{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-106-9-525","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 106, § 9-525","heading":"Fees","body":"Section 9–525. (a) Initial financing statement or other record: general rule. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the fee for filing and indexing a record under this part is the amount specified in subsection (b), if applicable, plus $20.\n(b) Number of names. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), if a record is communicated in writing, the fee for each name more than 2 required to be indexed is $20. However, if a fee is required under this subsection for 1 debtor name, the fee otherwise required under this subsection for a second debtor name, communicated in writing with the first debtor name, is zero.\n(c) Response to information request. The fee for responding to a request for information from the filing office, including for communicating whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor, is $30. However, the fee otherwise required under this subsection is $10 if the request is limited to communicating only whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor and the name of the secured party of record relating thereto. This subsection does not require that a fee be charged for remote access searching of the filing office data base.\n(d) Record of mortgage. This 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 Section 9–502(c). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of the mortgage apply.","path":["Part I","Title XV","Chapter 106","Article 9"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXV/Chapter106/Section9-525","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:31Z","sha256":"446adf63259ead6657d4909d9b501c152b0bfba1c229e7b4c0122bfbd78e842e","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-106-9-524","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-106-9-526"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}