Delivery of Records

PURPOSE: This rule describes acceptable means of delivering records. (1) Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) records may be tendered for filing at the filing office as follows: (A) Personal delivery, at the filing office; (B) Courier delivery, at the filing office’s street address; (C) Postal delivery, to the filing office’s mailing address; (D) Electronic filing as established and maintained by the filing office. (2) UCC records shall be processed and assigned a number in the order they are received. The filing time for any UCC record delivered to the filing office by personal delivery, courier service, or electronic delivery shall be the actual time of receipt in the UCC division of the filing office. The filing time for any UCC record delivered to the filing office by postal delivery shall be 8:00 a.m. on the date it is received. (3) UCC paper search requests may be delivered by any means by which UCC paper records may be delivered to the filing office. Search requests shall only be accepted on the UCC-11 form. AUTHORITY: section 400.9-526, RSMo Supp. 2001.* Original rule filed Sept. 30, 2002, effective March 30, 2003. *Original authority: 400.9-526, RSMo 2001.