§9-523. Information from filing office; sale or license of records (a) Acknowledgment of filing written record. If a person that files a written record requests an acknowledgment of the filing, the filing office shall send to the person an image of the record showing the number assigned to the record pursuant to R.S. 10:9-519(a)(1) and the date and time of the filing of the record. However, if the person furnishes a copy of the record to the filing office, the filing office may instead: (1) note upon the copy the number assigned to the record pursuant to R.S. 10:9-519(a)(1) and the date and time of the filing of the record; and (2) send the copy to the person. (b) Acknowledgment of filing other record. If a person files a record other than a written record, the filing office shall communicate to the person an acknowledgment that provides: (1) the information in the record; (2) the number assigned to the record pursuant to R.S. 10:9-519(a)(1); and (3) the date and time of the filing of the record. (c) Communication of request information. The filing office shall communicate or otherwise make available in a record the following information to any person that requests it: (1) whether there is included in the secretary of state's master index as of the date and time specified therein any financing statement that: (A) designates a particular debtor; (B) has not lapsed under R.S. 10:9-515 with respect to all secured parties of record; and (C) if the request so states, has lapsed under R.S. 10:9-515 and a record of which is maintained by the filing office under R.S. 10:9-522(a); (2) the date and time of filing of each financing statement; and (3) the information available in the secretary of state's master index with respect to each financing statement. (d) Medium for communicating information. In complying with its duty under Subsection (c), the filing office may communicate information in any medium. However, if requested, the filing office shall communicate information by issuing a record that can be admitted into evidence in the courts of this State without extrinsic evidence of its authenticity. (e) Timeliness of filing office performance. The filing office shall perform the acts required by Subsections (a) through (d), within two business days after the filing office receives the request. (f) [Reserved.] (g) Certification. The secretary of state shall, within two business days following receipt of information transmitted under R.S. 10:9-519(a)(4), send written acknowledgment confirming such receipt and reflecting all information received and included in the master index to the secured party of record, and to the person whose name and address is listed in the record for such acknowledgment. The secretary of state is excused from sending the acknowledgment to a secured party of record or a person filing the record whose address is not provided in the record. (h) Limited obligation of filing office. Under Subsection (c), the filing office of a parish is required only to provide information about records included in the secretary of state's master index, and is not required to provide information from the real property records of the parish. Acts 2001, No. 128, §1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2012, No. 450, §1, eff. July 1, 2013.
