(a) Maintenance and destruction of records. Every city or town clerk’s office (“former filing office”) shall maintain a record of every financing statement filed with such office under former Article 9 until the earlier of one year after a termination statement is filed with respect to such financing statement or June 30, 2007. As of July 1, 2007, all remaining records of, or relating to, financing statements filed in such office under former Article 9 may be destroyed.
(b) Acceptance or rejection of filings. A former filing office shall accept for filing any termination statement relating to a financing statement filed with such office under former Article 9. The fee for filing such a termination statement shall be $15, and shall be retained by the former filing office. A former filing office shall not accept or file any initial financing statement or any other record relating to a financing statement filed with such office under former Article 9.
(c) Communication of requested information. Until July 1, 2007, a former filing office shall respond to a request for information concerning its records in the same way and to the same extent as is required of a filing office under Section 9-523(c), (d), and (e), and shall be entitled to charge and retain the same fees as are prescribed in Section 9-525(d). Such a request for information shall be prepared, submitted, and processed separately from a request for information submitted under Section 9-523(g), and the fees prescribed in Section 9-525(d) shall apply separately to each request and the response thereto.