Fees

PURPOSE: This rule specifies the appropriate fees due upon filing. (1) If the filing office is the secretary of state: (A) The fees for filing and indexing a Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) record, including, but not limited to continuations, amendments, assignments, terminations and financing statements pursuant to section 400.9-502(c), RSMo, are seventeen dollars ($17) for the first page and one dollar ($1) for each subsequent page. If the record is communicated by electronic medium authorized by filing office rule the fees shall be seventeen dollars ($17). (B) The fees for responding to a paper request for information from the filing office, including for communicating whether or not the requested name of a particular debtor is on file are twenty-seven dollars ($27). Copy requests for requested filings are one dollar ($1) for each page copied. (C) No fee is assessed for online search information available for filings and images from the secretary of state website. (2) If the filing office is other than the secretary of state, then the fees are those that are otherwise provided by law. Other filing offices may enact a similar fee structure. (3) If a filing is paid with an insufficient funds check, the filer will then be notified that the filing will be voided and removed from the system with a notation on the record that it was void due to insufficient funds. 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.