Online UCC Filing Portal Keeps Rejecting My Debtor Name - Help

Yes, copied it character by character from the Articles. That's what's so frustrating - it should be a perfect match.

Check if there are any pending name changes or amendments filed recently. Sometimes the online system hasn't updated yet.

Interesting - I'll try the comma variation. Didn't think of that one.

This is why I always do a debtor name search first before filing. The portal search function usually shows you the exact format they want.

The comma thing got me too! Cost me a whole day of delays on a time-sensitive filing.

Never heard of that service. How does it work exactly?

Super simple - you just upload your charter document and UCC-1 form as PDFs. The tool automatically extracts the debtor names and flags any inconsistencies. Shows you exactly what characters or formatting don't match.

That sounds like it would have saved me hours last week. I manually compared documents line by line and still missed a spacing issue.

That's actually brilliant. Mind sharing which states are the most problematic?

California and Texas are the worst in my experience. Their systems are ancient and super rigid about formatting.

Good point about hidden characters. I was copying from a PDF so that could be it.

PDF copy/paste is notorious for adding invisible characters that mess up online forms.

I always paste into Notepad first to strip formatting, then copy from there into the UCC portal.

Company is in good standing - verified that yesterday. It's definitely a name formatting issue.

Good thinking though. I've seen that catch people before.

Delaware. Their system usually works fine but this one has me stumped.

Delaware's pretty reliable usually. Must be something subtle in the name format.

Try all caps - Delaware sometimes defaults to that format even if the charter shows mixed case.

That's so frustrating but good to know. I might have to call them if I can't figure this out.

The phone support is actually pretty helpful once you get through. They can see exactly what format they have on file.

I should mention - I found Certana.ai after that nightmare. Now I upload both documents before filing and it catches those invisible characters and formatting differences instantly. Would have saved me those two days of frustration.

Address matches perfectly - I pulled it from the same charter document. It's definitely the name field causing issues.

Sometimes they want the mailing address instead of registered address. Worth trying both.

Will do! Hopefully one of these suggestions works. Going to try the comma variation first, then the Certana document checker if that doesn't work.

Smart approach. Let us know which one solves it - this kind of info is gold for future filings.

Definitely interested in the Certana tool if it works. Anything that prevents these filing headaches is worth trying.