Active and lapsed filings are available by search of the debtor name or by request under a specific file number. Inactive records are available upon request by a specific file number only.
(1) Paper UCC documents.
(A) Storage. Documents are stored in expanding file pockets in sequential number in file boxes.
(B) Retention. Documents are stored on site for six months after receipt. Documents are transported to State Archives for a period of two years six months prior to destruction.
(2) Reductions.
(A) Storage. Paper documents are reduced to digital images prior to indexing.
(B) Retention. Digital images and previous microfilm are retained indefinitely.
(3) Database storage. The UCC information management system is backed up daily.
Source Note: The provisions of this §95.407 adopted to be effective July 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 4571