Section 30. General filing and search requirements  


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  • A. UCC records may be tendered for filing at the filing office as follows:

    1. By personal delivery, at the filing office street address;

    2. By courier delivery, at the filing office street address;

    3. By postal delivery, to the filing office mailing address; or

    4. By electronic delivery method provided and authorized by the filing office.

    B. The filing time for a UCC record delivered by personal, courier, or postal delivery is the time the UCC record is date-and-time stamped by the filing office even though the UCC record may not yet have been accepted for filing and may be subsequently rejected. The filing time for a UCC record delivered by authorized electronic delivery method is the date and time the UCC information management system receives the record and determines that all the required elements of the transmission have been received in the required format.

    C. UCC search requests may be delivered to the filing office by personal, courier, postal delivery, or by electronic delivery method provided and authorized by the filing office.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 17, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 2001; amended, Virginia Register Volume 23, Issue 23, eff. July 1, 2007; Volume 27, Issue 23, eff. July 1, 2011; Volume 29, Issue 22, eff. July 1, 2013.

Statutory Authority

§§ 8.9A-526 and 12.1-13 of the Code of Virginia.