RCW 62A.9A-516
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(a)What constitutes filing. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
(b)of this section, communication of a record to a filing office and tender of the filing fee or acceptance of the record by the filing office constitutes filing.
(b)Refusal to accept record; filing does not occur. Filing does not occur with respect to a record that a filing office refuses to accept because:
(1)The record is not communicated by a method or medium of communication authorized by the filing office;
(2)An amount equal to or greater than the applicable filing fee is not tendered or, in the case of a filing office described in RCW 62A.9A-501 (a)(1), an amount equal to the applicable filing fee is not tendered;
(3)The filing office is unable to index the record because:
(A)In the case of an initial financing statement, the record does not provide a name for the debtor;
(B)In the case of an amendment or information statement, the record:
(i)Does not identify the initial financing statement as required by RCW 62A.9A-512 or 62A.9A-518 , as applicable; or
(ii)Identifies an initial financing statement whose effectiveness has lapsed under RCW 62A.9A-515 ;
(C)In the case of an initial financing statement that provides the name of a debtor identified as an individual or an amendment that provides a name of a debtor identified as an individual which was not previously provided in the financing statement to which the record relates, the record does not identify the debtor's surname; or
(D)In the case of a record filed or recorded in the filing office described in RCW 62A.9A-501 (a)(1), the record does not provide a name for the debtor or a sufficient description of the real property to which the record relates;
(4)In the case of an initial financing statement or an amendment that adds a secured party of record, the record does not provide a name and mailing address for the secured party of record;
(5)In the case of an initial financing statement or an amendment that provides a name of a debtor which was not previously provided in the financing statement to which the amendment relates, the record does not:
(A)Provide a mailing address for the debtor; or
(B)Indicate whether the name provided as the name of the debtor is the name of an individual or an organization;
(6)In the case of an assignment reflected in an initial financing statement under RCW 62A.9A-514
(a)or an amendment filed under RCW 62A.9A-514 (b), the record does not provide a name and mailing address for the assignee; or
(7)In the case of a continuation statement, the record is not filed within the six-month period prescribed by RCW 62A.9A-515 (d).
(c)Rules applicable to subsection
(b)of this section. For purposes of subsection
(b)of this section:
(1)A record does not provide information if the filing office is unable to read or decipher the information; and
(2)A record that does not indicate that it is an amendment or identify an initial financing statement to which it relates, as required by RCW 62A.9A-512 , 62A.9A-514 , or 62A.9A-518 , is an initial financing statement.
(d)Refusal to accept record; record effective as filed record. A record that is communicated to the filing office with tender of the filing fee, but which the filing office refuses to accept for a reason other than one set forth in subsection
(b)of this section, is effective as a filed record except as against a purchaser of the collateral which gives value in reasonable reliance upon the absence of the record from the files.
[ 2011 c 74 s 404 ; 2001 c 32 s 38 ; 2000 c 250 s 9A-516.]
Notes:
Application — Effective date — 2011 c 74: See notes following RCW 62A.9A-102 .
Effective date — 2001 c 32: See note following RCW 62A.9A-102 .