OAR 160-040-0200: Role of Filing Officer

The duties and responsibilities of the filing officer with respect to the administration of the UCC are ministerial. In accepting for filing or refusing to file a UCC record pursuant to these rules, the filing officer does not: (1) Determine the legal sufficiency or insufficiency of a record. (2) Determine that a security interest in collateral exists or does not exist. (3) Determine that information in the record is correct or incorrect, in whole or in part. (4) Create a presumption that information in the UCC record is correct or incorrect, in whole or in part.