{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-525","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:9-525","heading":"Fees.","body":"(a)\nThe Chief Financial Officer shall promulgate rules, in accordance with subchapter I of Chapter 5 of Title 2, setting fees for filing and indexing initial financing statements and for other services rendered under this part.\n\n(b)\nThe rules promulgated under subsection (a) shall set a basic fee for filing and indexing an initial filing statement in cases in which the record is communicated electronically or by another nonwritten medium authorized by filing-office rule. If the record is communicated in writing and consists of one or 2 pages, the fee shall be 2 times the basic fee. If the record is in writing and consists of more than 2 pages, the fee shall be 4 times the basic fee.\n\n(c)\nThe number of names required to be indexed does not affect the amount of the fee in subsection (b).\n\n(d)\nThis section does not require a fee with respect to a record of a mortgage which is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut under § 28:9-502(c). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of the mortgage apply.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Subtitle I. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 9. Secured Transactions.","Part V. Filing.","Subpart 2. Duties and Operation of Filing Office."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28:9-525","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"0aca0761da64d956bb8e48cb725ed7aa88dddb9cdc0e9c2030f5fddadf89cdad","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-524","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-526"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}