Uniform Commercial Code

Electronic UCC Recording (EFile)

• $30 plus $2.00 processing fee for electronic filing via the Internet
• Unlimited pages
• Filing Fees are Non-Refundable

UCC Recording by Mail Delivery

• $38.00 for 1- 2 pages
• $45.00 for 3 - 10 pages
• $45 + $2 per additional page for over 10 pages (12 pages = $49)
• Filing Fees are Non-Refundable

Information Requests and Copies

• $38 per Debtor name (plain certification)
• $38 + $10 per Debtor name (gold seal certification)

After search results are returned, then request:

• Copies - $2 per page (or print copies for free online)
• Certified copies - $10 + $2 per UCC page (gold seal certification)
• Filing Fees are Non-Refundable

Cashier check, personal check or money order. For EFile online you may use debit/credit cards or electronic funds transfer (ACH).

Make checks payable to the NC Secretary of State.

UCC forms are available online.

No, UCC fees are non-refundable.

Yes, you have to pay a new fee to re-submit the corrected form for filing.

• E-Filing online
• US Mail
  • NC Department of the Secretary of State
    Attn: UCC
    PO Box 29626
    Raleigh, NC 27626-0626
• Hand delivery
  • NC Department of the Secretary of State
    2 South Salisbury Street
    Raleigh, NC 27601

A standard search requires the debtor’s name to be searched exactly as it was indexed on the UCC filing. A non-standard search allows the debtor’s name to be searched by starting with, sounds like, all words, exact match, or any words.

Online searching is free.

Yes, we will research UCC filings for you. You will need to file a UCC-11 Information Request form. You need to send $38 with the form for each debtor name you want us to research.

Continuations must be filed within 6 months before the day the UCC filing lapses.

Federal Tax Liens are filed in the Secretary of State’s office.

State Tax Liens on real property are filed in the county’s Register of Deeds office.

Online searching is free.

Yes, we will research Federal Tax Lien filings for you. You will need to file a UCC-11 Information Request form. You need to send $5 with the form for each debtor name you want us to research.

If you file a UCC online, it is filed immediately. If you deliver a UCC by hand or by mail, it is filed within 72 hours.

• Regular UCC filing
  • 5 years
• Manufactured Home filing
  • 30 years
• Public Finance filing
  • 30 years
• Transmitting Utility
  • Until it is terminated