Miss. Code § 75-9-522

Current through 6/1/2024
Section 75-9-522 - Maintenance and destruction of records
(a) The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for at least one (1) year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under Section 75-9-515 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and:
(1) If the record was filed or recorded in the filing office described in Section 75-9-501(a)(1), by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates and the date that the record was filed for record; or
(2) If the record was filed in the filing office described in Section 75-9-501(a)(2), by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates.
(b) Except to the extent that a statute governing disposition of public records provides otherwise, the filing office immediately may destroy any written record evidencing a financing statement. However, if the filing office destroys a written record, it shall maintain another record of the financing statement which complies with subsection (a).

Miss. Code § 75-9-522

Derived from former 1972 Code § 75-9-403 [Codes, 1942, § 41A:9-403; Laws, 1966, ch. 316, § 9-403; Laws, 1977, ch. 452, § 26; Laws, 1978, ch. 401, § 8; Laws, 1979, ch. 369; Laws, 1985, ch. 381, § 1; Laws, 1987, ch. 373, eff. 7/1/1987] and enacted by Laws, 2001, ch. 495, § 1, eff. 1/1/2002.