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STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
SENATE BILL 988 By: Reinhardt
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to the Uniform Commercial Code ;
amending 12A O.S. 2021, Sections 1 -9-320.2, 1-9-
320.3, 1-9-320.4, 1-9-320.6, as amended by Section 1,
Chapter 109, O.S.L. 2022, 1-9-322, 1-9-501, and 1-9-
710 (12A O.S. Supp. 2024, Section 1 -9-320.6), which
relate to secured transactions; transferring certain
authority from Secretary of State to Oklahoma County
Clerk; directing Oklahoma Coun ty Clerk to take
certain actions; modifying certain filing procedures;
amending 28 O.S. 2021, Section 111, as amended by
Section 2, Chapter 109, O.S.L. 2022 (28 O.S. Supp.
2024, Section 111), which relates to fees to be
charged by Secretary of State; trans ferring certain
fees from Secretary of State to Oklahoma County
Clerk; providing an effective date; and declaring an
emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 12A O.S. 2021, Section 1-9-320.2,
is amended to read as follows:
Section 1-9-320.2.
DEFINITIONS; REQUISITES OF AN
EFFECTIVE FINANCING STATEMENT
As used in this section and Sections 1 -9-320.1 through 1-9-320.7
of this title:
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(a) “Buyer in the ordinary course of business ” means a
person who, in the ordinary course of business, buys
farm products from a person engaged in farming
operations who is in the business of selling farm
products.
(b) “Central filing system ” means a system for filing
effective financing statements on a statewide basis
and which has been certified by the Secretary of the
United States Department of Agriculture .
(c) “Commission merchant” means any person engaged in the
business of receiving any farm product for sale, on
commission, or for or on behalf o f another person.
(d) “Effective financing statement ” means a statement
that:
(i) is an original or reproduced form consistent with
the provisions of this act and approved by the
Secretary of State Oklahoma County Clerk ;
(ii) is signed and filed with the Secretary of State
Oklahoma County Clerk by the secured party;
(iii) is signed by the debtor;
(iv) contains:
(A) the name and address of the secured party,
(B) the name and address of the person indebted
to the secured party,
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(C) the social security number of the debtor or,
in the case of a debtor doing business other
than as an individual, the Internal Revenue
Service taxpayer identification number of
such debtor,
(D) the farm product name,
(E) each county in this state where the farm
product is produced or to be produced or a
blanket code covering all 77 Oklahoma
counties,
(F) a description of the farm products subject
to the security interest only if needed to
distinguish it from other such farm products
owned by the same person or persons but not
subject to the particular interest; and
(G) the crop year, unless every crop of the farm
product in question, for the duration of the
effective financing statement, is to be
subject to the particular security interest.
(v) (iv) must be amended in writing, within t hree
(3) months, similarly signed and filed, to
reflect material changes;
(vi) (v) remains effective for a period of five (5)
years from the date of filing, subject to
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extensions for additional periods of five (5)
years each by refiling or filing a continu ation
statement within six (6) months before the
expiration of the initial five -year period;
(vii) (vi) is not removed from the public database but
is not reported as an active files file when the
statement lapses on the expiration of the
effective period of the statement or when a
termination statement from the secured party is
accepted, whichever occurs first;
(viii) (vii) is accompanied by the requisite filing fee
provided for in Section 111 of Title 28 of the
Oklahoma Statutes; and
(ix) (viii) substantially complies with the
requirements of this paragraph even though it
contains minor errors that are not seriously
misleading.
(x) (ix) may reflect multiple products or products
in multiple counties.
(e) “Farm product” means an agricultural commodity such a s
wheat, corn, soybeans, or a species of livestock such
as cattle, hogs, sheep , horses, or poultry used or
produced in farming operations, or a product of such
crop or livestock in its unmanufactured state (such as
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ginned cotton, wool-clip, maple syrup, mi lk, and
eggs), that is in the possession of a person engaged
in farming operations.
(f) “Knows” or “knowledge” means actual knowledge.
(g) “Person” means any individual, partnership,
corporation, limited liability company, trust, or any
other business entity.
(h) “Security interest” means an interest in farm products
that secures payment or performance of an obligation.
(i) “Selling agent” means any person, other than a
commission merchant, who is engaged in the business of
negotiating the sale and purchase of any farm product
on behalf of a person engaged in farming operations.
