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In Texas you can search for UCC-1 filings made against your company through a website provided by the Texas Secretary of State's office. There is a very small fee for conducting this search. Normally a UCC-1 Financing Statement expires five years from the date and time of filing as indicated on the UCC-1 form.

How do I get rid of a UCC filing? You can remove a UCC filing when you've repaid your business loan in full. Once you repay the debt, the lender should remove the lien from your business assets. If not, you may request that the lender files a UCC-3 to terminate the lien.

In fact, it is sometimes called a UCC financing statement. A creditor files a UCC-1 to provide notice to interested parties that he or she has a security interest in a debtor's personal property. This personal property is being used as collateral in some type of secured transaction, usually a loan or a lease.

A uniform commercial code (UCC) filing is a notice registered by a lender when a loan is taken out against a single asset or a group of assets. A UCC filing creates a lien against the collateral a borrower pledges for a business loan. The uniform commercial code is a set of rules governing commercial transactions.

The Uniform Commercial Code allows a creditor, typically a financial institution or lender, to notify other creditors about a debtor's assets used as collateral for a secured transaction by filing a public notice (financing statement) with a particular filing office.

UCC filings are public information, and all of the details on a UCC-1 form are available to the public.

How do you conduct a UCC search? Many states allow you to search filings online. If you want copies of the documents, you must make an official request to the secretary of state's office or local jurisdiction, depending on the state, and pay a fee. Another option is to use a third-party vendor.

Effective July 01, 2001, all UCC filings are to be made with the Texas Secretary of State. County Clerks will no longer take UCC filings. This does not affect UCC's filed in the Real Property office. Only terminations will be filed by the County Clerk's office.

A request for a certified search of the UCC records must be submitted in writing to one of the Clerk of Court offices. The fee for the search is $30 per debtor name. The Secretary of State offers subscriptions to the UCC database for an annual fee of $400.

The UCC-1 statement serves as a lien on secured collateral, where the components and filing procedures are comparable to the lien requirements in residential mortgage loan contracts.