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Form UCC3 is used to amend (make changes to) a UCC1 filing. The required information is: An acknowledgement name and address. (Recommended for return copy of the filing.)

UCC Financing Statement Amendment (Form UCC3) Uniform Commercial Code Financing Statement Amendment is for used for the termination, continuation, and/or transfer changes to Financing Statement.

A UCC-3 termination statement (a “Termination”) is a required filing that terminates a security interest that has been perfected by a UCC-1 filing. A Termination for personal property is accomplished by completing and filing form UCC-3 with the Secretary of State's office in the appropriate state.

The Office of the Secretary of State is the central filing office for the receipt, filing, indexing and recordation of financing statements and other documents provided for under the Uniform Commercial Code and certain other lien notice statutes.

UCC. A UCC3 is a change statement to a UCC1. It's an amendment filing to an original UCC1 financing statement that changes or adds information to the originally filed UCC1. It's a filing tool secured parties use to manage their UCC portfolio to maintain their perfected security interests.

To do so you will generally need to make a trip in person down to your secretary of state's office. Once there, you will be able to swear under oath that you've satisfied the debt in full and wish to request for the UCC-1 filing to be removed.

The secured party has 20 days to either terminate the filing or send a termination statement to the debtor that the debtor can then file. If this does not happen within the 20-day time frame, the debtor may file a UCC-3 termination statement.

In all cases, you should file a UCC-1 with the secretary of state's office in the state where the debtor is incorporated or organized (if a business), or lives (if an individual).

The financing statement is generally filed with the office of the state secretary of state, in the state where the debtor is located - for an individual, the state where the debtor resides, for most kinds of business organizations the state of incorporation or organization.