(2) Unless otherwise provided for in this act, for purposes of
this section and Sections 4 and 6 of this act, receipt of notice
shall be presumed if notice is sent by first -class mail, postage
prepaid.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 12A O.S. 2021, Section 1-9-320.3,
is amended to read as follows:
Section 1-9-320.3.
FORMS; DUTY OF SECRETARY OF STATE
The Secretary of State Oklahoma County Clerk shall develop and
maintain a standard form for an effective financing statement and
for a statement of continuation, partial release, amendment, or
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assignment thereof, which shall be consistent with the provisions of
Sections 1-9-320.1 through 1-9-320.7 of this title.
SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 12A O.S. 2021, Section 1 -9-320.4,
is amended to read as follows:
Section 1-9-320.4.
PROTECTION OF BUYERS OF FARM PRODUCTS,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS AND SELLING AGENTS
A buyer of farm products, commission merchant, or sellin g agent
who purchases or sells farm products in the ordinary course of
business from or for a person engaged in farming operations takes
subject to a security interest in the farm products if:
(a) (i) the buyer of the farm products, commission merchant,
or selling agent has failed to register with the
Secretary of State Oklahoma County Clerk prior to the
purchase of the farm products and the secured party
has filed an effective financing statement that covers
the farm products being sold; or
(ii) the buyer of farm products, commission merchant or
selling agent receives from the Secretary of State
Oklahoma County Clerk written notice as provided in
paragraph (d) or (f) of subsection (4) of Section 1 -9-
320.6 of this title, and the buyer of farm products,
commission merchant or selling agent does not secure a
waiver or release of the sec urity interest specified
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in an effective financing statement from the secured
party by performing any payment obligation or
otherwise; or
(b) the secured party or the seller prov ides written notice of
the security interest pursuant to the provisions of Section
1-9-320.7 of this title.
SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 12A O.S. 2021, Section 1 -9-320.6,
as amended by Section 1, Chapter 109, O.S.L. 2022 (12A O.S. Supp.
2024, Section 1-9-320.6), is amended to read as follows:
Section 1-9-320.6.
CENTRAL FILING SYSTEM RELATING TO FARM PRODUCTS
(1) The Secretary of State Oklahoma County Clerk shall be
responsible for developing and implementing maintaining the central
filing system. This responsibility shall include obtaining the
necessary certification for the system from the United States
Department of Agriculture ( “USDA”). The effective date for the
implementation of the central filing system was October 24, 1988
shall be October 1, 2025.
(2) The Secretary of State Oklahoma County Clerk may
promulgate, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
Administrative Procedures Act , laws governing business within its
office, appropriate rules and practices of the filin g office in
harmony with the rules and practices of filing offices in other
jurisdictions that enact substantially this part and to keep the
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technology used by the filing office compatible with the technology
used by filing offices in other jurisdictions t hat enact
substantially this part. The Oklahoma County Clerk, so far as is
consistent with the purposes, policies, and provisions of this
article in adopting, amending, and repealing filing office rules,
shall:
(a) consult with filing offices in other jur isdictions
that enact substantially this part,
(b) consult the International Association of Co mmercial
Administrators or any successor organization, and
(c) take into consideration the rules and practices of,
and the technology used by, filing offices in o ther
jurisdictions that enact substantially this part, for
the implementation and operation of the central filing
system.
(3) The Office of Management and Enterprise Services shall
assist the Secretary of State in developing and implementing the
central filing system.
(4) The central filing system shall conform to the following
requirements:
(a) The Secretary of State Oklahoma County Clerk shall
record the date and, hour, minute, and second of the
filing of each effective financing statement;
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(b) The Secretary of State Oklahoma County Clerk shall
compile all effective financing sta tements into a
master list:
(i) organized according to farm products;
(ii) arranged within each such product:
(A) in alphabetical order according to the last
name of the individu al debtors or, in the
case of debtors doing business other than as
individuals, the first word in the name of
the debtors;
(B) in numerical order according to the Social
Security number of the individual debtors
or, in the case of debtors doing business
other than as individuals, the Internal
Revenue Service taxpayer identification
number of the debtors;
(C) geographically by county produced; and
(D) by crop year; and
(iii) containing the information provided for in
subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (d) of Sec tion 1-
9-320.2 of this title;
(iv) portions of the master list shall be available in
hard copy, electronic formats, or via Internet
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download, and may be organized by other sorting
methods in addition to the methods listed above .
