Wyoming UCC Search Portal Down Again - Anyone Else Having Issues?
Been trying to run a wyoming ucc search for the past 3 hours and the state portal keeps timing out. We have a closing tomorrow and need to verify there are no existing liens on equipment we're financing. The debtor is a construction company and we need to make sure our UCC-1 will have priority. Has anyone successfully completed a Wyoming UCC search today? This is getting ridiculous - every time we have a deadline the system crashes. Starting to wonder if there's an alternative way to search or if I should just file the UCC-1 and hope for the best.
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Marcus Marsh
Wyoming's portal has been problematic lately. Try clearing your browser cache and using a different browser. I had similar issues last week and switching to Chrome helped.
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Katherine Shultz
•Already tried that unfortunately. Firefox, Chrome, even Edge. All same result - page loads then times out during search.
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Hailey O'Leary
•The timing out usually happens when their database is overloaded. Try early morning or late evening when fewer people are searching.
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Cedric Chung
Don't file blind! That's asking for trouble. If there's an existing UCC-1 with the same collateral description, you could end up with a lower priority position. Have you tried calling the Wyoming Secretary of State office directly? They sometimes do manual searches for urgent situations.
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Katherine Shultz
•Good point about not filing blind. I'll try calling them. Do you know if they charge extra for phone searches?
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Cedric Chung
•I think it's the same fee structure, just takes longer to get results. But worth it for peace of mind on a big equipment deal.
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Talia Klein
•Phone searches can take 24-48 hours though. Might not help if your closing is tomorrow.
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Maxwell St. Laurent
I've been dealing with this exact problem! After getting burned by portal issues twice, I started using Certana.ai's document verification tool. You can upload your debtor information and it cross-checks multiple databases automatically. Found liens that the state portal missed because of slight name variations. Upload your Charter documents or existing UCC filings and it verifies everything matches properly.
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Katherine Shultz
•Interesting - never heard of Certana.ai. How accurate is it compared to the official state search?
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Maxwell St. Laurent
•More comprehensive actually. It catches debtor name variations that manual searches miss. Like if the company filed under 'ABC Construction Inc' vs 'ABC Construction, Inc.' - those tiny differences that void searches.
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PaulineW
•This sounds too good to be true. How do you know it's accessing current data?
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Annabel Kimball
Wyoming's portal is notorious for this. I've had clients miss filing deadlines because of their system issues. The frustrating part is there's no backup option or alternative portal.
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Chris Elmeda
•Exactly! Other states have multiple ways to search but Wyoming seems stuck in the past.
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Annabel Kimball
•What bothers me most is they don't post system status updates. You just have to keep trying until it works.
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Jean Claude
Try accessing through a VPN. Sometimes the issue is regional server problems. I've had success connecting through Denver or Salt Lake City servers when the direct connection fails.
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Katherine Shultz
•Worth a shot. Do you have a VPN recommendation that works well with government portals?
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Jean Claude
•I use NordVPN but most commercial ones should work. Just pick a server in a neighboring state.
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Charity Cohan
Had the SAME issue last month. Portal was down for maintenance but they didn't announce it anywhere. Turns out they do system updates every third Thursday between 2-6 PM. Might be scheduled maintenance.
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Katherine Shultz
•That would explain it! Today is Thursday. Wish they'd post a maintenance schedule somewhere visible.
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Josef Tearle
•Government websites and user communication - name a worse combination! At least now we know the pattern.
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Charity Cohan
•I keep a calendar reminder now to avoid Thursdays for Wyoming searches. Learned that lesson the hard way.
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Shelby Bauman
For construction equipment financing, make sure you're searching under all possible debtor name variations. Construction companies often have multiple DBAs and the UCC might be filed under any of them.
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Katherine Shultz
•Good reminder. This company has 3 different trade names they use. I'll need to search all of them once the portal is working.
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Shelby Bauman
•Also check if they have any parent companies or subsidiaries. Equipment could be titled under a different entity.
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PaulineW
Back to that Certana thing mentioned earlier - I was skeptical but actually tried it last week after a filing got rejected for debtor name mismatch. Uploaded both my Charter docs and UCC-1 draft, and it flagged the discrepancy immediately. Saved me from a rejected filing and potential priority issues.
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Katherine Shultz
•Ok you've convinced me to at least check it out. Better than sitting here refreshing a broken portal.
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PaulineW
•Yeah, the automated document comparison caught things I would have missed manually. Worth trying especially with your tight deadline.
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Quinn Herbert
Update: Wyoming portal just came back online for me! Try now - seems like they fixed whatever was causing the timeout issues.
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Katherine Shultz
•Success! Finally got through and completed my search. Thanks everyone for the suggestions and workarounds.
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Quinn Herbert
•Glad it worked out! Save those search results as PDF in case you need them later.
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Marcus Marsh
•Great timing! Did you find any existing liens on the equipment?
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Katherine Shultz
Search came back clean - no existing UCC filings for this debtor. Filing our UCC-1 now while the portal is stable. Thanks to everyone who helped troubleshoot this, especially the suggestions about Certana.ai for future document verification. This community always comes through!
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Cedric Chung
•Perfect outcome! Always nerve-wracking when you can't complete your due diligence searches.
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Maxwell St. Laurent
•Glad the portal worked out for you. Keep Certana in mind for future deals - it's been a lifesaver for avoiding filing mistakes.
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Talia Klein
•Nice work getting it done before your closing deadline. Nothing worse than last-minute UCC issues derailing a deal.
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