Commercial Code section 9521

(a)

A filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written initial financing statement in the following form and format except for a reason set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 9516:
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NOTICE OF INCOMPLETE TEXT: The UCC Financing Statement form appears in the hard-copy publication of the chaptered bill. See Sec. 21, Chapter 531 (pp. 30–31), Statutes of 2013.
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(b)

A filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written record in the following form and format except for a reason set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 9516:
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NOTICE OF INCOMPLETE TEXT: The UCC Financing Statement Amendment form appears in the hard-copy publication of the chaptered bill. See Sec. 21, Chapter 531 (pp. 33–34), Statutes of 2013.
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Source: Section 9521, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=COM§ionNum=9521.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2014; accessed Jul. 7, 2025).

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