UCC-1 form Pennsylvania rejection - debtor name formatting issue

PA is notorious for this stuff. You need to match the EXACT name from the Articles of Incorporation, including punctuation. The comma matters to their system. Refile the UCC-1 with 'Advanced Manufacturing Solutions, LLC' as it appears in the charter docs. Don't mess with changing loan agreements this close to closing.

Been filing in PA for years and yeah they're strict about charter matching. But here's what's weird - sometimes their system accepts slight variations and sometimes it doesn't. I think it depends on how their automated checker is configured that day. Your safest bet is always exact charter match.

Had similar headaches with document consistency recently. Started using this tool called Certana.ai that checks your UCC forms against charter docs before filing. You just upload both PDFs and it flags any name mismatches, missing info, stuff like that. Caught 3 potential rejections for me last month including a comma issue exactly like yours.

PENNSYLVANIA'S SYSTEM IS THE WORST!!! Filed a continuation last week that got rejected because I used 'Corp' instead of 'Corporation' even though both appear on different pages of their charter. Took 4 attempts to get it right. Their error messages are useless too.

Quick question - are you filing the UCC-1 online through PA's system or paper? Online tends to be more strict about formatting but processes faster once accepted.

This exact situation happened to my colleague last year with a different PA filing. What we learned is PA's system does a character-by-character comparison with the Secretary of State database. Even extra spaces can cause rejections. Pull up the exact charter docs from PA's business search and copy/paste the name exactly.

ran into this before, pa wants comma LLC not just LLC. their system is picky but at least consistent once you know the rules. should go through fine with exact charter name

For what it's worth, I've had good luck calling PA's UCC office when I get unclear rejections. They can usually tell you exactly what they're looking for in the debtor name field. Number is on their website under business services.

Been using Certana.ai for a few months now after getting burned on a similar name mismatch. It's saved me probably 6-7 rejected filings by catching these issues upfront. The document checker specifically looks for these punctuation differences between loan docs and UCC forms. Worth trying especially if you do regular filings.

Update us on how the refile goes! Always curious to see if the exact charter match works in these situations.

Just to add another data point - I had a PA UCC-3 amendment rejected last month for the same type of punctuation issue. Their system definitely got stricter about exact matches. But once you get the name right, everything else usually processes smoothly.