{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-46-9-522","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 46-9-522","heading":"Maintenance and destruction of records.","body":"(a) Post-lapse maintenance and retrieval of information. 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 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 filed or recorded in the filing office described in section 9-501(a)(1), by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates and the date and time that the record was filed or recorded; or\n(2) If the record was filed in the filing office described in section 9-501(a)(2), by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates.\n(b) Destruction of written records. 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) of this section.","path":["CHAPTER 46. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE.","ARTICLE 9. SECURED TRANSACTIONS; SALES OF ACCOUNTS AND CHATTEL PAPER."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/46-9-522/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:29:55Z","sha256":"bb58c8c8f17fd7e54c6008bb32d6d9485ae350a5e39508e008b72afb8c593fc2","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-46-9-521","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-46-9-523"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}