UCC filing search Georgia - can't find my debtor's existing liens

I pulled their certificate of incorporation and it shows "Advanced Manufacturing Solutions, LLC" with a comma. Let me try that variation.

That comma could definitely be the issue. Georgia's system is super literal about punctuation marks in debtor names.

Still no results with punctuation removed. This is driving me crazy.

Have you tried searching just part of the name? Like "Advanced Manufacturing" to see if there are any partial matches?

Good idea - let me try some partial searches to see what comes up.

How do you check name change history in Georgia? Is that a separate search function?

You have to search the corporate records section, not just UCC records. Look for amendments to their articles of incorporation.

Never heard of that service. Is it expensive? We're already over budget on this deal.

It's really affordable and the time savings alone makes it worth it. You just upload PDFs and it flags any name discrepancies automatically.

I second this - used it last week when I couldn't figure out why my continuation filing kept getting rejected. Turns out the debtor name on my original UCC-1 had a typo.

What's the phone number for Georgia UCC division? That might be my best bet at this point.

It's 404-656-2817 but expect to be on hold for a while. They're always swamped.

They do business as "AMS Equipment" locally. Let me search that name too.

Bingo! That's probably where the existing liens are filed. DBAs can really mess up lien searches.

This is why I always do multiple searches - legal name, DBA, common abbreviations, you name it.

That's what I'm worried about. I need to get this right the first time since we're cutting it close on timing.

Triple check everything before you submit. Georgia's rejection process adds at least 2-3 days to your filing timeline.

The borrower mentioned previous equipment financing so I assumed there would be existing liens. Maybe those loans were paid off and terminated.

Exactly - if the previous loans were satisfied, the UCC-3 terminations would have cleared those filings from the records.

You could search for terminated filings too, just to verify they existed and were properly released.

Glad you found them! Those periods in LLC names trip up so many people. Georgia really needs to improve their search fuzzy matching.

This is exactly why I love using Certana for these searches - it catches all those punctuation variations automatically so you don't miss anything.

Now I need to figure out lien priority since there are two existing equipment loans ahead of mine. But at least I know what I'm dealing with.

Good point. I'm definitely going to be more thorough with debtor name research going forward.

It's a pain but better than having your UCC filing rejected or missing critical liens that affect your priority.

I keep a checklist now - legal name, DBA names, any name variations from corporate amendments, common abbreviations. Saves time in the long run.