(c) The Secretary of State shall maintain records of all
buyers of farm products, commission merchants, s elling
agents and others who register with the Secretary of
State, on a form containing:
(i) the name and address of each registrant;
(ii) the information on the farm product or products
that the registrant is requesting;
(iii) the name of each county where the product is
produced or to be produced, or a blanket code
covering all seventy -seven (77) counties of this
state; and
(iv) an authorized signature.
(d) (i) A copy of those portions of the master list
covering the information requested by a
registrant shall be distributed to such
registrants by the Secretary of State on or
before the last business day of each month and
shall be presumed to have been received by the
third business day of the following month.
(ii) Registrants shall be deemed to be registered only
as to those portions of the master list for which
they register, and shall be deemed to have failed
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to register and shall not be considered to be
registrants as to those portions for which they
do not register.
(iii) Registrants are subject only t o security
interests shown on the portions of the master
list which they receive as a consequence of
registration with the Secretary of State.
(iv) If a particular security inter est is shown on the
master list, but was included since the last
regular distribution of portions of the master
list to registrants, registrants shall not be
subject to that security interest;
(e) The duration of the registration with the Secretary of
State of a buyer of farm products, commission
merchant, selling agent or other reg istrant shall be
one (1) year from the effective date of the
registration with the Secretary of State.
(f) (i) Upon request, within twenty -four (24) hours of
any inquiry, for inf ormation, the Secretary of
State Oklahoma County Clerk shall provide verbal
confirmation of the existence or nonexistence of
any effective financing statement on file. By
the close of the business day following the day
on which the request was received, w ritten
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confirmation of the existence of an effective
financing statement will be provided to buyers of
farm products, commission merchants, and selling
agents who have not registered, and others who
request it.
(ii) The state or political subdivision shall not be
liable if a loss or claim results from any
confirmation of the existence or nonexistence of
any effective financing statement on file in the
Office of the Secretary of State Oklahoma County
Clerk’s office made in good faith by an employee
of the Office of the Secretary of State Oklahoma
County Clerk’s office as required by the
provisions of this section.
(5) (4) The filing in the office of the Secretary of State
Oklahoma County Clerk under this section shall be in addition to the
filing requirements provided for in this article.
(6) (5) A financing or continuation statement covering farm
products that has not lapsed and which was filed pursuant to this
title between December 23, 1986, and October 24, 1988, inclusive,
and for which no written notice was furnished as provided in Section
1-9-320.7 of this title, shall become in effective as to a buyer of
farm products, commission merchant or selling agent, unless the
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secured party files an effective financing statement in the office
of the Secretary of State Oklahoma County Clerk .
(7) (6) An effective financing statement shall not be deemed
filed in accordance with the provisions of this section until all
fees authorized by Section 111 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes
relating to the filing of the s tatement are tendered to the
Secretary of State Oklahoma County Clerk .
(8) (7) The secured party shall file a termination statement
within twenty (20) days after there is no outstanding secured
obligation or commitment to make advances, incur obligations or
otherwise give value. The termination statement shall refer to the
unique document ID number. The secured party shall not be required
to file a termination statement if the debtor, in writing, addressed
to the secured party, requests that a terminatio n not be filed. The
request shall be signed by the debtor or an authorized
representative and the request may be made at any time prior to the
expiration date of an effective financing statement set forth
herein. If the affected secured party fails to fi le a termination
statement as required by this subsection, the party shall be liable
to the Secretary of State Oklahoma County Clerk for Five Hundred
Dollars ($500.00). In addition the affected secured party shall be
liable to the debtor for any loss caus ed to the debtor by the
failure to terminate the effective financing statement .
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(9) (8) The Attorney General Oklahoma County District Attorney
shall be responsible for enforcing the provisions of subsection (8)
(7) of this section on behalf of the Secretary of State Oklahoma
County Clerk and is authorized to take appropriate actions to
collect any penalties owed to the Secretary of State Oklahoma County
Clerk pursuant to subsection (8) (7) of this section. When
collected, the Oklahoma County District Attorney General shall cause
the penalty to be deposited into the Central Filing System Revolving
Fund Oklahoma County Clerk ’s Uniform Commercial Code Central Filing
Fund created pursuant to Section 276.3 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma
Statutes Section 1-9-525.1 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes .
