What constitutes filing -- Effectiveness of filing

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, communication of a record to a filing office and tender of the filing fee or acceptance of the record by the filing office constitutes filing. (2) Filing does not occur with respect to a record that a filing office refuses to accept because: (a) The record is not communicated by a method or medium of communication authorized by the filing office; (b) An amount equal to or greater than the applicable filing fee is not tendered; (c) The filing office is unable to index the record because: 1. In the case of an initial financing statement, the record does not provide a name for the debtor; 2. In the case of an amendment or information statement, the record: a. Does not identify the initial financing statement as required by KRS 355.9-512 or 355.9-518, as applicable; or b. Identifies an initial financing statement whose effectiveness has lapsed under KRS 355.9-515; 3. In the case of an initial financing statement that provides the name of a debtor identified as an individual or an amendment that provides a name of a debtor identified as an individual which was not previously provided in the financing statement to which the record relates, the record does not identify the debtor's surname; or 4. In the case of a record filed in the filing office described in KRS 355.9- 501(1)(a), the record does not provide a sufficient description of the real property to which it relates; (d) In the case of an initial financing statement or an amendment that adds a secured party of record, the record does not provide a name and mailing address for the secured party of record; (e) In the case of an initial financing statement or an amendment that provides a name of a debtor which was not previously provided in the financing statement to which the amendment relates, the record does not: 1. Provide a mailing address for the debtor; or 2. Indicate whether the debtor is an individual or an organization; (f) In the case of an assignment reflected in an initial financing statement under KRS 355.9-514(1) or an amendment filed under KRS 355.9-514(2), the record does not provide a name and mailing address for the assignee; or (g) In the case of a continuation statement, the record is not filed within the six (6) month period prescribed by KRS 355.9-515(4). (3) For purposes of subsection (2) of this section: (a) A record does not provide information if the filing office is unable to read or decipher the information; and  (b) A record that does not indicate that it is an amendment or identify an initial financing statement to which it relates, as required by KRS 355.9-512, 355.9- 514, or 355.9-518, is an initial financing statement. (4) A record that is communicated to the filing office with tender of the filing fee, but which the filing office refuses to accept for a reason other than one set forth in subsection (2) of this section, is effective as a filed record except as against a purchaser of the collateral which gives value in reasonable reliance upon the absence of the record from the files.