30-9A-518. Claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed record. (1) A person may file in the filing office an information statement with respect to a record indexed there under the person’s name if the person believes that the record is inaccurate or was wrongfully filed.

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Terms Used In Montana Code 30-9A-518

  • File number: means the number assigned to an initial financing statement pursuant to 30-9A-519(1). See Montana Code 30-9A-102
  • Filing office: means an office designated in 30-9A-501 as the place to file a financing statement. See Montana Code 30-9A-102
  • Financing statement: means a record or records composed of an initial financing statement and any filed record relating to the initial financing statement. See Montana Code 30-9A-102
  • Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
  • Secured party: means :

    (i)a person in whose favor a security interest is created or provided for under a security agreement, whether or not any obligation to be secured is outstanding;

    (ii)a person that holds an agricultural lien;

    (iii)a consignor;

    (iv)a person to which accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes have been sold;

    (v)a trustee, indenture trustee, agent, collateral agent, or other representative in whose favor a security interest or agricultural lien is created or provided for; or

    (vi)a person that holds a security interest arising under 30-2-401, 30-2-505, 30-2-711(3), 30-2A-508(5), 30-4-208, or 30-5-118. See Montana Code 30-9A-102

(2)An information statement under subsection (1) must:

(a)identify the record to which it relates by:

(i)the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates; and

(ii)if the information statement relates to a record filed in a filing office described in 30-9A-501(1)(a), the date that the initial financing statement was filed or recorded and the information specified in 30-9A-502(2);

(b)indicate that it is an information statement; and

(c)provide the basis for the person’s belief that the record is inaccurate and indicate the manner in which the person believes the record should be amended to cure any inaccuracy or provide the basis for the person’s belief that the record was wrongfully filed.

(3)A person may file in the filing office an information statement with respect to a record filed there if the person is a secured party of record with respect to the financing statement to which the record relates and believes that the person that filed the record was not entitled to do so under 30-9A-509(4).

(4)An information statement under subsection (3) must:

(a)identify the record to which it relates by:

(i)the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates; and

(ii)if the information statement relates to a record filed in a filing office described in 30-9A-501(1)(a), the date that the initial financing statement was filed and the information specified in 30-9A-502(2);

(b)indicate that it is an information statement; and

(c)provide the basis for the person’s belief that the person that filed the record was not entitled to do so under 30-9A-509(4).

(5)The filing of an information statement does not affect the effectiveness of an initial financing statement or other filed record.