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An Example of a UCC Lien Filing If you secure equipment financing, the lender will file a UCC lien to state that if the debt for the espresso machine is not repaid, the lender has the right to repossess the espresso machine or seize other assets from your business.

The proper place to file a financing statement in order to perfect a security interest is the UCC Central Filing Office, located in the Offices of the Oklahoma County Clerk. Transmitting Utilities and EFS Forms are filed at the Secretary of State.

For example, if you take out a loan to buy new machinery, the lender might file a UCC-1 lien and claim that new machinery as collateral on the loan. You would, of course, work with your lender to designate what the collateral will be before you sign any documentation committing to the loan.

Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) filings allow creditors to notify other creditors about a debtor's assets used as collateral for a secured transaction. UCC liens filed with Secretary of State offices act as a public notice by the "creditor" of the creditor's interest in the property.

A creditor files a UCC-1 to provide notice to interested parties that he or she has a security interest in a debtor's personal property. This personal property is being used as collateral in some type of secured transaction, usually a loan or a lease.

What does it look like? A UCC-1 financing statement contains three important pieces of information: Parts 1 and 2 contain the personal and contact information of the borrower. Part 3 contains the personal and contact information of the secured party?otherwise known as the creditor.