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About the UCC Division
The Uniform Commercial Code Division is the central filing office for the perfection of personal property liens. These liens are perfected by filing a UCC-1 Financing Statement showing the name and address of the debtor and the secured party along with a description of the collateral. These financing statements are effective for five years and may be continued for an additional five years. Information on these filings, either by a listing or copies, is provided to any requesting party.
Each year, the U.C.C. Division receives more than 135,000 filings and fulfills 30,000 requests for filing information.
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UCC Fee Schedule
The fee for filing on initial financing statement, amendment, assignment, continuation and termination by paper is $17.00 plus $1.00 per page. Search requests are $27.00 plus $1.00 per page for copies.
Electronic Online filings are $10.00 per filing. View the entire fee schedule.
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Filings in the Recorder of Deeds Office
Recorders of Deeds (the local county offices) only accept UCC filings for fixtures, standing timber and as-extracted collateral filings. These real estate-related filings will be recorded in the real estate records at the county level.
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New Filings in the State – Where to File
UCC filings should be made in the state where the debtor is located. Filings where the debtor is a registered entity are to be filed in the state where the entity is registered. Filings for a non-registered entity are to be filed in the state where the entity's chief executive office is located.
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UCC Forms
Missouri 's UCC forms are required to be in the format approved by the International Association of Commercial Administrators (Section 400.9-521, RSMo).
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