Idaho Code § 45-204
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45-204 DUTIES OF FILING OFFICER.
Official statutory text
45-204. Duties of filing officer. (a) If a notice of federal lien, certificate or other notice affecting a federal lien is presented to the secretary of state, he shall file it in the same manner as if it were an equivalent document filed under part 4, chapter 9, title 28, Idaho Code.
(b) For purposes of the foregoing subsection (a), the following equivalencies between notices filed under this chapter and documents filed under part 4, chapter 9, title 28, Idaho Code, shall apply:
(1) Notice of federal lien: financing statement;
(2) Refiling of notice of federal lien: continuation statement;
(3) Certificate of discharge or subordination: release; and
(4) Certificate of release or nonattachment: termination statement.
(c) If a notice of federal lien, certificate or other notice affecting a federal lien is presented to the county recorder, he shall record it in the general lien records.
(d) Upon the request of any person, the filing officer shall issue his certificate showing whether there is on file, on the date and hour stated therein, any notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting any lien filed under this chapter for which the refiling period established by federal law has not passed without a refiling of notice, naming a particular person, and if a notice or certificate is on file, giving the date and hour of filing of each notice or certificate. Upon request, the filing officer shall furnish a copy of any notice of federal lien, or notice or certificate affecting a federal lien. If the filing officer is the secretary of state, the fees for such certificate and copies shall be fixed by administrative rule. If the filing officer is the county recorder, the fees shall be as set forth in section 31-3205, Idaho Code.
(e) The secretary of state may by administrative rule provide for publication of a list of those notices of federal lien filed in his office which the filing federal agency has identified as relating to agricultural crops.
History:
[45-204, added 1992, ch. 156, sec. 3, p. 510.]
(b) For purposes of the foregoing subsection (a), the following equivalencies between notices filed under this chapter and documents filed under part 4, chapter 9, title 28, Idaho Code, shall apply:
(1) Notice of federal lien: financing statement;
(2) Refiling of notice of federal lien: continuation statement;
(3) Certificate of discharge or subordination: release; and
(4) Certificate of release or nonattachment: termination statement.
(c) If a notice of federal lien, certificate or other notice affecting a federal lien is presented to the county recorder, he shall record it in the general lien records.
(d) Upon the request of any person, the filing officer shall issue his certificate showing whether there is on file, on the date and hour stated therein, any notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting any lien filed under this chapter for which the refiling period established by federal law has not passed without a refiling of notice, naming a particular person, and if a notice or certificate is on file, giving the date and hour of filing of each notice or certificate. Upon request, the filing officer shall furnish a copy of any notice of federal lien, or notice or certificate affecting a federal lien. If the filing officer is the secretary of state, the fees for such certificate and copies shall be fixed by administrative rule. If the filing officer is the county recorder, the fees shall be as set forth in section 31-3205, Idaho Code.
(e) The secretary of state may by administrative rule provide for publication of a list of those notices of federal lien filed in his office which the filing federal agency has identified as relating to agricultural crops.
History:
[45-204, added 1992, ch. 156, sec. 3, p. 510.]
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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