Instructions for UCC Financing Statement (Form UCC1)
Please type or laser-print this form. Be sure it is completely legible. Read and follow all Instructions, especially Instruction 1; use of the correct name
for the Debtor is crucial.
Fill in form very carefully; mistakes may have important legal consequences. If you have questions, consult your attorney. The filing office cannot give
legal advice.
Send completed form and any attachments to the filing office, with the required fee.
ITEM INSTRUCTIONS
A and B. To assist filing offices that might wish to communicate with filer, filer may provide information in item A and item B. These items are optional.
C. Complete item C if filer desires an acknowledgment sent to them. If filing in a filing office that returns an acknowledgment copy furnished by filer,
present simultaneously with this form the Acknowledgment Copy or a carbon or other copy of this form for use as an acknowledgment copy.
1. Debtor’s name. Carefully review applicable statutory guidance about providing the debtor’s name. Enter only one Debtor name in item 1 -- either
an organization's name (1a)
or an individual’s name (1b). If any part of the Individual Debtor’s name will not fit in line 1b, check the box in item 1,
leave all of item 1 blank, check the box in item 9 of the Financing Statement Addendum (Form UCC1Ad) and enter the Individual Debtor name in
item 10 of the Financing Statement Addendum (Form UCC1Ad). Enter Debtor’s
correct name. Do not abbreviate words that are not already
abbreviated in the Debtor’s name. If a portion of the Debtor’s name consists of only an initial or an abbreviation rather than a full word, enter only
the abbreviation or the initial. If the collateral is held in a trust and the Debtor name is the name of the trust, enter trust name in the Organization’s
Name box in item 1a.
1a. Organization Debtor Name. “Organization Name” means the name of an entity that is not a natural person. A sole proprietorship is not an
organization, even if the individual proprietor does business under a trade name. If Debtor is a registered organization (e.g., corporation, limited
partnership, limited liability company), it is advisable to examine Debtor’s current filed public organic records to determine Debtor's correct name.
Trade name is insufficient. If a corporate ending (e.g., corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company) is part of the Debtor’s name, it must
be included. Do not use words that are not part of the Debtor’s name.
1b. Individual Debtor Name. “Individual Name” means the name of a natural person; this includes the name of an individual doing business as a sole
proprietorship, whether or not operating under a trade name. The term includes the name of a decedent where collateral is being administered by
a personal representative of the decedent. The term does not include the name of an entity, even if it contains, as part of the entity’s name, the
name of an individual. Prefixes (e.g., Mr., Mrs., Ms.) and titles (e.g., M.D.) are generally not part of an individual name. Indications of lineage (e.g.,
Jr., Sr., III) generally are not part of the individual’s name, but may be entered in the Suffix box. Enter individual Debtor’s surname (family name)
in Individual’s Surname box, first personal name in First Personal Name box, and all additional names in Additional Name(s)/Initial(s) box.
If a Debtor’s name consists of only a single word, enter that word in Individual’s Surname box and leave other boxes blank.
For both organization and individual Debtors. Do not use Debtor’s trade name, DBA, AKA, FKA, division name, etc. in place of or combined with
Debtor’s correct name; filer may add such other names as additional Debtors if desired (but this is neither required nor recommended).
1c. Enter a mailing address for the Debtor named in item 1a or 1b.
2. Additional Debtor’s name. If an additional Debtor is included, complete item 2, determined and formatted per Instruction 1. For additional Debtors,
attach either Addendum (Form UCC1Ad) or Additional Party (Form UCC1AP) and follow Instruction 1 for determining and formatting additional
names.
3. Secured Party’s name. Enter name and mailing address for Secured Party or Assignee who will be the Secured Party of record. For additional
Secured Parties, attach either Addendum (Form UCC1Ad) or Additional Party (Form UCC1AP). If there has been a full assignment of the initial
Secured Party’s right to be Secured Party of record before filing this form, either (1) enter Assignor Secured Party‘s name and mailing address in
item 3 of this form and file an Amendment (Form UCC3) [see item 5 of that form]; or (2) enter Assignee’s name and mailing address in item 3 of
this form and, if desired, also attach Addendum (Form UCC1Ad) giving Assignor Secured Party’s name and mailing address in item 11.
4. Collateral. Use item 4 to indicate the collateral covered by this financing statement. If space in item 4 is insufficient, continue the collateral
description in item 12 of the Addendum (Form UCC1Ad) or attach additional page(s) and incorporate by reference in item 12 (e.g., See Exhibit A).
Do not include social security numbers or other personally identifiable information.
Note: If this financing statement covers timber to be cut, covers as-extracted collateral, and/or is filed as a fixture filing, attach Addendum (Form
UCC1Ad) and complete the required information in items 13, 14, 15, and 16.
5. If collateral is held in a trust or being administered by a decedent’s personal representative, check the appropriate box in item 5. If more than one
Debtor has an interest in the described collateral and the check box does not apply to the interest of all Debtors, the filer should consider filing a
separate Financing Statement (Form UCC1) for each Debtor.
6a. If this financing statement relates to a Public-Finance Transaction, Manufactured-Home Transaction, or a Debtor is a Transmitting Utility, check
the appropriate box in item 6a. If a Debtor is a Transmitting Utility and the initial financing statement is filed in connection with a Public-Finance
Transaction or Manufactured-Home Transaction, check only that a Debtor is a Transmitting Utility.
6b. If this is an Agricultural Lien (as defined in applicable state’s enactment of the Uniform Commercial Code) or if this is not a UCC security interest
filing (e.g., a tax lien, judgment lien, etc.), check the appropriate box in item 6b and attach any other items required under other law.
7. Alternative Designation. If filer desires (at filer's option) to use the designations lessee and lessor, consignee and consignor, seller and buyer
(such as in the case of the sale of a payment intangible, promissory note, account or chattel paper), bailee and bailor, or licensee and licensor
instead of Debtor and Secured Party, check the appropriate box in item 7.
8. Optional Filer Reference Data. This item is optional and is for filer's use only. For filer's convenience of reference, filer may enter in item 8 any
identifying information that filer may find useful. Do not include social security numbers or other personally identifiable information.
