1. If the person filing any financing statement, termination statement, statement of assignment, or statement of release, furnishes the filing officer a copy thereof, the filing officer shall upon request note upon the copy the file number and date and hour of the filing of the original and deliver or send the copy to such person.
2. Upon a verbal request of a person, the filing officer shall verbally give information concerning a presently effective financing statement. The uniform fee for responding to a verbal request is five dollars. The requesting party may request a certificate from the filing officer confirming the information given. The uniform fee for a certificate is one dollar.
3. Upon written request of any person, the filing officer shall issue a certificate showing whether there is on file on the date and hour stated therein, any presently effective financing statement or verified lien statement under chapter 570A naming a particular debtor and any financing statement or verified lien statement changes and if there are, giving the date and hour of filing of each such filing and the names and addresses of each secured party therein. The uniform fee for such a certificate shall be five dollars if the request for the certificate is on a form conforming to standards prescribed by the secretary of state; otherwise, six dollars. Upon request and the payment of the appropriate fee the filing officer shall furnish a certified copy of any filed financing statement or financing statement changes or verified lien statement or lien statement changes for a uniform fee of one dollar per page.
Upon written request, the filing officer shall issue a certificate showing whether there is on file on the date and hour stated, an effective financing statement, lien statement, or termination statement under chapter 203 or 203C naming a grain dealer or warehouse operator as a debtor, the address of the grain dealer's or warehouse operator's principal place of business, and the grain indemnity fund board as secured creditor, identifiable grain proceeds subject to the lien, and the amount of the lien. The uniform fee for a certificate is five dollars if the request for the certificate is on a form conforming to standards prescribed by the secretary of state, or the fee is six dollars if the request is not on a form conforming to the standards.
4. Charging no more than a reasonable estimate of cost, in the secretary of state's or county recorder's discretion the secretary of state or a county recorder may adopt one or more of the following methods of providing information concerning public filings in that office to persons with an interest in this information that is related exclusively to the purposes of this Article:
a. Subscription daily, weekly or monthly written summaries;
b. Granting suitable space for the preparation of written summaries and the provision of telephone service by those persons deemed by the secretary of state or a county recorder to have a legitimate interest in regular examination of the secretary of state's or the county recorder's public files; or
c. Any other appropriate method of disseminating information.
Except with respect to willful misconduct, the state of Iowa, the secretary of state, a county, a county recorder and their employees and agents are immune from liability as a result of errors or omissions in information supplied pursuant to this subsection.[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 554.9407; 81 Acts, ch 21, § 19]
83 Acts, ch 70, § 3, 4, 5; 84 Acts, ch 1072, § 12; 88 Acts, ch 1275, § 39; 92 Acts, ch 1239, § 79
Referred to in § 15E.91, 16.26, 16A.9, 331.602
For future amendments to this section effective July 1, 2001, see 2000 Acts, ch 1149, §69, 185, 187
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