Oklahoma 2025 2025 Regular Session

Oklahoma Senate Bill SB988 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 04/21/2025

                     
 
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STATE OF OKLAHOMA 
 
1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025) 
 
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE 
FOR ENGROSSED 
SENATE BILL NO. 988 	By: Reinhardt and Hall of the 
Senate 
 
  and 
 
  Pfeiffer of the House 
 
 
 
 
 
 
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE 
 
An Act relating to the Uniform Commercia l 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, and 1-9-525 (12A O.S. Supp. 
2024, Section 1-9-320.6), which relate to secured 
transactions; transferring certain authori ty from 
Secretary of State to Oklahoma County Clerk; 
directing Oklahoma County 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; transferring certain 
fees from Secretary of State to Oklahoma County 
Clerk; updating statutory language; and providing a 
conditional effective date. 
 
 
 
 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF T HE 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.   
 
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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: 
(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 of 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;   
 
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(iv) contains: 
(A) the name and address of the secured party, 
(B) the name and address of the person indebted 
to the secured party, 
(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.   
 
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(v) (iv) must be amended in writing, within three 
(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 
extensions for additional periods of five (5) 
years each by refiling or filing a continuation 
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 prod ucts 
in multiple counties.   
 
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(e) “Farm product” means an agricultural commodity such as 
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 
ginned cotton, wool-clip, maple syrup, milk, 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, pa rtnership, 
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:   
 
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Section 1-9-320.3. 
FORMS; DUTY OF SECRETARY OF STATE OKLAHOMA COUNTY CLERK 
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 
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 selling 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 par ty 
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   
 
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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 security interest specified 
in an effective financing statement from the se cured 
party by performing any payment obligation or 
otherwise; or 
(b) the secured party or the seller provides 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”) (USDA).  The effective date for 
the implementation of the central filing system was October 24, 1988 
shall be one hundred eighty (180) days from the certification of the 
central filing system by the USDA .   
 
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(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 filing office in 
harmony with the rules and practices of filing office s in other 
jurisdictions that enact substantially this part and to keep the 
technology used by the filing office compatible with the technology 
used by filing offices in other jurisdictions that 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 jurisdictions 
that enact substantially this part, 
(b) consult the International Association of Commercial 
Administrators or any successor organization, and 
(c) take into consideration the rules and practices of, 
and the technology used by, filing offices in other 
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.   
 
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(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; 
(b) The Secretary of State Oklahoma County Clerk shall 
compile all effective financing statements 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 individual debtors or, in the 
case of debtors doing business other than a s 
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 id entification 
number of the debtors; 
(C) geographically by county produced; and 
(D) by crop year; and   
 
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(iii) containing the information provided for in 
subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (d) of Section 1 -
9-320.2 of this title; 
(iv) portions of the master list sh all be available in 
hard copy, electronic formats, or via Internet 
download, and may be organized by other sorting 
methods in addition to the methods listed above . 
(c) The Secretary of State Oklahoma County Clerk shall 
maintain records of all buyers of far m products, 
commission merchants, selling agents and others who 
register with the Secretary of State Oklahoma County 
Clerk, 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 Oklahoma   
 
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County Clerk on or before the last business day 
of each month and shall be presumed to have been 
received by the third busi ness 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 
to register and shall not be considered to be 
registrants as to thos e portions for which they 
do not register. 
(iii) Registrants are subject only to security 
interests shown on the portions of the master 
list which they receive as a consequence of 
registration with the Secretary of State Oklahoma 
County Clerk. 
(iv) If a particular security interest 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 wit h the Secretary of 
State Oklahoma County Clerk of a buyer of farm 
products, commission merchant, selling agent or other 
registrant shall be one (1) year from the effective   
 
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date of the registration with the Secretary of State 
Oklahoma County Clerk . 
(f) (i) Upon request, within twenty-four (24) hours of 
any inquiry, for information, 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, written 
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 o thers 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.   
 
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(5) (4) The filing in the office of the Secretary of State 
Oklahoma County Cler k 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, 198 6, 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 ineffective as to a buyer of 
farm products, commission merchant or selling agent, unless the 
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 o f Title 28 of the Oklahoma Statutes 
relating to the filing of the statement 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 se cured 
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 termination not be filed.  The 
request shall be signed by the debtor or an authorized   
 
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representative and the request may be made at any time prior to the 
expiration date of an effective financing sta tement set forth 
herein.  If the affected secured party fails to file 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 aff ected secured party shall be 
liable to the debtor for any loss caused to the debtor by the 
failure to terminate the effective financing statement. 
(9) (8) The Attorney General Oklahoma County District Attorney 
shall be responsible for enforcing the provis ions 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 secure d 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.   
 
