34.1-9-525. Fees.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), fees for services rendered by the filing office under this part must be set by rule adopted by the secretary of state. The rule must set the fees for filing and indexing a record under this article on the following basis:

(i) If a record presented for filing is communicated to the filing office in writing and consists of more than two (2) pages, the fee for filing and indexing the record must be at least twice the amount of the fee for a record communicated in writing that consists of one (1) or two (2) pages; and

(ii) If the record is communicated by another medium authorized by filing-office rule, the fee for filing and indexing the record must be no more than half the amount of the fee for a record communicated in writing that consists of one (1) or two (2) pages.

(b) There is no subsection (b).

(c) The number of names required to be indexed does not affect the amount of the fees in subsections (a) and (b).

(d) The rule adopted pursuant to subsection (a) must set the fee for responding to a request for information from the filing office, including for communicating whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor. A fee for responding to a request communicated in writing must be not less than twice the amount of the fee for responding to a request communicated by another medium authorized by filing-office rule. This subsection does not require that a fee be charged for remote access searching of the filing office data base. The rule adopted pursuant to subsection (a) need not specify a fee for remote access searching of the filing office data base.

(e) This section does not require a fee with respect to a record of mortgage that 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 section 34.1-9-502(c). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of mortgage apply.