(a) Initial financing statement. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the uniform fee for filing and indexing a record under this part is:

(1) fifteen dollars ($15.00) if the record is communicated in writing and consists of ten (10) or fewer pages; or

(2) fifteen dollars ($15.00) plus fifty cents (50¢) per page in excess of ten (10) pages, if the record is communicated in writing and consists of more than ten (10) pages.

(3) an amount as established by filing-office rule adopted and promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, if the record is communicated by another medium authorized by the filing office.

(b) Number of names. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), if a record is communicated in writing, the uniform fee for each name more than one required to be indexed is fifteen dollars ($15.00).

(c) Response to information request.

(1) The uniform fee for responding to a written request for information from the filing office, including for issuing a certificate showing whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor, is fifteen dollars ($15.00). Upon request, the filing office shall furnish a copy of any filed financing statement for a uniform fee of one dollar ($1.00) per page.

(2) The filing office may establish a uniform fee for responding to a request for information communicated by another medium authorized by the filing office, including issuing a certificate showing whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor and including a per page fee, by rule adopted and promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act.

(d) Record of mortgage. This section does not require a fee with respect to a record of a mortgage which is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut under § 47-9-502(c). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of the mortgage apply.

(e) Tennessee Recording Tax. In addition to the fees described above, tax may be payable under § 67-4-409(b), upon the filing of a financing statement. The filing officer may accept the representation on the financing statement, or in an accompanying sworn statement, of the amount of indebtedness for recording tax purposes, and need not verify the computation of the amount of such tax. The amount tendered to the filing officer shall be applied first to the filing fee and then to any tax imposed on the filing. No statement of indebtedness prescribed by law on or accompanying a financing statement shall limit the amount of any security interest perfected by filing the financing statement or shall otherwise impair its effectiveness.