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This law was first created in 2000. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 1007<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2002, chapter 71<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":84866,"section_number":"12.1-21.1","catch_line":"Fees to be charged by clerk for certain information and certificates","order_by":null,"url":"\/12.1-21.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":70542,"section_number":"8.9A-502","catch_line":"Contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as financing statement; time of filing financing statement","order_by":null,"url":"\/8.9A-502\/"}],"permalink":{"id":284281,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56551,"identifier":"8.9A-525","token":"8.9A\/5\/2\/8.9A-525","url":"\/8.9A-525\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/8.9A-525\/","token":"8.9A\/5\/2\/8.9A-525","dublin_core":{"Title":"Fees","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 8.9A-525","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

a.<\/span> Initial financing statement or other record; general rule. — Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), the fee for filing and indexing a record under this part is twenty dollars. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

b.<\/span> [Repealed.] <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

c.<\/span> Number of names. — The number of names required to be indexed does not affect the amount of the fee in subsection (a). <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

d.<\/span> Response to information request. — The fee for responding to a request for information from the filing office, other than the State Corporation Commission, including for issuing a certificate showing whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor, is twenty dollars. The fees for responding to requests for information from the State Corporation Commission made pursuant to this title are governed by § 12.1-21.1<\/a>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

e.<\/span> 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 as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral<\/span> or timber to be cut under § 8.9A-502<\/a> (c). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of the mortgage apply. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFEES (\u00a7 8.9A-525)\n\na. Initial financing statement or other record; general rule. — Except as\notherwise provided in subsection (e), the fee for filing and indexing a record\nunder this part is twenty dollars.\n\nb. [Repealed.]\n\nc. Number of names. — The number of names required to be indexed does not\naffect the amount of the fee in subsection (a).\n\nd. Response to information request. — The fee for responding to a request\nfor information from the filing office, other than the State Corporation\nCommission, including for issuing a certificate showing whether there is on file\nany financing statement naming a particular debtor, is twenty dollars. The fees\nfor responding to requests for information from the State Corporation Commission\nmade pursuant to this title are governed by § 12.1-21.1.\n\ne. Record of mortgage. — This section does not require a fee with respect\nto a record of a mortgage which is effective as a financing statement filed as a\nfixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or\ntimber to be cut under § 8.9A-502 (c). However, the recording and\nsatisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of the\nmortgage apply.\n\nHISTORY: 2000, c. 1007; 2002, c. 71.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}