Texas Business & Commerce Code
§ 9.516 — WHAT CONSTITUTES FILING; EFFECTIVENESS OF FILING
BC § 9.516Title 1. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE · Ch. 9. SECURED TRANSACTIONS · Art. E. FILING
Statute text
View on source(a)Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (b), 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.
(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;
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Legislative history
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 565 (S.B. 1540), Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 2007. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 67 (S.B. 782), Sec. 15, eff. July 1, 2013. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 749 (S.B. 474), Sec. 1, eff. July 1, 2013.