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Mateo Silva
Security account control agreements are complicated enough without UCC filing headaches. Hope you get it sorted out soon!
Jacob Lee
•Thanks, me too. This deal has been nothing but complications from day one.
Mateo Silva
•Investment collateral deals are always the most stressful. Hang in there.
Just went through something similar with a client's investment account collateral. Ended up using that Certana document checker someone mentioned and it caught three different name variations across our paperwork. Really wish I'd known about it earlier - would have saved multiple rejection cycles.
Smart move. The document verification caught stuff I never would have noticed manually. Upload your corporate docs and UCC forms and it shows you exactly where the inconsistencies are.
Sounds like this tool is getting popular for UCC filings. Might have to check it out myself.
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Update: Finally got our filing accepted! Turns out it was the comma issue plus we had an extra space after 'LLC'. Used the document checker tool mentioned earlier and it highlighted both problems immediately. Would have taken us forever to spot that extra space. Thanks everyone for the help!
Which document checker did you end up using? We have a similar situation coming up.
The Certana.ai one mentioned earlier. Really simple - just upload your charter and UCC-1 draft and it shows you exactly what doesn't match. Saved the deal for us.
Paolo Ricci
This thread is gold. Bookmarking for future Maryland filings. The name matching requirements there are brutal compared to other states.
Amina Toure
•Agreed. Every state has quirks but Maryland takes it to another level.
At least they're consistent about being picky. Better than states that randomly accept or reject the same format.
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Have you tried using a VPN? Sometimes state portals have weird geographic restrictions or IP-based rate limiting that can cause timeout issues.
That's an interesting thought. I never considered that geographic location might affect portal performance.
Eli Butler
•I doubt that's the issue for NY searches but worth a try if other solutions don't work.
Update us when you find a solution! I do a lot of equipment financing deals and always looking for better ways to handle UCC due diligence efficiently.
Ezra Collins
•Will do. Going to try the Certana tool and see if that solves the problem. Thanks everyone for the suggestions!
Lydia Bailey
•Looking forward to hearing how it works out. These portal issues are so common there should be a better solution.
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Had the same panic with a continuation filing last month. The lookup showed our debtor name with extra spaces and I thought we'd filed incorrectly. Turns out the continuation was fine, just another California system display quirk. Your filing is probably perfect.
Ravi Gupta
•Continuation filings are scary enough without worrying about name formatting issues too!
Exactly! At least with continuations you have that 6-month window before the original lapses.
GalacticGuru
This thread is making me feel so much better about my own California UCC filing anxiety. I always assume I've done something wrong when the lookup doesn't match exactly what I remember filing. Good to know it's a common system issue.
Same here! I thought I was the only one who stressed about these tiny differences.
Omar Fawaz
•Definitely not alone. California's UCC system keeps us all on edge with these display inconsistencies.
Ethan Taylor
The timing issue someone mentioned earlier is crucial. We had a situation where we were updating secured party info on a UCC that was about to lapse, and the SOS rejected our amendment because they said we needed to file a continuation first. State rules vary on whether you can do both simultaneously.
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Ethan Taylor
•This was in Illinois. They required the continuation to be processed before the assignment amendment. Check with each state's SOS office if you're near any lapse dates.
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Yuki Ito
•Illinois can be tricky like that. Most other states let you combine the filings but better to check first.
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Carmen Lopez
One last thing - keep detailed records of when you file each UCC-3 amendment and when it gets accepted. If you ever need to prove continuous perfection as the holder, having that documentation timeline will be important. We learned this the hard way during a lender liability lawsuit.
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Ravi Gupta
•Great advice. I'll make sure we maintain a spreadsheet tracking all filing dates and acceptance confirmations.
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Carmen Lopez
•Smart approach. Also save the email confirmations from the SOS offices - they're proof of when your amendments were officially processed.
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