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Code · Illinois · Chapter 810 — COMMERCIAL CODE · Act 5

Sec. 9-522. Maintenance and destruction of records.

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Sec. 9-522. Maintenance and destruction of records.
(a)Post-lapse maintenance and retrieval of information. The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for at least one year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under Section 9-515 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and:
(1)if the record was filed in the filing office described in Section 9-501(a)(1), by
using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates and the date and time that the record was filed or recorded; or
(2)if the record was filed in the filing office described in Section 9-501(a)(2), by
using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates.
(b)Destruction of written records. Except to the extent that a statute governing disposition of public records provides otherwise, the filing office immediately may destroy any written record evidencing a financing statement. However, if the filing office destroys a written record, it shall maintain another record of the financing statement which complies with subsection (a).
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