Opinion No. 63-12
March 4, 1963
TO: Mrs. Elizabeth Anderson Harding County Clerk Mosquero, New Mexico
QUESTION
QUESTION
What are the proper fees which County Clerks are required to charge under the Uniform Commercial Code for the filing and processing of instruments filed thereunder?
CONCLUSION
See Analysis.
OPINION
{*30} ANALYSIS
The uniform fees designated by law which county clerks are required to charge under the Uniform Commercial Code for the filing or handling of instruments are as follows:
(1) Filing, indexing and
furnishing filing data
for a financing
statement
(Sec. 50A-9-403
N.M.S.A.) $ 1.00
(2) Filing, indexing and
furnishing filing data
for a security agreement
(Sec. 50A-9-402,
50A-9-403 N.M.S.A.) 1.00
(3) Filing, indexing and
furnishing filing data
for a financing
statement
with an assignment
indicated (Sec.
50A-9-405 N.M.S.A.) 1.50
(4) Filing, indexing and
furnishing filing data
for an amendment to
a financing statement
or security agreement
(Sec. 50A-9-402
50A-9-403, N.M.S.A) 1.00
(5) Filing, indexing, and
furnishing filing data
for a separate statement
of assignment
(Sec. 50A-9-405) 1.00
(6) Filing, indexing and
furnishing filing data
for a continuation
statement (Sec.50A-9-403
N.M.S.A.) 1.00
(7) Filing and indexing a
termination statement,
including charge for
sending or delivering
the statement (Sec.
50A-9-404, N.M.S.A.) 1.00
(8) Filing and indexing a
termination statement
accompanied by or
including an assignment
(Sec. 50A-9-404
N.M.S.A.) 1.75
(9) Comparing each page
of instrument presented
for certification as a
true copy of an original
filed instrument
(Sec. 50A-9-407 N.M.S.
A.) .75
(10
) Filing and indexing
statement of Release
of Collateral (Sec. 50A
-9-406, N.M.S.A.) 1.00
(11
) Preparing Photocopies
of Instruments
filed under Code (Sec.
50A-9-407, N.M.S.A.) .75
(per
page)
(12
) Certification that
instruments
are true copies
(Sec. 50A-9-407,
N.M.S.A.) .50
By: Thomas A. Donnelly
Assistant Attorney General