(9-522) Maintenance and destruction of records
N.D. Cent. Code § 41-09-93
in effect41-09-93. (9-522) Maintenance and destruction of records
1. The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing
statement for at least one year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has
lapsed under section 41-09-86 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record
must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and by using the file number
assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates.
2. Except to the extent that a statute governing disposition of public records provides
otherwise, the filing office immediately may destroy any written record evidencing a
financing statement. However, if the filing office destroys a written record, it shall
maintain another record of the financing statement which complies with subsection 1.
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