R 440.306
R 440.306 Initial financing statement.
Cite as Mich. Admin. Code R 440.306
Rule 306. Upon the filing of an initial financing statement, the status of the parties
and the status of the financing statement shall be as follows:
(a) Each secured party named on an initial financing statement shall be a secured
party of record, except that if the initial financing statement names an assignee, then
the secured party/assignor shall not be a secured party of record and the secured
party/assignee shall be a secured party of record.
(b) The status of a debtor named on the initial financing statement shall be active
and shall continue as active until 1 year after the financing statement lapses.
(c) The status of the financing statement shall be active. A lapse date shall be
calculated 5 years from the filing date, unless the initial financing statement
indicates that it is filed with respect to a
manufactured home transaction, in which case the lapse date shall be 30 years
from the filing date, or if the initial financing statement indicates that it is filed
against a transmitting utility, then there shall be no lapse date. A financing statement
remains active until 1 year after it lapses, or, if it is indicated to be filed against a
transmitting utility, until 1 year after it is terminated with respect to all secured parties
of record.