Okla. Stat. tit. 12A, § 12A-1-9-516
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What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing
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Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12A. Uniform Commercial Code Page 117
WHAT CONSTITUTES FILING; EFFECTIVENESS OF FILING
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this
section, communication of a record to a filing office and tender of
the filing fee or acceptance of the record by the filing office
constitutes filing.
(b) Filing does not occur with respect to a record that a
filing office refuses to accept because:
(1) the record is not communicated by a method or medium of
communication authorized by the filing office;
(2) an amount equal to or greater than the applicable filing
fee is not tendered;
(3) the filing office is unable to index the record because:
(A) in the case of an initial financing statement, the
record does not provide a name for the debtor;
(B) in the case of an amendment or correction statement,
the record:
(i) does not identify the initial financing statement
as required by Section 1-9-512 or 1-9-518 of this
title, as applicable; or
(ii) identifies an initial financing statement whose
effectiveness has lapsed under Section 1-9-515 of
this title;
(C) in the case of an initial financing statement that
provides the name of a debtor identified as an
individual or an amendment that provides a name of a
debtor identified as an individual which was not
previously provided in the financing statement to
which the record relates, the record does not identify
the debtor's surname; or
(D) in the case of a record filed or recorded in the
filing office described in paragraph (1) of subsection
(a) of Section 1-9-501 of this title, the record does
not provide a sufficient description of the real
property to which it relates;
(4) in the case of an initial financing statement or an
amendment that adds a secured party of record, the record does not
provide a name and mailing address for the secured party of record;
(5) in the case of an initial financing statement or an
amendment that provides a name of a debtor which was not previously
provided in the financing statement to which the amendment relates,
the record does not:
(A) provide a mailing address for the debtor; or
(B) indicate whether the name provided as the name of the
debtor is the name of an individual or an
organization;
(6) in the case of an assignment reflected in an initial
financing statement under paragraph (a) of Section 1-9-514 of this
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12A. Uniform Commercial Code Page 118
title or an amendment filed under subsection (b) of Section 1-9-514
of this title, the record does not provide a name and mailing
address for the assignee; or
(7) in the case of a continuation statement, the record is not
filed within the six-month period prescribed by subsection (d) of
Section 1-9-515 of this title.
(c) For purposes of subsection (b) of this section:
(1) a record does not provide information if the filing office
is unable to read or decipher the information; and
(2) a record that does not indicate that it is an amendment or
identify an initial financing statement to which it relates, as
required by Section 1-9-512, 1-9-514, or 1-9-518 of this title, is
an initial financing statement.
(d) A record that is communicated to the filing office with
tender of the filing fee, but which the filing office refuses to
accept for a reason other than one set forth in subsection (b) of
this section, is effective as a filed record except as against a
purchaser of the collateral which gives value in reasonable reliance
upon the absence of the record from the files.
WHAT CONSTITUTES FILING; EFFECTIVENESS OF FILING
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this
section, communication of a record to a filing office and tender of
the filing fee or acceptance of the record by the filing office
constitutes filing.
(b) Filing does not occur with respect to a record that a
filing office refuses to accept because:
(1) the record is not communicated by a method or medium of
communication authorized by the filing office;
(2) an amount equal to or greater than the applicable filing
fee is not tendered;
(3) the filing office is unable to index the record because:
(A) in the case of an initial financing statement, the
record does not provide a name for the debtor;
(B) in the case of an amendment or correction statement,
the record:
(i) does not identify the initial financing statement
as required by Section 1-9-512 or 1-9-518 of this
title, as applicable; or
(ii) identifies an initial financing statement whose
effectiveness has lapsed under Section 1-9-515 of
this title;
(C) in the case of an initial financing statement that
provides the name of a debtor identified as an
individual or an amendment that provides a name of a
debtor identified as an individual which was not
previously provided in the financing statement to
which the record relates, the record does not identify
the debtor's surname; or
(D) in the case of a record filed or recorded in the
filing office described in paragraph (1) of subsection
(a) of Section 1-9-501 of this title, the record does
not provide a sufficient description of the real
property to which it relates;
(4) in the case of an initial financing statement or an
amendment that adds a secured party of record, the record does not
provide a name and mailing address for the secured party of record;
(5) in the case of an initial financing statement or an
amendment that provides a name of a debtor which was not previously
provided in the financing statement to which the amendment relates,
the record does not:
(A) provide a mailing address for the debtor; or
(B) indicate whether the name provided as the name of the
debtor is the name of an individual or an
organization;
(6) in the case of an assignment reflected in an initial
financing statement under paragraph (a) of Section 1-9-514 of this
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12A. Uniform Commercial Code Page 118
title or an amendment filed under subsection (b) of Section 1-9-514
of this title, the record does not provide a name and mailing
address for the assignee; or
(7) in the case of a continuation statement, the record is not
filed within the six-month period prescribed by subsection (d) of
Section 1-9-515 of this title.
(c) For purposes of subsection (b) of this section:
(1) a record does not provide information if the filing office
is unable to read or decipher the information; and
(2) a record that does not indicate that it is an amendment or
identify an initial financing statement to which it relates, as
required by Section 1-9-512, 1-9-514, or 1-9-518 of this title, is
an initial financing statement.
(d) A record that is communicated to the filing office with
tender of the filing fee, but which the filing office refuses to
accept for a reason other than one set forth in subsection (b) of
this section, is effective as a filed record except as against a
purchaser of the collateral which gives value in reasonable reliance
upon the absence of the record from the files.
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