7-17-2  Delivery of records. (a) UCC rec-
ords may be tendered for filing at the filing office
as follows:

 (1) Personal delivery, at the filing office's street
address;

 (2) courier delivery, at the filing office's street
address;

 (3) postal service delivery, to the filing office's
mailing address; and

 (4) electronic delivery, to the secretary of state
via the secretary of state's web site.

 (b) The filing date for any UCC record deliv-
ered to the filing office shall be the date of receipt
by the filing office. UCC records tendered by per-
sonal delivery and electronic delivery shall be
processed and assigned a file time upon receipt.
UCC records tendered by courier or postal service
shall be processed and assigned a filing time in
the order they are received.

 (c) UCC search requests may be delivered by
any means by which UCC records may be deliv-
ered to the filing office. Search requests on a
debtor named in an initial financing statement
may be made by an appropriate indication on the
initial financing statement, if the search fee is in-
cluded. (Authorized by L. 2000, Ch. 142, § 97; im-
plementing L. 2000, Ch. 142, § 87; effective Oct.
12, 2001.)