{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-9-525","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-9-525","heading":"Fees.","body":"(a)\tFiling of initial financing statement or other record with the office of the Secretary of State: general rule. - Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) of this section, the Secretary of State shall collect the following fees for filing and indexing a record under this Part:\n(1)\tThirty-eight dollars ($38.00) if the record is communicated in writing and consists of one or two pages;\n(2)\tForty-five dollars ($45.00) if the record is communicated in writing and consists of more than two pages, plus two dollars ($2.00) for each page over 10 pages; and\n(3)\tThirty dollars ($30.00) if the record is communicated by another medium authorized by filing-office rule.\n(b)\tFiling with the register of deeds. - The fees to be collected by the register of deeds for filing and indexing a record under this Part are provided under G.S. 161-10(a)(13).\n(c)\tNumber of names. - The number of names required to be indexed does not affect the amount of the fee in subsection (a) of this section.\n(d)\tResponse to information request. - The fee for responding to a request for information from the office of the Secretary of State, including for communicating whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor, is:\n(1)\tThirty-eight dollars ($38.00) if the request is communicated in writing; and\n(2)\tThirty dollars ($30.00) if the request is communicated by another medium authorized by filing-office rule.\nUpon request the office of the Secretary of State shall furnish a copy of any filed financing statement or statement of assignment for a uniform fee of two dollars ($2.00) per page. This subsection does not require that a fee be charged for remote access searching of the filing office database.\n(e)\tRecord 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 G.S. 25-9-502(c). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of the mortgage apply. (1866-7, c. 1, s. 1; 1872-3, c. 133, s. 1; Code, s. 1799; 1893, c. 9; Rev., s. 2052; C.S., s. 2480; 1925, c. 302, s. 1; 1927, c. 22; 1935, c. 205; 1945, c. 182, ss. 2, 4; c. 196, s. 2; 1955, c. 386, ss. 1, 2; c. 816; 1957, cc. 564, 999; 1961, c. 574; 1965, c. 700, s. 1; 1967, c. 562, s. 1; 1969, c. 1115, s. 1; 1971, c. 1170; 1973, c. 1316, s. 1; 1975, c. 862, s. 7; 1977, cc. 156, 295; 1983, c. 713, s. 23; 1987, c. 792, s. 6; 1989, c. 523, s. 4; 1991, c. 164, s. 1; 1997-456, s. 55.3; 1997-475, s. 5.4; 2000-169, s. 1; 2003-284, ss. 35B.1(a), 35B.1(b); 2015-206, s. 2.)","path":["Chapter 25. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 9. Secured Transactions.","Part 5. Filing."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_25/GS_25-9-525.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:58:47Z","sha256":"3ff8723de4b6eef298e0a2a123f184e4c8018e433229419baaa758a574d69a87","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-9-524","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-9-526"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}