Effect of indexing errors

NMSA 1978, § 55-9-517 — under Article 9.

NMSA 1978, § 55-9-517

The failure of the filing office to index a record correctly does not affect the effectiveness of the filed record. History: 1978 Comp., § 55-9-517, enacted by Laws 2001, ch. 139, § 88. OFFICIAL COMMENTS UCC Official Comments © by ALI & the NCCUSL. Reproduced with permission of the PEB for the UCC. All rights reserved. 1. Source. New. 2. Effectiveness of Mis-Indexed Records. This section provides that the filing office's error in mis-indexing a record does not render ineffective an otherwise effective record. As did former section 9-401, this section imposes the risk of filing-office error on those who search the files rather than on those who file.