(a) Definitions. - (i) "Amendment" means a UCC record that amends the information contained in a financing statement. Amendments include assignments, continuations and terminations.
- (ii) "Assignment" is an amendment that assigns all or a part of a secured party's power to authorize an amendment to a financing statement.
- (iii) "Correction statement" means a UCC record, filed before July 1, 2013, that indicates that a financing statement is inaccurate or wrongfully filed.
- (iv) "Individual debtor name" means a human being, or a decedent in the case of a debtor that is a decedent's estate.
- (v) "Information statement" means a UCC record, filed on or after July 1, 2013, that indicates that a financing statement is inaccurate or wrongfully filed.
- (vi) "Initial financing statement" means a UCC record containing the information required to be in an initial financing statement and that causes the filing office to establish the initial record of existence of a financing statement.
- (vii) "Internet Filing Service" or "UCC E-Filing System" means an on-line filing service administered by the Secretary of State's Office that provides authorized users with the capability to file all UCC records immediately and conduct searches that provide immediate results.
- (viii) "Organization debtor name" means a legal business entity who is not an individual.
- (ix) "Remitter" means an individual or registered organization that tenders a UCC record to the filing officer for filing, whether the remitter is a filer or an agent of a filer responsible for tendering the record for filing. "Remitter" does not include an individual or registered organization responsible merely for the delivery of the record to the filing office, such as the postal service or a courier service, but does include a service provider who acts as a filer's representative in the filing process.
- (x) "UCC1" means the form used for a new initial financing statement.
- (xi) "UCC3" means the form used for a UCC amendment filing, which includes the following actions:
- (A) Assignment: Full or Partial;
- (B) Collateral: Add, Restate, or Delete;
- (C) Continuation Statement;
- (D) Debtor: Add, Change, or Delete;
- (E) Information Statement (formerly known as correction statement);
- (F) Secured Party: Add, Change, or Delete; and
- (G) Termination Statement.
- (xii) "UCC5" means the form used for a UCC information statement filing.
- (xiii) "UCC record" means an initial financing statement, an amendment, an assignment, a continuation, a termination or a correction statement.
(b) Paper Filing Fees. - (i) There is no fee for filing a termination statement.
- (ii) The fee is $30 for filing an initial financing statement. The fee is $60 if there are more than two (2) pages.
- (iii) Except for a continuation, the fee is $15 for filing any amendment on paper which contains up to two (2) pages.
- (A) If there are more than two (2) pages, the fee is $30.
- (B) The remitter may file multiple UCC3 amendments to the same initial financing statement for one fee. For example, the following combinations of amendments, or portions thereof, may be made for one fee of $15:
- (I) Debtor and collateral amendments; or
- (II) Secured party and collateral amendments.
- (iv) The fee is $30 for filing a continuation statement.
- (v) The fee is $10 per debtor name for a certified UCC search.
- (vi) The fee is 50 cents per page for a copy of a UCC record.
(c) Electronic Filing Fees. - (i) There is no fee for filing a termination statement.
- (ii) The fee is $15 for an initial financing statement.
- (iii) Except for a continuation, the fee is $7.50 for filing any amendment electronically.
- (A) The remitter may file multiple UCC3 amendments to the same initial financing statement for one fee. For example, the following combinations of amendments, or portions thereof, may be made for one fee of $7.50:
- (I) Debtor and collateral amendments; or
- (II) Secured party and collateral amendments.
- (iv) Continuation and information statements (correction statements) must be filed separately.
- (v) The fee is $15 for filing a continuation statement.
- (vi) There is no fee for a certified UCC search.
- (vii) The fee is $150.00 annually for the Internet Filing Service (up to ten (10) 10 users).
- (viii) The fee is $2,000 annually for the Internet Download Service (up to two (2) users).
(d) Use of Forms. - (i) Acceptable forms are prescribed by the International Association of Commercial Administrators (IACA) forms which are available through the Forms section of the Wyoming Secretary of State's website at http://sos.wyo.gov.