The duties and responsibilities of the filing officer with respect to the administration of the UCC shall be deemed ministerial. In accepting for filing or refusing to file a UCC record according to these regulations, none of the following shall be deemed to be performed by the filing officer: (a) Determination of the legal sufficiency or insufficiency of a record;

1. (b) determination that a security interest in collateral exists or does not exist;
2. (c) determination that information in the record is correct or incorrect, in whole or in part; or
3. (d) creation of a presumption that the information in the record is correct or incorrect, in whole or in part.

(Authorized by and implementing L. 2000, Ch. 142, §97; effective Oct. 12, 2001.)