Delaware Code
Part 5. Filing
§ 9-523. Information from filing office; sale or license of records.

(a) Acknowledgment of filing written record. — If a person that files a written record requests an acknowledgment of the filing, the filing office shall send to the person an image of the record showing the number assigned to the record pursuant to Section 9-519(a)(1) and the date and time of the filing of the record. However, if the person furnishes a copy of the record to the filing office, the filing office may instead:

(1) note upon the copy the number assigned to the record pursuant to Section 9-519(a)(1) and the date and time of the filing of the record; and
(2) send the copy to the person.
(b) Acknowledgment of filing other record. — If a person files a record other than a written record, the filing office shall communicate to the person an acknowledgment that provides:

(1) the information in the record;
(2) the number assigned to the record pursuant to Section 9-519(a)(1); and
(3) the date and time of the filing of the record.
(c) Communication of requested information. — The filing office shall communicate or otherwise make available in a record the following information to any person that requests it:

(1) whether there is on file on a date and time specified by the filing office, but not a date earlier than three business days before the filing office receives the request, any financing statement that:

(A) designates a particular debtor;
(B) has not lapsed under Section 9-515 with respect to all secured parties of record; and
(C) if the request so states, has lapsed under Section 9-515 and a record of which is maintained by the filing office under Section 9-522(a);
(2) the date and time of filing of each financing statement; and
(3) the information provided in each financing statement.
(d) Medium for communicating information. — In complying with its duty under subsection (c), the filing office may communicate information in any medium. However, if requested, the filing office shall communicate information by issuing a record that can be admitted into evidence in the courts of this State without extrinsic evidence of its authenticity.
(e) Timeliness of filing office performance. — The filing office shall perform the acts required by subsections (a) through (d) at the time and in the manner prescribed by filing-office rule.
(f) Public availability of records. — At least weekly, the office of the Secretary of State may offer to sell or license to the public on a nonexclusive basis, in bulk, copies of all records filed in it under this part, in every medium from time to time available to the filing office.

Structure Delaware Code

Delaware Code

Title 6 - Commerce and Trade

Article 9. Secured Transactions

Part 5. Filing

§ 9-501. Filing office.

§ 9-502. Contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as financing statement; time of filing financing statement.

§ 9-503. Name of debtor and secured party.

§ 9-504. Indication of collateral.

§ 9-504A. Indication of collateral that is accounts, chattel paper, instruments or general intangibles.

§ 9-505. Filing and compliance with other statutes and treaties for consignments, leases, other bailments, and other transactions.

§ 9-506. Effect of errors or omissions.

§ 9-507. Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement.

§ 9-508. Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes bound by security agreement.

§ 9-509. Persons entitled to file a record.

§ 9-510. Effectiveness of filed record.

§ 9-511. Secured party of record.

§ 9-512. Amendment of financing statement.

§ 9-513. Termination statement.

§ 9-514. Assignment of powers of secured party of record.

§ 9-515. Duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement.

§ 9-516. What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing.

§ 9-517. Effect of indexing errors.

§ 9-518. Claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed record.

§ 9-519. Numbering, maintaining, and indexing records; communicating information provided in records.

§ 9-520. Acceptance and refusal to accept record.

§ 9-521. Uniform form of written financing statement and amendment.

§ 9-522. Maintenance and destruction of records.

§ 9-523. Information from filing office; sale or license of records.

§ 9-524. Delay by filing office.

§ 9-525. Fees.

§ 9-526. Filing-office rules.