(9) As the purpose of an effective financing statement filing
is to ensure that a joint check is made payable to the debtor and
all applicable secured parties, there shall be no priority among
filings. Filings shall be processed according to the order in which
they were filed, as recorded in a timestamp within the filing.
(10) All active filings on the effective date of this act, as
provided in paragraph (1) of this section, shall be filed with the
Oklahoma County Clerk’s office. Each active filing that is filed
pursuant to the requirements of this paragraph shall be accompanied
with a transition document that shall be provided by the Oklahoma
County Clerk’s office. The Oklahoma County Clerk ’s office shall
charge no fee for active filings that are migrated to the system
maintained by the Okl ahoma County Clerk.
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SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 12A O.S. 2021, Section 1 -9-322, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1-9-322.
PRIORITIES AMONG CONFLICTING S ECURITY INTERESTS
IN AND AGRICULTURAL LIENS ON SAME COLLATERAL
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, priority
among conflicting security interests and agricultural liens in the
same collateral is determined according to the following rules:
(1) Conflicting perfected security interests and agricultural
liens rank according to priority in time of filing or perfection.
Priority dates from the earlier of the time a filing covering the
collateral is first made or the security interest or agricultu ral
lien is first perfected, if there is no period thereafter when there
is neither filing nor perfection;
(2) A perfected security interest or agricultural lien has
priority over a conflicting unperfected security interest or
agricultural lien; and
(3) The first security interest or agricultural lien to attach
or become effective has priority if an effective financing statement
has been filed with the Oklahoma County Clerk ’s office, conflicting
security interests and agricultural liens are unperfected.
(b) For the purposes of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of this
section:
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(1) The time of filing by the Oklahoma County Clerk ’s office or
perfection as to a security interest in collateral is also the time
of filing by the Oklahoma County Clerk ’s office or perfection as to
a security interest in proceeds; and
(2) The time of filing or perfection as to a security interest
in collateral supported by a supporting obligation is also the time
of filing or perfection as to a security interest in the supporting
obligation.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f) of this
section, a security interest in collateral which qualifies for
priority over a conflicting security interest under Sections 1 -9-
327, 1-9-328, 1-9-329, 1-9-330, or 1-9-331 of this title also has
priority over a conflicting security interest in:
(1) Any supporting obligation for the collateral; and
(2) Proceeds of the collateral if:
(A) the security interest in proceeds is perfected;
(B) the proceeds are cash proceeds or of the same type as
the collateral; and
(C) in the case of proceeds that are proceeds of proceeds,
all intervening proceeds are cash proceeds, proceeds
of the same type as the collateral, or an account
relating to the collateral.
(d) Subject to subsection (e) of this sec tion and except as
otherwise provided in subsection (f) of this section, if a security
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interest in chattel paper, deposit accounts, negotiable documents,
instruments, investment property, or letter -of-credit rights is
perfected by a method other than filin g, conflicting perfected
security interests in proceeds of the collateral rank according to
priority in time of filing.
(e) Subsection (d) of this section applies only if the proceeds
of the collateral are not cash proceeds, chattel paper, negotiable
documents, instruments, investment property, or letter -of-credit
rights.
(f) Subsections (a) through (e) of this section are subject to:
(1) subsection (g) of this section and the other provisions of
this part;
(2) Section 4-210 of this title with respect t o a security
interest of a collecting bank;
(3) Section 5-118 of this title with respect to a security
interest of an issuer or nominated person; and
(4) Section 1-9-110 of this title with respect to a security
interest arising under Article 2 or 2A of t his title.
(g) A perfected agricultural lien on collateral has priority
over a conflicting security interest in or agricultural lien on the
same collateral if the statute creating the agricultural lien so
provides.
SECTION 6. AMENDATORY 12A O.S. 2021, Section 1 -9-501, is
amended to read as follows:
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Section 1-9-501.
FILING OFFICE
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this
section, if the local law of this state governs perfection of a
security interest or agricultu ral lien, the office in which to file
a financing statement to perfect the sec urity interest or
agricultural lien is:
(1) the office designated for the filing or recording of a
record of a mortgage on the related real property, if:
(A) the collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to
be cut; or
(B) the financing statement is filed as a fixture filing
and the collateral is goods that are or are to become
fixtures; or
(2) the office of the county clerk of Oklahoma County, in all
other cases, including a case in which the collateral is goods that
are or are to become fixtures an d the financing statement is not
filed as a fixture filing.
