium authorized by filing-office rule.
(2) Upon request the filing office shall provide a copy of any record for a uniform fee of $10 for the first page and $2 for each additional page; provided however, that the office of the Secretary of State may, in its discretion, establish different rate schedules for bulk copies pursuant to § 9-523(f) of this title.
(3) For each service described in this subsection or in Section 9-523(a) that is requested to be completed: (i) within a twenty-four hour period from the time of the request, the Secretary of State shall charge the additional sum of up to $100; (ii) within the same day as the day of the request, the Secretary of State shall charge the additional sum of up to $200; (iii) within a two-hour period from the time of the request, the Secretary of State shall charge the additional sum of up to $500; and (iv) within a one-hour period from the time of the request, the Secretary of State shall charge the additional sum of up to $1,000.
(e) Record of mortgage. — This section does not require a fee with respect to a record of a mortgage which 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 Section 9-502(c). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of the mortgage apply.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), the fee for filing and indexing a record under this part, other than an initial financing statement of the kind described in subsection (b), is:
(1) The amount specified in subsection (c), if applicable, plus an amount not to exceed $ 125 and an amount of $2 per page for each page in excess of 4 pages if the record is communicated in writing or as an image; or
(2) An amount not to exceed $ 100 if the record is communicated via the Internet or a similar medium authorized by filing office rule, provided that filings complying with such rule shall be exempt from fees described in subsection (c) and paragraph (d)(3) of this section.
(b) Initial financing statement: public-finance or manufactured-home transaction. — Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), the fee for filing and indexing an initial financing statement of the following kind is the amount specified in subsection (a)(and, if applicable, subsection (c)), plus $20 if the financing statement indicates that it is filed in connection with a public-finance transaction or a manufactured-home transaction.
(c) Number of names. — Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), if a record is communicated in writing or as an image, the fee for each name more than two required to be indexed is $25.
(d) Response to information request and expediting services. — (1) The fee for 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, is:
(A) $25 if the request is communicated in writing; and
(B) $25 if the request is communicated by another medium authorized by filing-office rule.
(2) Upon request the filing office shall provide a copy of any record for a uniform fee of $10 for the first page and $2 for each additional page; provided however, that the office of the Secretary of State may, in its discretion, establish different rate schedules for bulk copies pursuant to § 9-523(f) of this title.
(3) For each service described in this subsection or in Section 9-523(a) that is requested to be completed: (i) within a twenty-four hour period from the time of the request, the Secretary of State shall charge the additional sum of up to $100; (ii) within the same day as the day of the request, the Secretary of State shall charge the additional sum of up to $200; (iii) within a two-hour period from the time of the request, the Secretary of State shall charge the additional sum of up to $500; and (iv) within a one-hour period from the time of the request, the Secretary of State shall charge the additional sum of up to $1,000.
(e) Record of mortgage. — This section does not require a fee with respect to a record of a mortgage which 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 Section 9-502(c). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of the mortgage apply.
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