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UCC Filing Information and Forms

General filing recommendations

1. Use exact legal debtor name and review charter docs where questionable.
2. All forms should be typewritten, as certain states will reject if not typed.
3. Type in ALL CAPS.
4. Use addendum forms and not attachments for additional parties or lengthy collateral descriptions.
5. Do not put multiple transactions on same form.
6. National Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) forms are accepted in all states.
7. Review the Revised Article 9 (RA9) State Filing Specifics to consider state specific requirements that may need to be added to National UCC Forms.
8. IACA Filing Guidelines and RA9 Filing Basics charts are available for your use.

National forms

• UCC Financing Statement (UCC-1) (PDF)
• UCC-1 Addendum Form (PDF)
• UCC-1 Additional Parties Form (PDF)
• UCC Financing Statement Amendment (UCC-3) (PDF)
• UCC-3 Addendum Form (PDF)
• UCC-3 Additional Parties Form (PDF)
• Inaccurate or Wrongfully Filed Record Statement (UCC-5) (PDF)

State specific UCC forms

UCC reference material

• UCC Definitions (PDF)
• UCC IACA Filing Guidelines to Jurisdictions (PDF)
• UCC RA9 Filing Basics / Reasons for Rejection (PDF)
• UCC RA9 State Filing Specifics (PDF)
• UCC Get The Name Right (w/ Permission Ernst Publishing)(PDF)
• UCC Where to File (w/ Permission Ernst Publishing) (PDF)