Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code

For purposes of Sections 42a-9-1 to 42a-9-6, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:

1. (1) “Amendment” means any UCC record filed that relates to the initial financing statement. Amendments include party or collateral changes, assignments, continuation statements and termination statements.
2. (2) “Assignment” means an amendment that assigns all or a part of a secured party's power to authorize an amendment to a financing statement.
3. (3) “Continuation statement” has the same meaning as provided in section 42a-9-102(a) of the Connecticut General Statutes.
4. (4) “Debtor” has the same meaning as provided in section 42a-9-102(a) of the Connecticut General Statutes.
5. (5) “File number” has the same meaning as provided in section 42a-9-102(a) of the Connecticut General Statutes.
6. (6) “Filing office” means the Office of the Secretary of the State.
7. (7) “Filing office statement” means a statement entered into the filing office’s UCC information management system to explain a corrective action taken by the filing office.
8. (8) “Financing statement” has the same meaning as provided in section 42a-9-102(a) of the Connecticut General Statutes.
9. (9) “Individual” means a natural person.
10. (10) “Information statement” means a UCC record that indicates a financing statement is inaccurate or wrongfully filed.
11. (11) “Initial Financing Statement” means a UCC record that causes the filing office to establish the initial record of filing of a financing statement.
12. (12) “Noise word” means a word or symbol that is so common as to not be useful in searches and which is ignored by the UCC information management system. Noise words are limited to the following: &, and, Corporation, Incorporated, Company, Societa Per Azioni, Limited, Corp., Inc., Co., S.p.A, LTD., Limited Liability Company, L.L.C., LLC, LTD. Liability Company, Limited Liability Co., Registered Limited Liability Partnership, Limited Liability Partnership, LLP, L.L.P., Statutory Trust, Limited Liability Trust, LLT, L.L.T., and The.
13. (13) “Organization” means a legal person who is not an individual.
14. (14) “Remitter” means a person who tenders a UCC record to the filing office for service, and is not necessarily the secured party. “Remitter” does not include a person responsible merely for the delivery of the document to the filing office, such as the United States Postal Service or a courier service.
15. (15) “Secured party” has the same meaning as provided in section 42a-9-102(a) of the Connecticut General Statutes.
16. (16) “Termination statement” has the same meaning as provided in section 42a-9-102(a) of the Connecticut General Statutes.
17. (17) “Through date” means the latest date in time for which all records have been entered into the UCC information management system.
18. (18) “UCC” means Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in this state and as amended from time to time.
19. (19) “UCC information management system” means the information management system used by the filing office to store, index, and retrieve information relating to financing statements.
20. (20) “UCC record” means an initial financing statement, an amendment or an information statement, in any medium accepted by the filing office, and includes a record thereof maintained by the filing office.

(Adopted effective December 11, 2002; Amended March 18, 2026)