Oregon UCC-1 Financing Statements are legal documents that are used to provide public notice of a secured party's interest in the personal property of a debtor. The UCC-1 is filed with the Oregon Secretary of State's Corporation Division and serves as a lien on the debtor's personal property, which may include inventory, equipment, and accounts receivable. It is often used when a lender provides a loan to a debtor and the loan is secured by the debtor's personal property. There are two types of Oregon UCC-1 Financing Statements: (1) an initial statement which must be filed to perfect a security interest and (2) a continuation statement which must be filed to continue the perfection of a security interest. The initial statement must be filed before the security interest is perfected and the continuation statement must be filed every five years to continue the perfection.