Vermont Secretary of State UCC Search Portal Down Again - Anyone Else Having Issues?

Called twice today, both times got voicemail saying they're experiencing 'technical difficulties' with online services. No timeline for when it'll be fixed.

This happens way too often with state filing systems. Makes you wonder how they expect people to meet statutory deadlines when their own systems don't work.

That's helpful but I need to verify the exact debtor names match what's on file before I submit the continuation. One character off and the whole thing gets rejected.

Good point about the name matching. I learned that lesson the hard way when a UCC-3 got bounced because I had 'Inc.' instead of 'Incorporated' in the debtor name.

True, debtor name accuracy is critical. If you have copies of your original UCC-1 filings you should be able to use those exact names for the continuation without needing to search again.

Never heard of Certana before but that sounds exactly like what I need. Can it check Vermont filings specifically or just document consistency?

It focuses on document consistency - you upload your UCC PDFs and it cross-checks all the names, filing numbers, collateral descriptions between documents. Super helpful for catching those tiny errors that cause rejections.

Wish I knew about tools like this earlier. Spent way too many hours manually comparing UCC docs line by line.

System upgrades always seem to happen at the worst possible times. Like they never consider that people have actual deadlines to meet.

At least Vermont gives you the option to file by mail. Some states force everything through their broken online portals.

Tried at 6am this morning, still nothing. Archive.org won't help since I need real-time filing data not old snapshots.

Fair point, was grasping at straws there. When you're stuck between a rock and a hard deadline you'll try anything.

That's smart record keeping. I do have most of the originals but there's one filing from 2019 that I'm not 100% sure about the debtor name format. That's the one I really needed to verify.

For the 2019 filing, if you remember roughly when it was filed you could try calling Vermont's office and asking them to look it up by debtor name and approximate date. They sometimes help with phone searches when their online system is down.

Phone searches are hit or miss but worth trying. Just make sure to get the clerk's name and time of call in case there are any discrepancies later.

Just checked and yes! Finally working. Thanks for the heads up. Got all my searches done and my debtor names confirmed. What a relief.

Great news! Was getting worried about your continuation deadline. Nice when these things work out.

Definitely learned my lesson here. Going to look into that Certana verification tool and also start keeping better organized files of all my original UCC-1s.

Smart approach. I use a similar strategy with a cloud backup of all UCC documents organized by debtor and filing date. Makes everything much easier to find when systems are down.

Cloud backup is essential. I also set calendar reminders 60 days before continuation deadlines just to give myself buffer time for exactly these kinds of technical issues.

Absolutely. This was a wake-up call about not putting all my eggs in one basket when it comes to UCC searches and verifications.

These kinds of situations are exactly why I keep detailed spreadsheets of all my UCC filings with debtor names, filing numbers, and continuation dates. Old school but reliable.

After this experience I'm definitely going to try it out. The stress of potentially missing a continuation deadline because of a system outage was terrible. Any tool that helps avoid filing errors seems worth investigating.

The peace of mind alone makes it worthwhile. Plus it's much faster than manually comparing documents line by line, which is what I used to do.