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A UCC filing, also known as a UCC lien or a UCC-1, is a financing statement which lenders can file against your business with your secretary of state. When you take out a secured loan, the lender may file a lien to protect the asset(s) you committed to secure financing.

A UCC financing statement is effective for a period of five (5) years. A financing statement lapses or terminates at the end of the five-year period. A continuation statement can be filed to extend the lapse date if it is filed within six (6) months before the security interest expires.

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.

1 financing statement is a legal form that a creditor files to give notice that it has the right to take possession of and sell certain assets belonging to the debtor for the repayment of a specific debt.?

If you have not filed a UCC-1, then you are considered unsecured, and as such, you are placed in the ?back of the line,? behind the secured creditors. Secured creditors are taken care of first in the division of assets.

UCC - Frequently Asked Questions - UCC-1 and UCC-3. Most filings last for five (5) years from the date of filing. Filings for a debtor that is a transmitting utility have no expiration date. Manufactured Home filings last 30 years from the date of filing ? appropriate box must be marked.