(b) The office in which to file a financing statement to
perfect a security interest in collateral, including fixture s, of a
transmitting utility is the office of the Secretary of State
pursuant to Sections 17 and 18 of Title 46 of the Oklahoma Statutes
Oklahoma County Clerk . The financing statement also constitutes a
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fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in the financing
statement which is or is to become fixtures.
SECTION 7. AMENDATORY 12A O.S. 2021, Section 1 -9-710, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1-9-710. (a) In this section:
(1) “Local-filing office” means a filing office, other than the
statewide filing office in the office of the County Clerk of
Oklahoma County or the statewide filing office in the office of the
Secretary of State, that is designated as the proper place to file a
financing statement under former Article 9 of this title;
(2) (A) “Former-Article 9 records” means:
(i) financing statements and other records that have
been filed in a local -filing office before July
1, 2001, and that are, or upon processing and
indexing will be, reflected in the index
maintained by the local-filing office for filing
for financing statements and other records filed
in the local-filing office before July 1, 2001,
and
(ii) the index maintained by the local -filing office
as of June 30, 2001, including entries for
filings completed be fore July 1, 2001, even
though processed on or after that date.
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(B) “Former-Article 9 records” do not include records
presented to a local -filing office for filing after
June 30, 2001, whether or not the records relate to
financing statements filed in the local-filing office
before July 1, 2001; and
(3) “Mortgage”, “as-extracted collateral ”, “fixture filing”,
“goods” and “fixtures” have the meanings set forth in this article
of this title.
(b) A local-filing office shall not accept for filing a record
presented after June 30, 2001, whether or not the record relates to
a financing statement filed in the local -filing office before July
1, 2001.
(c) Until July 1, 2008, each local -filing office shall maintain
all former-Article 9 records in accordance with fo rmer-Article 9. A
former-Article 9 record which is filed before July 1, 2001, but
which is not reflected on the index maintained as of June 30, 2001,
by the local-filing office, shall be processed and indexed and
reflected on the index maintained as of Ju ne 30, 2001, as soon as
practicable, but in no event later than July 30, 2001.
(d) Until July 1, 2008, each local -filing office shall respond
to requests for information with respect to former -Article 9 records
relating to a debtor and shall issue certifi cates in accordance with
former-Article 9. The fees for issuing a certificate or for
furnishing a certified copy of a former -Article 9 record shall be
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the uniform fees provided by subsections (c) and (d) of Section 1 -9-
525 of this title.
(e) After June 30, 2008, each local-filing office may remove
and destroy all former -Article 9 records pursuant to Section 155.2
of Title 19 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
(f) This section shall not apply, with respect to financing
statements and other records, to a filing off ice in which mortgages
or records of mortgages on real property are required to be filed or
recorded if:
(1) the collateral is timber to be cut or as -extracted
collateral, or
(2) the record is or relates to a financing statement files as
a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to
become fixtures.
SECTION 8. AMENDATORY 28 O.S. 2021, Section 111, as
amended by Section 2, Chapter 109, O.S.L. 2022 (28 O.S. Supp. 2024,
Section 111), is amended to read as follows:
Section 111. A. In addition to other fees provided for by law,
the Secretary of State Oklahoma County Clerk shall collect the
following fees:
1. For affixing the certificate stamp of the Secretary of State
Oklahoma County Clerk and the seal of the State of Oklahoma Oklahoma
County, Ten Dollars ($10.00);
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2. For copying any paper or document, One Dollar ($1.00) per
page, provided the minimum charge shall not be less than Two Dollars
($2.00);
3. For filing an effective financing statement in the Office of
the Secretary of State Oklahoma County Clerk ’s office pursuant to
Section 1-9-320.6 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes, Ten Dollars
($10.00);
4. For filing a continuation statement, partial release,
assignment of or amendment to an effective financing statement filed
in the Office of the Secretary of State Oklahoma County Clerk ’s
office pursuant to Section 1 -9-320.6 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma
Statutes, Ten Dollars ($10.00);
5. For filing a termination statement for an effective
financing statement f iled in the Office of the Secretary of State
Oklahoma County Clerk ’s office pursuant to Section 1 -9-320.6 of
Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes, Ten Dollars ($10.00);
6. For registering a buyer of farm products, commission
merchant, selling agent or other interested party as provided for in
