A. Filing Methods.
- (1) The Filing Office may accept filings by the methods specified in §A(2)—(4) of this regulation.
- (2) Hand Delivery to the Filing Office. The file time for a UCC record delivered by this method is the date and time of presentation of a paper record to a representative of the filing office.
- (3) Postal Service or Express Mail Delivery to the Filing Office. The file time for a UCC record delivered by this method is the date the filing record is received and the time that is manually stamped on the filing by a representative of the filing office.
- (4) Electronic Transmission to the Filing Office, Excluding Telefacsimile Transmission. The file time for a UCC record delivered by this method is the date and time the filing record is received.
- B. The file times in §A of this regulation apply even though the UCC record may not yet have been accepted for filing and may be subsequently rejected.
Authority: Commercial Law Article, §§9-501.1 and 9-526; Corporations and Associations Article, §§1-203(8) and 1-203.2; Annotated Code of Maryland
Effective date: July 1, 2001 (28:12 Md. R. 1112)
Regulation .04A amended effective July 4, 2016 (43:13 Md. R. 714)
Regulation .05 amended effective December 21, 2015 (42:25 Md. R. 1546)
Regulation .06 amended effective July 4, 2016 (43:13 Md. R. 714)
Regulation .07 amended effective July 4, 2016 (43:13 Md. R. 714)