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(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 Oklahoma County Clerk . 
SECTION 5.     AMENDATORY     12A O.S. 2021, Section 1 -9-525, is 
amended to read as follows: 
Section 1-9-525. 
FEES 
(a)  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) of this 
section, the fee for filing and indexing a record under this part, 
other than an initial financing statement of the kind described in 
subsection (c) of Se ction 1-9-502 of this title, is: 
(1)  Ten Dollars ($10.00) if the record is communicated in 
writing and consists of one to five pages, and an additional One 
Dollar ($1.00) per page for each page exceeding five; and 
(2)  Ten Dollars ($10.00) if the record i s communicated by an 
electronic medium authorized by filing -office rule. 
(b)  The number of names required to be indexed does not affect 
the amount of the fee in subsection (a) of this section.   
 
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(c)  The fee for responding to a request for information from 
the filing office in any medium designated by the filing office, 
including issuing a certificate showing whether there is on file any 
financing statement naming a particular debtor, is Ten Dollars 
($10.00) for each debtor. 
(d)  The fee for a copy of a reco rd is One Dollar ($1.00) per 
page regardless of the medium used. 
(e)  This section does not require a fee with respect to a 
record of a mortgage which is effective as a financing statement 
filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as -
extracted collateral or timber to be cut under subsection (c) of 
Section 1-9-502 of this title.  However, the recording and 
satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record 
of the mortgage apply pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 15 an d 
16 of subsection A of Section 32 of Title 28 of the Oklahoma 
Statutes. 
(f) The fee for providing certified copies shall be One Dollar 
($1.00) per page regardless of medium. 
(g)  The fee for providing bulk data of indexed records as 
described in subsecti on (f) of Section 1-9-523 of this title is as 
follows: 
(1)  Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for the initial database 
history. 
(2)  Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for weekly updates to the database.   
 
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(3)  Four cents ($0.04) per page for images of filed records. 
(h)  The filing office may accept payment for fees by automated 
clearing house or by a nationally recognized debit or credit card.  
If payment is made by a credit or debit card, the filing office may 
add an amount equal to the amount of the service charge incur red for 
the acceptance of the payment.  The filing office may enter into 
contracts for credit card processing services according to 
applicable county purchasing laws or may enter into agreements with 
the State Treasurer to participate in any credit card pr ocessing 
agreements entered into by the State Treasurer . 
(i)  In addition to the other fees provided by law, the Oklahoma 
County Clerk shall, upon the effective date of the central filing 
system provided for in Section 1-9-320.6 of this title, collect the 
following fees: 
(1)  For filing an effective financing statement in the Oklahoma 
County Clerk’s office pursuant to Section 1 -9-320.6 of this title, 
Ten Dollars ($10.00); 
(2)  For filing a continuation statement, partial release, or 
assignment of or amendme nt to an effective financing statement filed 
in the Oklahoma County Clerk’s office pursuant to Section 1 -9-320.6 
of this title, Ten Dollars ($10.00); 
(3)  For filing a termination statement for an effective 
financing statement filed in the Oklahoma County Clerk’s office 
pursuant to Section 1 -9-320.6 of this title, Ten Dollars ($10.00);   
 
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(4)  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 this title, 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 
this title accesses the master lis t through Internet download; 
(5)  For distributing a copy of the master list or portions 
thereof to registrants, as provided for in Section 1 -9-320.6 of this 
title, in accordance with the following fee schedule.  Such fees may 
be paid annually or semiannua lly: 
(A) For information requested for five or fewer counties: 
 	Number of Farm 
 	Products 	Paper 
(i) 1 to 5 products ............$150 per year 
(ii) 6 to 10 products ...........$200 per year 
(iii) 11 to 20 products ..........$250 per year 
(iv) over 20 products ...........$300 per year 
(B) For information requested for six to twenty -five 
counties: 
 	Number of Farm 
 	Products 	Paper 
(i) 1 to 10 products ...........$200 per year 
(ii) 11 to 20 products ..........$250 per year   
 
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(iii) over 20 products ...........$300 per year 
(C) For information requested for twenty -six to fifty 
counties: 
 	Number of Farm 
 	Products 	Paper 
(i) 1 to 10 products ...........$250 per year 
(ii) 11 to 20 products ..........$300 per year 
(iii) over 20 products ...........$350 per year 
(D) For information requested for over fifty counties: 
 	Number of Farm 
 	Products 	Paper 
(i) 1 to 10 products ...........$300 per year 
(ii) 11 to 20 products ..........$350 per year 
(iii) over 20 products ..........$400 per year; 
(6) (A) The Oklahoma County Clerk is authorized to provide for 
the distribution of the master list or portions 
thereof to those persons specified in paragraph 5 of 
this subsection through Internet download, electronic 
data equipment, or other communication media in such 
form and manner as is specified by the Oklahoma County 
Clerk.  The Oklahoma County Clerk shall not collect a 
fee for distribution of the master list or portions 
thereof through Internet download.   
 
