Colorado § 4-9-520 - Acceptance and refusal to accept record.
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§ 4-9-520. Acceptance and refusal to accept record.
(a) A filing office shall refuse to accept a record for filing for a reason set forth in section 4-9-516 (b) and may refuse to accept a record for filing only for a reason set forth in section 4-9-516 (b).
(b) If a filing office refuses to accept a record for filing, it shall communicate to the person that presented the record the fact of and reason for the refusal and the date and time the record would have been filed had the filing office accepted it. The communication must be made at the time and in the manner prescribed by filing-office rule but in no event more than five business days after the filing office receives the record.
(c) A filed financing statement satisfying section 4-9-502 (a) and (b) is effective, even if the filing office is required to refuse to accept it for filing under subsection (a) of this section. However, section 4-9-338 applies to a filed financing statement providing information described in section 4-9-516 (b)(5) which is incorrect at the time the financing statement is filed.
(d) If a record communicated to a filing office provides information that relates to more than one debtor, this part 5 applies as to each debtor separately.
Source: L. 2001: Entire article R&RE, p. 1391, § 1, effective July 1.
Editor's note - Colorado legislative change: In subsection (b), Colorado did not adopt the phrase "in the case of a filing office described in section 4-9-501(a)(2)," after the word "but" and changed "two" to "five".
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 4-9-520 ("Acceptance and refusal to accept record.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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