§ 554.9525

554.9525 Fees. 1. Initial financing statement or other record — general rule. Except as otherwise provided in subsections 3 and 4, fees for services rendered by the filing office under this partmust be set by rules adopted by the secretary of state’s office for services for that office. Therule must set the fees for filing and indexing a record under this part on the following basis: a. if a record presented for filing is communicated to the filing office in writing and consists of more than two pages, the fee for filing and indexing the record must be at leasttwice the amount of the fee for a record communicated in writing that consists of one or twopages; and b. if the record is communicated by another medium authorized by the secretary of state’s office, the fee must be no more than half the amount of the fee for a record communicated inwriting that consists of one or two pages. 2. Number of names. The number of names required to be indexed does not affect the amount of the fee in subsection 1. 3. Response to information request. A rule adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must set the fee for responding to a request for information from the filing office, includingfor

the fee in subsection 1. 3. Response to information request. A rule adopted pursuant to subsection 1 must set the fee for responding to a request for information from the filing office, includingfor communicating whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particulardebtor. However, if the filing office is in the county, the board of supervisors for the countymay adopt an ordinance or resolution setting the fee for responding to a request for theinformation. A fee for responding to a request communicated in writing must be not lessthan twice the amount of the fee for responding to a request communicated by anothermedium authorized by the office of secretary of state or the board of supervisors for thefiling office where its filing office is located. 4. Record of mortgage. This section does not require a fee with respect to a record of a mortgage which is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or asa financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut under section554.9502, subsection 3. However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise wouldbe applicable to the record of the mortgage apply.

ng as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut under section554.9502, subsection 3. However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise wouldbe applicable to the record of the mortgage apply. 2000 Acts, ch 1149, §96, 187; 2001 Acts, ch 176, §75; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §90, 91 Sat Dec 23 11:02:18 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 554.9525 (25, 0)