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(B) The Oklahoma County Clerk is authorized to establish a 
fee system for such transfer of information pursuant 
to this paragraph.  Such fee shall not exceed the 
amount necessary to cover the costs of the Oklahoma 
County Clerk in providing such transfer of 
information. 
(C) In providing for the transfer of the information 
specified by this paragraph, the Oklahoma County Clerk 
shall ensure the integrity of confidential information 
through data security measures, internal contro ls, and 
appropriate database management; and 
(7)  For issuing a written confirmation of the existence or 
nonexistence of active effective financing statements on file for a 
debtor in the Oklahoma County Clerk’s office, Six Dollars ($6.00). 
(j)  All fees shall be properly accounted for and shall be paid 
to the Oklahoma County Clerk monthly.  The fees generated by 
subsection (i) of this section shall be deposited to the credit of 
the Oklahoma County Clerk’s Uniform Commercial Code Central Filing 
Fund created pursuant to Section 1 -9-525.1 of this title. 
SECTION 6.     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 shall collect the following fees:   
 
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1.  For affixing the certificate of the Secretary of State and 
the seal of the State of Oklahoma, Ten Dollars ($10.00); 
2.  For copying any paper or docum ent, 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 pursuant to Section 1 -9-320.6 of Title 12A of 
the Oklahoma Statutes, prior to the effective date of the central 
filing system provided in 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 pursuant to Section 1 -9-
320.6 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes , prior to the effective 
date of the central filing system provided in Section 1-9-320.6 of 
Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statu tes, Ten Dollars ($10.00); 
5.  For filing a termination statement for an effective 
financing statement filed in the Office of the Secretary of State 
pursuant to Section 1 -9-320.6 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes , 
prior to the effective date of the cen tral filing system provided in 
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   
 
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Section 1-9-320.6 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes, prior to 
the effective date of the central filing system provided in Section 
1-9-320.6 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma 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; 
7.  For distributing a copy of the master list or portions 
thereof to registrants, as provided for in Section 1 -9-320.6 of 
Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes , prior to the effective date of 
the central filing system provided in Section 1-9-320.6 of Title 12A 
of the Oklahoma Statutes , in accordance with 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: 
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 	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 
(3) over 20 products ...........$350 per year 
d. For information requested for over fif ty 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 , prior to the effective date of 
the central filing system provided in Section 1-9-
320.6 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes , 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 
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communication media in such form and manner as is 
specified by 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 , prior to the effective date of 
the central filing system provided in Section 1-9-
320.6 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes , is 
authorized to establish a fee system for such transfer 
of information pursuant to this paragraph.  Such fee 
shall not exceed the amou nt necessary to cover the 
costs of the Secretary of State in providing such 
transfer of information. 
c. In providing for the transfer of the information 
specified by this paragraph, the Secretary of State 
shall ensure the integrity of confidential informat ion 
within the Office of the Secretary of State through 
data security measures, internal controls 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 , prior to the 
effective date of the central filing system provided in Section 1-9-
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10.  The Secretary of State shall collect a fee of Twe nty-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 Convention, Fed. R. 
Civ. P. 44 (28 U.S.C.A.), to certify the authent icity 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 Ten Dollars ($10.00) 
shall be collected for any apostille requeste d 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. 
B.  All fees shall be properly accounted for and shall be paid 
into the State Treasury monthly.  The fees generated by paragraphs 
1, 2, 10 and 11 of subsection A of this section shall be deposited 
to the credit of the Revolving Fund for the Office of the Secretary 
of State created pursuant to Section 276.1 of Title 62 of the 
Oklahoma Statutes.  The fees generated by paragraphs 3 through 9 of 
subsection A of this section and other fees collected by the central 
filing system shall be deposited to the credit of the Central Fi ling 
System Revolving Fund created pursuant to Section 276.3 of Title 62 
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SECTION 7.  This act shall become effective one hundred eighty 
(180) days from the certification of the central filing system by 
the USDA, pursuant to the implementation effective date set forth in 
Section 1-9-320.6 of Title 12A of the Oklahoma Statutes.  Upon the 
occurrence of such implementation, the Oklahoma County Clerk shall 
issue a formal notification to the President Pro Tempore of the 
Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Governor, 
and the Secretary of State indicating that the contingency has been 
met and the amendments shall take effect. 
 
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