§9-526. Filing-office rules

(a) Adoption of filing-office rules. The secretary of state, the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, and the secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries may adopt and publish rules to implement this Chapter. The filing-office rules must be:

(1) consistent with this Chapter; and

(2) adopted and published in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

(b) Harmonization of rules. To keep the filing-office rules and practices of the filing office in harmony with the rules and practices of filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this Part, and to keep the technology used by the filing office compatible with the technology used by filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this Part, the secretary of state, so far as is consistent with the purposes, policies, and provisions of this Chapter, in adopting, amending, and repealing filing-office rules shall:

(1) consult with filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this Part; and

(2) consult the most recent version of the Model Rules promulgated by the International Association of Corporate Administrators or any successor organization;

(3) take into consideration the rules and practices of, and the technology used by, filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this Part; and

(4) consult with the clerks of court of this state.

Acts 2001, No. 128, §1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2007, No. 319, §1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, No. 220, §3, eff. June 14, 2008.