Okla. Stat. tit. 12A, § 12A-1-9-522
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Maintenance and destruction of records
Official statutory text
MAINTENANCE AND DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS
(a) The filing office shall maintain a record of the
information provided in a filed financing statement for at least one
year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed
under Section 1-9-515 of this title with respect to all secured
parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name
of the debtor and:
(1) if the record was filed or recorded in the filing office
described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 1-9-501 of
this title, by using the file number of the initial financing
statement to which the record relates and the date and that the
record was filed or recorded, and by 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
(2) if the record was filed in the filing office described in
paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 1-9-501 of this title, by
using the file number of 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) of this section.
(a) The filing office shall maintain a record of the
information provided in a filed financing statement for at least one
year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed
under Section 1-9-515 of this title with respect to all secured
parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name
of the debtor and:
(1) if the record was filed or recorded in the filing office
described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 1-9-501 of
this title, by using the file number of the initial financing
statement to which the record relates and the date and that the
record was filed or recorded, and by 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
(2) if the record was filed in the filing office described in
paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of Section 1-9-501 of this title, by
using the file number of 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) of this section.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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