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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-6a > Chapter-6a-9 > 6a-9-522SECTION 6A-9-522
§ 6A-9-522 Maintenance and destruction ofrecords. – (a) Post-lapse maintenance and retrieval of information. The filingoffice shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financingstatement for at least one year after the effectiveness of the financingstatement has lapsed under § 6A-9-515 with respect to all secured partiesof record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and:
(1) If the record was filed in the filing office described in§ 6A-9-501(a)(1), by using (i) the file number assigned to the initialfinancing statement to which the record relates, (ii) the date and time thatthe record was filed, or (iii) the book and page references of the filing; or
(2) If the record was filed in the filing office described in§ 6A-9-501(a)(2), by using the file number assigned to the initialfinancing statement to which the record relates.
(b) Destruction of written records. Except to theextent that a statute governing disposition of public records providesotherwise, the filing office immediately may destroy any written recordevidencing a financing statement. However, if the filing office destroys awritten record, it shall maintain another record of the financing statementwhich complies with subsection (a).
