SECTION 95.104. Fees

(a) Filing fee. The fee for filing and indexing a UCC record of one or two pages communicated on paper or in a paper-based format (including faxes) is pursuant to §9.525(a)(1), Texas Business and Commerce Code. If there are additional pages, the fee is pursuant to §9.525(a)(2), Texas Business and Commerce Code. The fee for filing and indexing a UCC record communicated by a medium authorized by these sections which is other than on paper or in a paper-based format is pursuant to §9.525(a)(3), Texas Business and Commerce Code. The fee for filing and indexing a master amendment delivered in a format pursuant to §9.512(f) and §9.514(d), Texas Business and Commerce Code, is pursuant to §9.525(f), Texas Business and Commerce Code. The fee for filing and indexing a judicial finding of fact is pursuant to §51.905, Texas Government Code.

(b) Additional fees. In addition to fees set forth in subsection (a) of this section, a fee pursuant to §9.525(b)(1), Texas Business and Commerce Code, shall be paid for an Initial financing statement that indicates that it is filed in connection with a public-finance transaction, a fee pursuant to §9.525(b)(2), Texas Business and Commerce Code, shall be paid for an Initial financing statement that indicates that it is filed in connection with a manufactured-home transaction, and a fee pursuant to §9.525(b)(3), Texas Business and Commerce Code, shall be paid for an Initial financing statement that indicates that the debtor is a transmitting utility.

(c) UCC search fee. The fee for processing a UCC search request communicated on paper or in a paper-based format is pursuant to §9.525(d)(1), Texas Business and Commerce Code. The fee for processing a UCC search request communicated by XML is $3 and by SOSDirect is $15. The fee for responding to a web inquiry which was communicated by SOSDirect is $1.

(d) UCC search - copies. The fee for certified copies of records is pursuant to §405.031, Texas Government Code. The fee for uncertified copies of records is pursuant to §552.261, Texas Government Code, and §71.8 of this title (relating to Fees for Copies of Public Information).

Source Note: The provisions of this §95.104 adopted to be effective July 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 4571; amended to be effective January 9, 2014, 39 TexReg 73