Secretary of State of Illinois UCC Search Timing Issues - Anyone Else Seeing Delays?

A week?? That's insane. I thought 24-48 hours was the standard for most states.

Exactly! That's what I expected too. This is throwing off our entire closing timeline.

I tried calling but got stuck in phone tree hell. Did you have better luck reaching someone?

Try calling first thing in the morning around 8:30am. That's usually when you can get through to an actual person in the UCC department.

The direct UCC line is usually better than the main switchboard too.

Interesting point. I've been searching with the exact business name but maybe there's a punctuation difference or something.

Yeah, Illinois is really picky about exact matches. Commas, periods, abbreviations - all of that matters.

I learned this the hard way too. 'ABC Corp' vs 'ABC Corporation' will give totally different results.

Never heard of Certana.ai - does it work with Illinois filings specifically?

Yeah it works with all states. You just upload the PDFs and it cross-checks everything - debtor names, filing numbers, document consistency. Really helpful for catching those tiny mismatches that cause search problems.

That sounds useful. I hate manually comparing documents line by line.

Right?? For the filing fees they charge you'd think they could maintain a working website.

Don't even get me started on their 'system maintenance' windows that seem to happen during normal business hours.

That's somewhat reassuring. Did you get any official communication about the delay?

Nope, found out by accident when I called about something else. They really should send notices when there are processing delays.

Typical government transparency. Keep us in the dark while deals are hanging in limbo.

Good idea, I'll try some variations. The debtor is an LLC so I'll try both formats.

Also try searching without any punctuation at all. Sometimes that helps with their system quirks.

Yeah I usually do that too, but this time I was rushing to get the deal done. Lesson learned.

We've all been there. Pressure to close deals makes you skip the double-checking steps.

That's exactly when errors happen too. When you're in a rush.

At this point I'm willing to try anything. Going to check it out.

It's really straightforward - just upload your documents as PDFs and it does the comparison automatically. Much faster than doing it manually.

Will do. Hopefully it's just a temporary glitch and not a systemic problem.

Fingers crossed. Illinois is usually pretty reliable compared to some other states.

Awesome! Glad it helped. Those tiny details can be such a pain to catch manually.

Wait, you're not the original poster. But good to know that tool works!

Sorry, should have been clearer. Different situation but same search problems. The tool is definitely worth trying.