7-17-7  Filing officer's duties deemed
ministerial. The duties and responsibilities of the
filing officer with respect to the administration of
the UCC shall be deemed ministerial. In accept-
ing for filing or refusing to file a UCC record ac-
cording to these regulations, none of the following
shall be deemed to be performed by the filing
officer: (a) Determination of the legal sufficiency
or insufficiency of a record;

 (b) determination that a security interest in col-
lateral exists or does not exist;

 (c) determination that information in the record
is correct or incorrect, in whole or in part; or

 (d) creation of a presumption that the infor-
mation in the record is correct or incorrect, in
whole or in part. (Authorized by and implement-
ing L. 2000, Ch. 142, § 97; effective Oct. 12, 2001.)