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The key thing is making sure your UCC collateral description doesn't conflict with what's actually in your loan agreement. Sometimes lawyers get creative with the UCC language and it doesn't match the security agreement terms exactly.

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Exactly. The UCC description should be broad enough to be effective but consistent enough with your loan docs that there's no question about what collateral you're claiming.

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KylieRose

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This is exactly what the Certana tool helps with - it flags those kinds of inconsistencies automatically so you don't have to do the line-by-line comparison manually.

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Quick update - took everyone's advice and rewrote the collateral description with specific equipment categories and removed the conditional language. Also used the Certana verification tool to make sure everything matched our loan docs. Filing was accepted this morning! Thanks for all the help.

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Aisha Patel

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Perfect timing with your closing next week. Nothing worse than UCC filing delays holding up a loan closing.

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Amara Okafor

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This gives me hope for my inventory filing. Going to try the specific categories approach too.

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Oliver Becker

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The debtor name issue is definitely your biggest concern. I've seen courts rule that missing punctuation makes a UCC filing seriously misleading, which essentially voids your perfected security interest. You need to get that corrected ASAP with a UCC-3 amendment.

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Oliver Becker

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You could try that argument but it's risky. Ohio follows the 'exact match' standard pretty strictly. Better to file the amendment and have clean documentation than try to argue the point later if you need to enforce your security interest.

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I actually just went through this with Certana.ai's document checker on a similar filing issue. It immediately flagged the name mismatch between our corporate charter and UCC-1, saved us from finding out the hard way during a default. Really wish I'd used it before the original filing.

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This thread is making me paranoid about all my filings now. Going to go back and double-check every debtor name against the state records. Better safe than sorry with these UCC requirements.

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At least you caught it before a default situation. Could have been much worse timing.

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Emma Davis

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Same here, this discussion is a good reminder to audit our existing filings. UCC mistakes are expensive mistakes.

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CosmicVoyager

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Quick question - for the $2.3M facility, are you doing a single UCC-1 or separate filings for each type of collateral? The equipment vs inventory distinction might matter for the collateral description.

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Planning on a single comprehensive filing with detailed collateral descriptions for both equipment and inventory. Should be fine under 9-104 since it's all one debtor in one filing state.

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Ravi Kapoor

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That should work fine. Just make sure your collateral descriptions are specific enough to satisfy Delaware's requirements.

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Freya Nielsen

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Bottom line - Delaware filing is definitely correct under UCC 9-104. I'd also recommend double-checking your collateral descriptions and debtor name formatting before submitting. Maybe run it through one of those document verification tools to catch any issues beforehand.

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Omar Mahmoud

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Good luck with the filing! Delaware usually processes pretty quickly so you should have confirmation well before your closing deadline.

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Chloe Harris

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Let us know how it goes. Always interested to hear about successful multistate filings.

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Isaac Wright

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For what it's worth, I always do my Indiana UCC searches at the beginning of the week. Their system seems more reliable on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Fridays are terrible for timeouts and errors.

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Maya Diaz

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That's actually a good tip! I never thought about timing affecting the system performance.

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Tami Morgan

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Monday mornings are also bad because everyone's trying to file after the weekend. Weekday afternoons work best for me.

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Rami Samuels

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Update: I ended up using the Certana document checker that several people mentioned and it immediately caught the comma issue plus two other small discrepancies I hadn't noticed. Filed successfully this morning using their recommendations and got acceptance confirmation within an hour. Thanks everyone for the suggestions - this forum saved my loan closing!

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Great outcome! Always nice when a thread has a happy ending. Indiana UCC filings can be tricky but sounds like you got it sorted.

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Haley Bennett

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Thanks for posting the update. I'm bookmarking this thread for future reference - the name matching tips will definitely be useful.

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Update us when you find out who filed that termination. I'm curious if this is becoming a pattern with certain law firms or if it's just random fraud.

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Will do. I'm calling the SOS office tomorrow morning to request the actual termination document. This is really stressing me out.

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I understand the stress. Just remember you have options - UCC-5 correction, new UCC-1 filing, or legal action if it's fraud. You're not helpless here.

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This thread is making me want to audit all my UCC filings. Anyone know if there's a bulk way to verify multiple filings at once rather than checking each one individually?

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Perfect, that's exactly what I need. Manual checking is taking me forever and I keep making mistakes.

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Ethan Scott

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I just do batch searches on the SOS website. Not as thorough but at least I can see if anything obvious is wrong.

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