Okla. Stat. tit. 12A, § 12A-1-9-710
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Duties of local-filing offices
Official statutory text
(a) In this section:
(1) “Local-filing office” means a filing office, other than the
statewide filing office in the office of the County Clerk of
Oklahoma County or the statewide filing office in the office of the
Secretary of State, that is designated as the proper place to file a
financing statement under former Article 9 of this title;
(2) (A) “Former-Article 9 records” means:
(i) financing statements and other records that have
been filed in a local-filing office before July
1, 2001, and that are, or upon processing and
indexing will be, reflected in the index
maintained by the local-filing office for filing
for financing statements and other records filed
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12A. Uniform Commercial Code Page 166
in the local-filing office before July 1, 2001,
and
(ii) the index maintained by the local-filing office
as of June 30, 2001, including entries for
filings completed before July 1, 2001, even
though processed on or after that date.
(B) “Former-Article 9 records” do not include records
presented to a local-filing office for filing after
June 30, 2001, whether or not the records relate to
financing statements filed in the local-filing office
before July 1, 2001; and
(3) “Mortgage”, “as-extracted collateral”, “fixture filing”,
“goods” and “fixtures” have the meanings set forth in this article
of this title.
(b) A local-filing office shall not accept for filing a record
presented after June 30, 2001, whether or not the record relates to
a financing statement filed in the local-filing office before July
1, 2001.
(c) Until July 1, 2008, each local-filing office shall maintain
all former-Article 9 records in accordance with former-Article 9. A
former-Article 9 record which is filed before July 1, 2001, but
which is not reflected on the index maintained as of June 30, 2001,
by the local-filing office, shall be processed and indexed and
reflected on the index maintained as of June 30, 2001, as soon as
practicable, but in no event later than July 30, 2001.
(d) Until July 1, 2008, each local-filing office shall respond
to requests for information with respect to former-Article 9 records
relating to a debtor and shall issue certificates in accordance with
former-Article 9. The fees for issuing a certificate or for
furnishing a certified copy of a former-Article 9 record shall be
the uniform fees provided by subsections (c) and (d) of Section 1-9-
525 of this title.
(e) After June 30, 2008, each local-filing office may remove
and destroy all former-Article 9 records pursuant to Section 155.2
of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
(f) This section shall not apply, with respect to financing
statements and other records, to a filing office in which mortgages
or records of mortgages on real property are required to be filed or
recorded if:
(1) the collateral is timber to be cut or as-extracted
collateral, or
(2) the record is or relates to a financing statement files as
a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to
become fixtures.
(1) “Local-filing office” means a filing office, other than the
statewide filing office in the office of the County Clerk of
Oklahoma County or the statewide filing office in the office of the
Secretary of State, that is designated as the proper place to file a
financing statement under former Article 9 of this title;
(2) (A) “Former-Article 9 records” means:
(i) financing statements and other records that have
been filed in a local-filing office before July
1, 2001, and that are, or upon processing and
indexing will be, reflected in the index
maintained by the local-filing office for filing
for financing statements and other records filed
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12A. Uniform Commercial Code Page 166
in the local-filing office before July 1, 2001,
and
(ii) the index maintained by the local-filing office
as of June 30, 2001, including entries for
filings completed before July 1, 2001, even
though processed on or after that date.
(B) “Former-Article 9 records” do not include records
presented to a local-filing office for filing after
June 30, 2001, whether or not the records relate to
financing statements filed in the local-filing office
before July 1, 2001; and
(3) “Mortgage”, “as-extracted collateral”, “fixture filing”,
“goods” and “fixtures” have the meanings set forth in this article
of this title.
(b) A local-filing office shall not accept for filing a record
presented after June 30, 2001, whether or not the record relates to
a financing statement filed in the local-filing office before July
1, 2001.
(c) Until July 1, 2008, each local-filing office shall maintain
all former-Article 9 records in accordance with former-Article 9. A
former-Article 9 record which is filed before July 1, 2001, but
which is not reflected on the index maintained as of June 30, 2001,
by the local-filing office, shall be processed and indexed and
reflected on the index maintained as of June 30, 2001, as soon as
practicable, but in no event later than July 30, 2001.
(d) Until July 1, 2008, each local-filing office shall respond
to requests for information with respect to former-Article 9 records
relating to a debtor and shall issue certificates in accordance with
former-Article 9. The fees for issuing a certificate or for
furnishing a certified copy of a former-Article 9 record shall be
the uniform fees provided by subsections (c) and (d) of Section 1-9-
525 of this title.
(e) After June 30, 2008, each local-filing office may remove
and destroy all former-Article 9 records pursuant to Section 155.2
of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
(f) This section shall not apply, with respect to financing
statements and other records, to a filing office in which mortgages
or records of mortgages on real property are required to be filed or
recorded if:
(1) the collateral is timber to be cut or as-extracted
collateral, or
(2) the record is or relates to a financing statement files as
a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to
become fixtures.
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