Section 42a-9-516 - What constitutes filing. Effectiveness of filing(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, communication of a record to a filing office and tender of the filing fee or acceptance of the record by the filing office constitutes filing. In the case of the recording of a record in a filing office described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 42a-9-501, tender of the filing fee means tender of the fee specified in section 7-34a.(b) Filing does not occur with respect to a record that a filing office refuses to accept because: (1) The record is not communicated by a method or medium of communication authorized by the filing office;(2) An amount equal to or greater than the applicable filing fee is not tendered;(3) The filing office is unable to index the record because:(A) In the case of an initial financing statement, the record does not provide a name for the debtor;(B) In the case of an amendment or information statement, the record: (i) Does not identify the initial financing statement as required by section 42a-9-512 or 42a-9-518, as applicable; or(ii) Identifies an initial financing statement whose effectiveness has lapsed under section 42a-9-515; or(C) In the case of an initial financing statement that provides the name of a debtor identified as an individual or an amendment that provides a name of a debtor identified as an individual which was not previously provided in the financing statement to which the record relates, the record does not identify the debtor's surname;(4) In the case of an initial financing statement or an amendment that adds a secured party of record, the record does not provide a name and mailing address for the secured party of record;(5) In the case of an initial financing statement or an amendment that provides a name of a debtor which was not previously provided in the financing statement to which the amendment relates, the record does not:(A) Provide a mailing address for the debtor; or(B) Indicate whether the name provided as the name of the debtor is the name of an individual or an organization;(6) In the case of an assignment reflected in an initial financing statement under subsection (a) of section 42a-9-514 or an amendment filed under subsection (b) of section 42a-9-514, the record does not provide a name and mailing address for the assignee; or(7) In the case of a continuation statement, the record is not filed within the six-month period prescribed by subsection (d) of section 42a-9-515.(c) For purposes of subsection (b) of this section: (1) A record does not provide information if the filing office is unable to read or decipher the information; and(2) A record that does not indicate that it is an amendment or identify an initial financing statement to which it relates, as required by section 42a-9-512, 42a-9-514 or 42a-9-518, is an initial financing statement.(d) A record that is communicated to the filing office with tender of the filing fee, but which the filing office refuses to accept for a reason other than one set forth in subsection (b) of this section, is effective as a filed record except as against a purchaser of the collateral which gives value in reasonable reliance upon the absence of the record from the files.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42a-9-516
( P.A. 01-132, S. 87; P.A. 11-108, S. 13.)
Amended by P.A. 11-0108, S. 13 of the the 2011 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2013.