UCC documents may be tendered for filing at the filing office as follows.
- (1) Personal delivery, at the street address stated in §95.104(a)(1) of this title (relating to Filing Office Identification). The file time for a UCC document delivered by this method is when delivery of the UCC document is accepted by the filing office (even though the UCC document may not yet have been accepted for filing and subsequently may be rejected).
- (2) Courier delivery, at the street address stated in §95.104(a)(2) of this title. The file time for a UCC document delivered by this method is the 8:00 AM CST on a day the filing office is open to the public (even though the UCC document may not yet have been accepted for filing and may be subsequently rejected).
- (3) Postal service delivery, to the street address stated in §95.104(a)(1) of this title or the mailing address stated in §95.104(b) of this title. The file time for a UCC document delivered by this method is the 8:00 AM CST on a day the filing office is open to the public (even though the UCC document may not yet have been accepted for filing and may be subsequently rejected).
- (4) Telefacsimile (fax) delivery, to the telephone number stated in §95.104(d)(1)-(3) of this title. The file time for a UCC document delivered by this method is, notwithstanding the time of delivery, at the earlier of the time the UCC document is first examined by a filing officer for processing even though the telefacsimile device may indicate that the UCC document was received at an earlier time. Filing fees must be paid by credit card.
- (5) Electronic data interchange (EDI). UCC documents may be transmitted electronically using the ANSI X12 154 transmission standard as described in Subchapter E of this chapter (relating to EDI Documents). The file time for a UCC document delivered by this method is the time that the filing office's EDI system analyzes the relevant transmission and determines that all the required elements of the transmission have been received in a required format and are machine-readable.
Source Note:The provisions of this §95.106 adopted to be effective November 1, 1998, 23 TexReg 9727.