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Essentials for UCC Filings
UCC Forms
Fees
Administrative Rules
Acceptance and Refusal of Documents
Iowa County Recorders' Guidelines

Essentials for UCC Filings

  • You MUST use National UCC Forms.
  • Multiple copies are no longer required. You need only file one copy.
  • Remit fees:
    $10.00 for one or two pages.
    $20.00 for over two pages.
    $5.00 for electronic filing.
  • National UCC forms are available to copy from:
    Secretary of State's web site in the Business Center - Online Forms.
  • You need an account with the Secretary of State's Office to use on-line filing. You may apply for an account by following the account setup instructions.

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UCC Forms

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Fees - 721 Iowa Administration Code 30.1(10)

  • Filing fee. The fee for filing and indexing a UCC document of one or two pages communicated on paper or in a paper-based format (including faxes) is $10. If there are additional pages, the fee is $20. But the fee for filing and indexing a UCC document communicated by a medium authorized by these rules which is other than on paper or in a paper-based format shall be $5.
  • UCC search fee. The fee for a UCC search request communicated verbally, on paper or in a paper-based format is $5.
  • UCC search-copies. The fee for paper copies of UCC documents is $1 per page.

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Iowa Secretary of State filing Office Administrative Rules

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Acceptance and Refusal of Documents

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Iowa County Recorders' Guidelines

Mail or Fax to:
Mail
Michael Mauro
Iowa Secretary of State
Lucas Bldg. 1st Floor
Des Moines, IA 50319


Fax
(515) 242-5953
(Charge Account Information Required)
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