Mississippi § 75-9-525 - Fees.
Full text of Mississippi Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 75-9-525 — Fees., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 75-9-525. Fees.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), the fee for filing and indexing a record under this part, other than an initial financing statement of the kind described in subsection (b) is the amount specified in subsection (c), if applicable, plus: Ten Dollars ($10.00) if the record is communicated in writing and is in the standard form prescribed by the Secretary of State; Thirteen Dollars ($13.00) if the record is communicated in writing and is not in the standard form prescribed by the Secretary of State; and Eight Dollars ($8.00) if the record is communicated by another medium authorized by filing-office rule. An additional fee of Two Dollars ($2.00) shall be paid by the requesting party for each financing statement listed on the filing officer’s certificate, the aggregate of which shall be billed to the requesting party at the time the filing officer’s certificate is issued. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), the fee for filing and indexing an initial financing statement of the following kind is the amount specified in subsection (c), if applicable, plus: Thirteen Dollars ($13.00) if the financing statement indicates that it is filed in connection with a public-finance transaction; Ten Dollars ($10.00) if the financing statement indicates that it is filed in connection with a manufactured-home transaction. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), if a record is communicated in writing, the fee for each additional debtor name more than one (1) required to be indexed is Four Dollars ($4.00). The fee for responding to a request for information from the filing office, including for issuing a certificate showing whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor, is: Five Dollars ($5.00) if the request is communicated in writing on the standard form prescribed by the Secretary of State; Ten Dollars ($10.00) if the request is communicated in writing and is not in the standard form prescribed by the Secretary of State; Three Dollars ($3.00) if the request is communicated by another medium authorized by filing-office rule; and This section does not require a fee to the chancery clerk with respect to a record of a mortgage which is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut under Section 75-9-502(c). However, the recording and satisfaction fees to the chancery clerk that otherwise would be applicable under Section 25-7-9 to the record of the mortgage apply.
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What does Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated § 75-9-525 cover?
Section 75-9-525 ("Fees.") is part of the Mississippi Code of 1972 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Mississippi. 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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