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This thread is super helpful! I'm dealing with something similar but with a corporation that merged with another entity. The surviving corporation kept its original name but I need to make sure I'm not missing any predecessor entities in my collateral research. Anyone dealt with merger situations in UCC filings?

After reading all this, I'm definitely going to be more careful with name verification. We had one rejected filing last month that cost us extra fees to refile, and now I realize it was probably a name mismatch issue. The additional verification steps everyone mentioned seem worth the extra time to avoid rejections and potential perfection problems down the road.

Check your loan docs too - sometimes the credit agreement has specific collateral definitions that need to match your UCC filing. I've seen deals where the loan calls equipment 'fixtures' but UCC classification is still equipment under 9.102. Make sure your UCC filing aligns with your security agreement language.

Update: Used Certana.ai to verify our revised collateral description before refiling. The tool confirmed our 'commercial food service equipment including cooking, refrigeration, preparation and service apparatus whether permanently installed or seasonally rotated' language should clear SOS review. Much more specific than our original broad 'restaurant equipment' description.

This might sound obvious but double-check that all your addendum pages are actually signed if signatures are required. I've had rejections because I forgot to sign page 2 of a multi-page addendum.

UPDATE: Got it figured out! It was a combination of issues - we weren't numbering the addendum pages properly, had slight formatting differences in the debtor name between forms, and our reference language on the main form wasn't explicit enough. Used some of the suggestions here and all three filings went through. Thanks everyone!

For SC specifically, make sure you understand their continuation requirements too. I know you're doing a search not a filing, but it's worth knowing that SC requires continuations to be filed within 6 months before the 5-year anniversary. Some of the UCC-1s you find might be close to lapsing.

Quick question - are you also checking federal tax liens and state tax liens? Those don't always show up in UCC searches but can definitely affect your deal. SC has separate databases for those.

In my experience, if you're 18 months into accepting modified performance without objection, you're probably looking at an uphill battle to enforce original terms. The practical advice is to document everything going forward, send written notices for any future deviations, and maybe consider whether the current arrangement actually works better for your business anyway. Sometimes what starts as a course of performance issue ends up being a better deal for everyone.

This thread has been really helpful. I'm dealing with a similar situation where we've been accepting partial payments for about 8 months. Sounds like I need to send some kind of written notice to preserve our rights under the original agreement. Anyone have suggestions for language to use?