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California Governor signs Assembly Bill 1858: Individual Debtor Name Safe Harbor

 UCC, Legislation, Due Diligence, Revised Article 9

For those managing personal property transactions in California, it is important to understand and be prepared for recent legislation that has been passed to provide a safe harbor for proper entry of individual debtor names when filing and searching for UCC Financing Statements. Effective January 1, 2015, California will join the majority of states in adopting legislation which governs the proper name identification of individuals. This…READ MORE

[Important] Notice of Change – New UCC Filing Forms

 UCC, Online UCC System, Due Diligence, Revised Article 9

Beginning July 1, 2014, California state law requires use of the revised forms below to be accepted for filing. The following revised UCC filing forms are available on the Secretary of State's Forms and Fees webpage found here: http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/ucc/forms.htm. Here is a list of the revised forms: UCC Financing Statement (Form UCC1) UCC Financing Statement Addendum (Form UCC1Ad) UCC Financing Statement Amendment…READ MORE