R 440.101
R 440.101 Duties and responsibilities of filing officer.
Cite as Mich. Admin. Code R 440.101
Rule 101. The duties and responsibilities of the filing officer with respect to the
administration of the UCC are ministerial. In accepting for filing or refusing to file a
financing statement pursuant to these rules, the filing officer does none of the
following:
(a) Determine the legal sufficiency or insufficiency of a record.
(b) Determine that a security interest in collateral exists or does not exist.
(c) Determine that information in the record is correct or incorrect, in whole or
in part.
(d) Create a presumption that information in the record is correct or incorrect,
in whole or in part.