R 440.203
R 440.203 Grounds not warranting refusal.
Cite as Mich. Admin. Code R 440.203
R 203. (1) The only grounds for the filing officer's refusal to accept a financing
statement for filing are enumerated in sections 9516(2) and 9520(5) of the UCC, MCL
440.9516 and 440.9520.
(2) The following are examples of defects that do not constitute grounds for
refusal to accept a document:
(a) The financing statement contains or appears to contain a misspelling or other
apparently erroneous information.
(b) The financing statement appears to identify a debtor incorrectly.
(c) The financing statement appears to identify a secured party or a secured party of
record incorrectly.
(d) The financing statement contains additional or extraneous information of any
kind.
(e) The financing statement does not contain all the information required by
article 9 of the UCC, MCL 440.9101 to 440.9994, if the document contains the
information required in section 9516(2) of the UCC, MCL 440.9516.
(f) The financing statement incorrectly identifies collateral, contains an illegible or
unintelligible description of collateral, or does not appear to contain a description of
collateral.
(g) The document is accompanied by money in excess of the full filing fee.
(3) The examples enumerated in subrule (2) of this rule are not a comprehensive
enumeration of defects outside the scope of grounds for refusal to accept a financing
statement for filing.