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The 2013 UCC Revised Article 9 Amendments Are Almost Here – Have no Fear! Part Five: Naming an Individual as a Debtor, Options A and B Explored

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The 2013 amendments to Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (RA9) are set to go into effect in only a few short months. FCS has started a blog series to break down the major points of the 2010 amendments and help eliminate some of the anxiety UCC filers may be feeling about the changes. Last week, we discussed what many consider the most welcome and most broadly applicable change included in the proposed amendments:  changes… >> READ MORE


The 2013 UCC Revised Article 9 Amendments Are Almost Here – Have no Fear! Part Four: Naming an Individual as a Debtor

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The 2010 amendments to Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (RA9) are set to go into effect in only a few short months. Some regular readers of the blog have expressed apprehension about the changes and have requested additional information. In response, FCS started a blog series to break down the major points of the 2010 amendments to help eliminate some of the anxiety UCC filers may be feeling about the changes. As we have… >> READ MORE


First Corporate Solutions Revised Article 9 Amendments Resource Page is Now Live

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The 2010 amendments to Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (RA9) are set to go into effect in only a few short months. Some FCS customers and regular readers of our blog have expressed apprehension about the impending changes and have requested additional information. In response, FCS has created a resource page as a one-stop shop to answer all of your RA9 amendment questions! Visit our RA 9 Resources page here http://info.ficoso.com/ra9_resources … >> READ MORE


Updated 2010 Revised Article 9 Amendments Resource Page

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The 2010 amendments to Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (RA9) are set to go into effect in only a few short months. Some FCS customers and regular readers of our blog have expressed apprehension about the impending changes and have requested additional information. In response, FCS has created a resource page as a one-stop shop to answer all of your RA9 amendment questions! Visit our RA 9 Resources page at http://info.ficoso.com/ra9_resources … >> READ MORE


Free eBook Offer: Important Revisions to Article 9’s UCC Rules Regarding Individual Debtor Names

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Attorney Bennett Cohen writes: “The 2010 Amendments to the Code for filing against individual debtors were supposed to bring clarity for secured parties (and in some respects there is more clarity). However, these new filing rules, in my opinion, may bring more complexity and uncertainty for secured parties going forward in terms of both filing and searching against individual debtors due to the risks described in this article and the… >> READ MORE


Model Administrative Rules (MARS) and Search Logic

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Following up on our post from earlier this week, What are “Standard Search Logic” and the Model Administrative Rules?, here's a behind-the-scenes look at how we created an online UCC search system that follows MARS guidelines. An FCS online search report is intended to satisfy the requirements under the UCC Revised Article 9 Model Administrative Rules (MARS), which provide state filing offices with a set of guidelines for producing… >> READ MORE