1. If a person that files a written record requests an acknowledgment of the filing, the filing office shall send the person an image of the record showing the number assigned to the record pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 104.9519 and the date and time of the filing of the record. However, if the person furnishes two copies of the record to the filing office, the filing office may instead:

(a) Note upon one copy the number assigned to the record pursuant to that paragraph and the date and time of the filing of the record; and

(b) Send that copy to the person.

2. If a person files a record other than a written record, the filing office shall communicate to the person an acknowledgment that provides:

(a) The information in the record;

(b) The number assigned to the record pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection 1 of NRS 104.9519; and

(c) The date and time of the filing of the record.

3. The filing office shall communicate or otherwise make available in a record the following information to any person that requests it:

(a) Whether there is on file on a date and time specified by the filing office, but not a date earlier than 3 business days before the filing office receives the request, any financing statement that:

(1) Designates a particular debtor;

(2) Has not lapsed under NRS 104.9515 with respect to all secured parties of record; and

(3) If the request so states, has lapsed under that section and a record of which is maintained by the filing office under subsection 1 of NRS 104.9522;

(b) The date and time of filing of each financing statement; and

(c) The information provided in each financing statement.

4. In complying with its duty under subsection 3, the filing office may communicate information in any medium. However, if requested, the filing office shall communicate information by issuing its written certificate.

5. The filing office described in paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 104.9501 shall perform the acts required by subsections 1 to 4, inclusive, within a reasonable time and in the manner prescribed by filing-office rule.

6. Periodically, the Secretary of State shall offer to sell or license to the public on a nonexclusive basis, in bulk, copies of all records filed in it under this part, in every medium from time to time available to the filing office.

(Added to NRS by 1999, 343)