Section 1-9-320.6 of Title 12A of the Okl ahoma Statutes, Fifty
Dollars ($50.00) per year. The registration fee provided for in
this paragraph shall not apply if the buyer of farm products,
commission merchant, selling agent, or other interested party as
provided for in Section 1 -9-320.6 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma
Statutes accesses the master list through Internet download;
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7. For distributing a copy of the master list or portions
thereof to registrants, as provided f or in Section 1-9-320.6 of
Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes, in accordance w ith the following
fee schedule. Such fees may be paid annually or semiannually:
a. For information requested for five or less counties:
Number of Farm
Products Paper
(1) 1 to 5 products ............$150 per year
(2) 6 to 10 products ...........$200 per year
(3) 11 to 20 products ..........$250 per year
(4) over 20 products ...........$300 per year
b. For information requested for six to twenty -five
counties:
Number of Farm
Products Paper
(1) 1 to 10 products ...........$200 per year
(2) 11 to 20 products ..........$250 per year
(3) over 20 products ...........$300 per year
c. For information requested for twenty -six to fifty
counties:
Number of Farm
Products Paper
(1) 1 to 10 products ...........$250 per year
(2) 11 to 20 products ..........$300 per year
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(3) over 20 products ...........$350 per year
d. For information requested for over fifty counties:
Number of Farm
Products Paper
(1) 1 to 10 products ...........$300 per year
(2) 11 to 20 products ..........$350 per year
(3) over 20 products ..........$400 per year;
8. a. The Secretary of State is authorized to provide for
the distribution of the master list or portions
thereof to those persons specified in paragraph 7 of
this subsection through Internet download, electronic
data equipment, or other communication media in such
form and manner as is specified b y the Secretary of
State. The Secretary of State shall not collect a fee
for distribution of the master list or portions
thereof through Internet download.
b. The Secretary of State Oklahoma County Clerk is
authorized to establish a fee system for such tr ansfer
of information pursuant to this paragraph. Such fee
shall not exceed the amount necessary to cover the
costs of the Secretary of State Oklahoma County Clerk
in providing such transfer of information.
c. In providing for the transfer of the informat ion
specified by this paragraph, the Secretary of State
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Oklahoma County Clerk shall ensure the integrity of
confidential information within the Office of the
Secretary of State Oklahoma County Clerk ’s office
through data security measures, internal control s and
appropriate data base management;
9. For issuing a written confirmation of the existence or
nonexistence of active effective financing statements on file for a
debtor in the Office of the Secretary of State Oklahoma County
Clerk’s office, Six Dollars ($6.00);
10. The Secretary of State shall collect a fee of Twenty -five
Dollars ($25.00) for every apostille issued. For the purposes of
this paragraph, an apostille is a special certificate attached to a
public record, as required by the 1961 Hague Con vention, Fed. R.
Civ. P. 44 (28 U.S.C.A.), to certify the authenticity of the
signature, the capacity in which the person signing the document has
acted and, where appropriate, the identity of the seal or stamp
which it bears; provided, however, a fee of T en Dollars ($10.00)
shall be collected for any apostille requested for an international
adoption not to exceed One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) for the
adoption of each child; and
11. For each service rendered and not specified in this
section, such fees as are allowed for similar services in other
cases.
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B. All fees shall be properl y accounted for and shall be paid
into to the State Treasury Oklahoma County Clerk monthly. The fees
generated by paragraphs 1 , 2, 10 and 11 through 5 and 9 of
subsection A of this section shall be deposited to the credit of the
Revolving Fund for the Office of the Secretary of State Oklahoma
County Clerk’s Uniform Commercial Code Central Filing Fund created
pursuant to Section 276.1 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes
Section 1-9-525.1 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes . The fees
generated by paragra phs 3 6 through 9 8 and 10 of subsection A of
this section and other fees collected by the central filing system
shall be deposited to the credit of the Central Filing System
Revolving Fund Oklahoma County Clerk ’s Uniform Commercial Code
Central Filing Fund created pursuant to Section 276.3 of Title 62 of
the Oklahoma Statutes Section 1-9-525.1 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma
Statutes.
SECTION 9. This act shall becom e effective July 1, 2025.
SECTION 10. It being immediately nec essary for the preservation
of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
be in full force fro m and after its passage and approval.
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