Chapter 39 Oregon Laws 2007

 

AN ACT

 

HB 2091

 

Relating to fees collected by Secretary of State; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 79.0525.

 

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

 

          SECTION 1. ORS 79.0525 is amended to read:

          79.0525. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, the nonrefundable fee for filing and indexing a record under ORS 79.0501 to 79.0528 [is] may not exceed $10.

          (2) The number of names required to be indexed does not affect the amount of the fee in subsection (1) of this section.

          (3) The nonrefundable fee for responding to a request for information from the filing office, including for communicating whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor, [is] may not exceed:

          (a) $10 for each distinct debtor name to be searched;

          (b) [In addition to the fee in paragraph (a) of this subsection,] $5 for copies of Uniform Commercial Code documents relating to each distinct debtor name to be searched, in addition to the fee in paragraph (a) of this subsection; and

          (c) $5 for each request by document number for copies of Uniform Commercial Code documents.

          (4) This section does not require a fee with respect to a record filed or recorded in the filing office described in ORS 79.0501 (1)(a). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record apply.

          (5) The Secretary of State shall adopt rules prescribing fees for providing summaries and compilations that are not debtor specific and for providing copies of records, as described in ORS 79.0523 (6), that are not debtor specific.

 

          SECTION 2. The amendments to ORS 79.0525 by section 1 of this 2007 Act apply to records filed and indexed with the Secretary of State on or after the effective date of this 2007 Act and to requests for information from the Secretary of State made on or after the effective date of this 2007 Act.

 

Approved by the Governor April 17, 2007

 

Filed in the office of Secretary of State April 17, 2007

 

Effective date January 1, 2008

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