{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-70a-9a-522","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 70A-9a-522","heading":"Maintenance and destruction of records.","body":"(1) 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 70A-9a-515 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and:\n(a) if the record was filed or recorded in the filing office described in Subsection 70A-9a-501(1)(a):\n(i) by using the entry number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates and the book and page that the record was filed or recorded; or\n(ii) by the legal description of the real property; or\n(b) if the record was filed in the filing office described in Subsection 70A-9a-501(1)(b), by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates.\n(2) 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 (1).","path":["Title 70A Uniform Commercial Code","Chapter 70A-9a Uniform Commercial Code - Secured Transactions","Part 70A-9a-5 Filing"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title70A/Chapter9a/70A-9a-S522.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:34Z","sha256":"65ae80aa29801f18ae8036815ef7a1ade53903a42c08a45c037031b4aaeaa342","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-70a-9a-521","next":"us-ut/utah-code-70a-9a-523"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}