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CHECKLIST FOR HANDLING FARM PRODUCTS SECURITY INTERESTS
| Step 1: | Identify the seller (i.e., get the seller’s name, address, and Social Security number or taxpayer ID number.)
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| Step 2: | Identify the state where the livestock were produced (e.g., the state where the livestock are coming from.)
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| Step 3: | Determine whether the state where the livestock were produced is a direct notice or a central notice state. (If a state has not implemented a central notice system, it is automatically a direct notice state.)
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| Step 4: | If the livestock were produced in a direct notice state, check to see whether you have received, within one (1) year prior to the date of sale, a written notice of a security interest in the livestock that are being sold.
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| (a) | If you have received a notice, determine what payment obligations are imposed on you by the secured party and issue payment for livestock in accordance with the payment instructions in the notice.
(Note: Payment instructions usually require the issuance of payment jointly to the seller and the secured party. Note also: If you have received more than one notice, issue payment jointly to the seller and multiple secured parties.)
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| (b) | If you have not received a notice, you may issue payment for livestock to the seller.
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| Step 5: | If the livestock were produced in a central notice state, determine whether you’re registered with the Secretary of State’s Office in the “state of production” to receive the “lien” list for livestock. If you are registered, proceed to Step 6; if you are not, proceed to Step 7.
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| Step 6: | Check the central notice list to see whether the seller is listed.
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| (a) | If the seller is listed, issue payment in accordance with payment instructions. (Note: Usually issuance of payment jointly to seller and secured party or parties.)
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| (b) | If the seller is not listed on the central notice list, check to see if you received a direct notice and proceed to Step 4 above and follow the procedure for direct notices.
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| Step 7: | Contact the Secretary of State’s Office in the “state of production” and have them conduct a “lien” search for security interest in the seller’s livestock. (A fee may be charged for this service.)
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| (a) | If the seller is listed; request written confirmation from the Secretary of State’s Office and issue payment in accordance with payment instructions. (Note: Usually issuance of payment jointly to the seller and the secured party or parties.)
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| (b) | If the seller is not listed, check to see if you received a direct notice and proceed to Step 4 above and follow the procedure for direct notices.
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Alabama | Colorado | Idaho | Louisiana
| Maine | Minnesota | Mississippi
| Montana | Nebraska | New Hampshire
| New Mexico | North Dakota | Oklahoma
| Oregon | South Dakota | Utah
| Vermont | West Virginia | Wyoming
STATES WITH CENTRAL NOTICE SYSTEMS FOR FARM PRODUCTS
ALABAMA
Alabama Secretary of State
Attn: UCC Division
PO Box 5616
Montgomery, AL 36103-5616
Contact: Karl D. Frost – MUST CALL DIRECT - 334-242-7221
334-242-5231
Fax: 334-353-8269
www.sos.state.al.us
COLORADO
Colorado Secretary of State
1700 Broadway, Suite 200
Denver, CO 80290
303-894-2200
Fax: 303-869-4860
www.sos.state.co.us
IDAHO
Idaho Secretary of State
Attn: UCC Division
700 West Jefferson
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0080
208-334-3191 – lien inquiries
Fax: 208-334-2847
www.idsos.state.id.us
LOUISIANA
Louisiana Secretary of State
Uniform Commercial Code Section
PO Box 94125
Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9125
800-256-3758
225-925-4701
Fax: 225-922-0452
Email: ucc@sec.state.la.us
www.sec.state.la.us/comm/ucc/ucc-index.htm
MAINE
Maine Secretary of State
Division of Corporations & UCC
101 State House Station
Augusta, ME 04333-0101
207-624-7736
Fax: 207-287-5874
www.state.me.us/sos
MINNESOTA
Minnesota Secretary of State
CNS Section
180 State Office Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55155-1299
651-296-2803
Fax: 651-215-1009
www.sos.state.mn.us
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MISSISSIPPI
Mississippi Secretary of State
UCC Division
PO Box 136
Jackson, MS 39205
800-256-3494
601-359-1633
Fax: 601-359-1607
www.sos.state.ms.us
MONTANA
Montana Secretary of State
Business Services Bureau
State Capitol, Room 225
PO Box 202801
Helena, MT 59620-2801
406-444-2034
Fax: 406-444-3976
www.sos.state.mt.us
NEBRASKA
Nebraska Secretary of State
UCC Division
State Capitol, Room 1301
PO Box 95104
Lincoln, NE 68509-5104
402-471-4080
Fax: 402-471-4429
www.sos.state.ne.us
NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire Secretary of State
UCC Division, Department of State
107 N. Main St.
Concord, NH 03301
603-271-3276
www.sos.state.nh.us
NEW MEXICO
New Mexico Secretary of State
State Capitol, Suite 300
325 Dan Gasper
Santa Fe, NM 87053
505-827-3600
Fax: 505-827-3611
http://web.state.nm.us
www.sos.state.nm.us/ucc/ucchome.htm
NORTH DAKOTA
North Dakota Secretary of State
Central Indexing
600 E. Boulevard Avenue Dept. 108
Bismarck, ND 58505-0500
701-328-3662
800-352-0867
Fax: 701-328-4214
www.state.nd.us/sos
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma Secretary of State
CFS Ag Liens
PO Box 53390
Oklahoma City, OK 73152-3390
405-521-2474
Fax: 405-522-3555
www.sos.state.ok.us
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OREGON
Oregon Secretary of State
Corp. Div. – UCC
255 Capitol Street NE, Suite 151
Salem, OR 97310-1327
503-986-2200
Fax: 503-373-1166
www.sos.state.or.us
SOUTH DAKOTA
South Dakota Secretary of State
Central Filing System
500 E. Capitol Street, Suite 204
Pierre, SD 57501-5070
605-773-4422
Fax: 605-773-4550
www.state.sd.us/sos
UTAH
Utah Secretary of State
Div. of Corp. and Commercial Code
PO Box 146705
Salt Lake City, UT 84114-6705
801-530-4849
877-526-3994
Fax: 801-530-6438
www.commerce.state.ut.us
VERMONT
Vermont Secretary of State, UCC
Heritage I Building
81 River Street
Montpelier, VT 05609
802-828-2386
Fax: 802-828-2853
www.sec.state.vt.us
WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia Secretary of State
UCC Section
Building 1, Suite 157-K
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV 25305
304-558-6000
Fax: 304-558-5758
www.wvsos.com
WYOMING
Wyoming Secretary of State
Capitol Building Room 110
200 West 24th Street
Cheyenne, WY 82002-0020
307-777-7311
Fax: 307-777-5339
http://soswy.state.wy.us
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