Okla. Stat. tit. 12A, § 12A-1-9-519
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Numbering, maintaining, and indexing records;
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communicating information provided in records.
NUMBERING, MAINTAINING, AND INDEXING RECORDS;
COMMUNICATING INFORMATION PROVIDED IN RECORDS
(a) For each record filed in a filing office, the filing office
shall:
(1) assign a unique number to the filed record;
(2) create a record that bears the number assigned to the filed
record and the date and time of filing;
(3) maintain the filed record for public inspection; and
(4) index the filed record in accordance with subsections (c),
(d), and (e) of this section.
(b) A file number assigned by the county clerk of Oklahoma
County after July 1, 2001, must include a digit that:
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(1) is mathematically derived from or related to the other
digits of the file number; and
(2) aids the filing office in determining whether a number
communicated as the file number includes a single-digit or
transpositional error.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (d) and (e) of
this section, the filing office shall:
(1) index an initial financing statement according to the name
of the debtor and shall index all filed records relating to the
initial financing statement in a manner that associates with one
another an initial financing statement and all filed records
relating to the initial financing statement; and
(2) index a record that provides a name of a debtor which was
not previously provided in the financing statement to which the
record relates also according to the name that was not previously
provided.
(d) If a financing statement is filed as a fixture filing or
covers as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, it must be filed
for record and the filing office shall index it:
(1) under the names of the debtor and of each owner of record
shown on the financing statement as if they were the mortgagors
under a mortgage of the real property described; and
(2) to the extent that the law of this state provides for
indexing of records of mortgages under the name of the mortgagee,
under the name of the secured party as if the secured party were the
mortgagee thereunder, or, if indexing is by description, as if the
financing statement were a record of a mortgage of the real property
described.
(e) If a financing statement is filed as a fixture filing or
covers as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, the filing
office shall index an assignment filed under subsection (a) of
Section 1-9-514 of this title or an amendment filed under subsection
(b) of Section 1-9-514 of this title:
(1) under the name of the assignor as grantor; and
(2) to the extent that the law of this state provides for
indexing a record of the assignment of a mortgage under the name of
the assignee, under the name of the assignee.
(f) The filing office shall maintain a capability:
(1) to retrieve a record by the name of the debtor and:
(A) if the filing office is described in paragraph (1) of
subsection (a) of Section 1-9-501 of this title, by
the file number assigned to the initial financing
statement to which the record relates, the date that
the record was filed or recorded, and the legal
description of the real estate adequate for the
purposes of indexing in the tract indexes of the
county where the real estate is situated; or
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(B) if the filing office is described in paragraph (2) of
subsection (a) of Section 1-9-501 of this title, by
the file number and date of the initial financing
statement to which the record relates; and
(2) to associate and retrieve with one another an initial
financing statement and each filed record relating to the initial
financing statement.
(g) The filing office may not remove a debtor’s name from the
index until one (1) year after the effectiveness of a financing
statement naming the debtor lapses under Section 1-9-515 of this
title with respect to all secured parties of record.
and
(2) to associate and retrieve with one another an initial
financing statement and each filed record relating to the initial
financing statement.
(g) The filing office may not remove a debtor’s name from the
index until one (1) year after the effectiveness of a financing
statement naming the debtor lapses under Section 1-9-515 of this
title with respect to all secured parties of record.
(h) The filing office shall perform the acts required by
subsections (a) through (e) of this section at the time and in the
manner prescribed by filing-office rule, but not later than two (2)
business days after the filing office receives the record in
question.
(i) Subsection (b) of this section does not apply to a filing
office described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 1-9-
501 of this title.
NUMBERING, MAINTAINING, AND INDEXING RECORDS;
COMMUNICATING INFORMATION PROVIDED IN RECORDS
(a) For each record filed in a filing office, the filing office
shall:
(1) assign a unique number to the filed record;
(2) create a record that bears the number assigned to the filed
record and the date and time of filing;
(3) maintain the filed record for public inspection; and
(4) index the filed record in accordance with subsections (c),
(d), and (e) of this section.
(b) A file number assigned by the county clerk of Oklahoma
County after July 1, 2001, must include a digit that:
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(1) is mathematically derived from or related to the other
digits of the file number; and
(2) aids the filing office in determining whether a number
communicated as the file number includes a single-digit or
transpositional error.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (d) and (e) of
this section, the filing office shall:
(1) index an initial financing statement according to the name
of the debtor and shall index all filed records relating to the
initial financing statement in a manner that associates with one
another an initial financing statement and all filed records
relating to the initial financing statement; and
(2) index a record that provides a name of a debtor which was
not previously provided in the financing statement to which the
record relates also according to the name that was not previously
provided.
(d) If a financing statement is filed as a fixture filing or
covers as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, it must be filed
for record and the filing office shall index it:
(1) under the names of the debtor and of each owner of record
shown on the financing statement as if they were the mortgagors
under a mortgage of the real property described; and
(2) to the extent that the law of this state provides for
indexing of records of mortgages under the name of the mortgagee,
under the name of the secured party as if the secured party were the
mortgagee thereunder, or, if indexing is by description, as if the
financing statement were a record of a mortgage of the real property
described.
(e) If a financing statement is filed as a fixture filing or
covers as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, the filing
office shall index an assignment filed under subsection (a) of
Section 1-9-514 of this title or an amendment filed under subsection
(b) of Section 1-9-514 of this title:
(1) under the name of the assignor as grantor; and
(2) to the extent that the law of this state provides for
indexing a record of the assignment of a mortgage under the name of
the assignee, under the name of the assignee.
(f) The filing office shall maintain a capability:
(1) to retrieve a record by the name of the debtor and:
(A) if the filing office is described in paragraph (1) of
subsection (a) of Section 1-9-501 of this title, by
the file number assigned to the initial financing
statement to which the record relates, the date that
the record was filed or recorded, and the legal
description of the real estate adequate for the
purposes of indexing in the tract indexes of the
county where the real estate is situated; or
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12A. Uniform Commercial Code Page 121
(B) if the filing office is described in paragraph (2) of
subsection (a) of Section 1-9-501 of this title, by
the file number and date of the initial financing
statement to which the record relates; and
(2) to associate and retrieve with one another an initial
financing statement and each filed record relating to the initial
financing statement.
(g) The filing office may not remove a debtor’s name from the
index until one (1) year after the effectiveness of a financing
statement naming the debtor lapses under Section 1-9-515 of this
title with respect to all secured parties of record.
and
(2) to associate and retrieve with one another an initial
financing statement and each filed record relating to the initial
financing statement.
(g) The filing office may not remove a debtor’s name from the
index until one (1) year after the effectiveness of a financing
statement naming the debtor lapses under Section 1-9-515 of this
title with respect to all secured parties of record.
(h) The filing office shall perform the acts required by
subsections (a) through (e) of this section at the time and in the
manner prescribed by filing-office rule, but not later than two (2)
business days after the filing office receives the record in
question.
(i) Subsection (b) of this section does not apply to a filing
office described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 1-9-
501 of this title.
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