Florida Statutes
Part V - Filing (Ss. 679.5011-679.527)
679.520 - Acceptance and refusal to accept record.


(1) A filing office shall refuse to accept a record for filing for a reason set forth in s. 679.516(2) and may refuse to accept a record for filing only for a reason set forth in s. 679.516(2).
(2) If a filing office refuses to accept a record for filing, it shall communicate to the person that presented the record the fact of and reason for the refusal and the date and time the record would have been filed had the filing office accepted it. The communication must be made at the time and in the manner prescribed by any filing-office rule but, in the case of a filing office described in s. 679.5011(1)(b), in no event more than 3 business days after the filing office receives the record, if practical.
(3) A filed financing statement satisfying s. 679.5021(1) and (2) is effective, even if the filing office is required to refuse to accept it for filing under subsection (1). However, s. 679.338 applies to a filed financing statement providing information described in s. 679.516(2)(d) which is incorrect at the time the financing statement is filed.
(4) If a record communicated to a filing office provides information that relates to more than one debtor, this part applies as to each debtor separately.
History.—s. 6, ch. 2001-198; s. 150, ch. 2004-5.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations

Chapter 679 - Uniform Commercial Code: Secured Transactions

Part V - Filing (Ss. 679.5011-679.527)

679.5011 - Filing office.

679.5021 - Contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as financing statement; time of filing financing statement.

679.5031 - Name of debtor and secured party.

679.5041 - Indication of collateral.

679.5051 - Filing and compliance with other statutes and treaties for consignments, leases, bailments, and other transactions.

679.5061 - Effect of errors or omissions.

679.5071 - Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement.

679.508 - Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes bound by security agreement.

679.509 - Persons entitled to file a record.

679.510 - Effectiveness of filed record.

679.511 - Secured party of record.

679.512 - Amendment of financing statement.

679.513 - Termination statement.

679.514 - Assignment of powers of secured party of record.

679.515 - Duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement.

679.516 - What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing.

679.517 - Effect of indexing errors.

679.518 - Claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed record.

679.519 - Numbering, maintaining, and indexing records; communicating information provided in records.

679.520 - Acceptance and refusal to accept record.

679.521 - Uniform form of written financing statement and amendment.

679.522 - Maintenance and destruction of records.

679.523 - Information from filing office; sale or license of records.

679.524 - Delay by filing office.

679.525 - Processing fees.

679.526 - Filing-office rules.

679.527 - Florida Secured Transaction Registry.