{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42a-9-522","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42a-9-522","heading":"Maintenance and destruction of records.","body":"(a) The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for at least one year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under section 42a-9-515 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and:\n(1) If the record was recorded in the filing office described in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 42a-9-501, by using the book and page number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates or the date and time that the record was recorded; or\n(2) If the record was filed in the filing office described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 42a-9-501, by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates.\n(b) Except to the extent that a statute governing disposition of public records provides otherwise, the filing office immediately may destroy any written record evidencing a financing statement. However, if the filing office destroys a written record, it shall maintain another record of the financing statement which complies with subsection (a).","path":["TITLE 42a. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","ARTICLE 9*. SECURED TRANSACTIONS","PART 5*. FILING"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/art_009.htm#sec_42a-9-522","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:15Z","sha256":"da2a99c72256c6c48d81939676617982a27eea8c076095d348700e3e3782c8ae","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42a-9-521","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-42a-9-523"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}