(a) The Secretary of State shall adopt and publish rules to implement this chapter. The filing office rules must be:
(1) consistent with this chapter; and
(2) adopted and published in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
(b) To keep the filing office rules and practices of the filing office in harmony with the rules and practices of filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this part, and to keep the technology used by the filing office compatible with the technology used by filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this part, the Secretary of State, so far as is consistent with the purposes, policies, and provisions of this chapter, in adopting, amending, and repealing filing office rules, shall:
(1) consult with filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this part; and
(2) consult the most recent version of the Model Rules promulgated by the International Association of Commercial Administrators or any successor organization; and
(3) take into consideration the rules and practices of, and the technology used by, filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this part.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law
Subtitle 1 - Uniform Commercial Code
Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions
Subpart 2 - Duties and Operation of Filing Office
§ 4-9-520. Acceptance and refusal to accept record
§ 4-9-521. Uniform form of written financing statement and amendment
§ 4-9-522. Maintenance and destruction of records
§ 4-9-523. Information from filing office — Sale or license of records
§ 4-9-524. Delay by filing office
§ 4-9-526. Filing office rules
§ 4-9-529. Unauthorized financing statement filings — Procedures — Remedies