{"asOf":"2026-09-05","sku":"ssdf-ucc-atlas","merchant":"SSDF INC","disclaimer":"Licensed snapshot of the Florida Secured Transaction Registry. SSDF does not file UCC-1s, does not certify searches, and does not perfect a security interest. Fixture filings belong at the county. Judgment liens belong on Sunbiz.","live":{"human":"/ucc","index":"/api/ucc","card":"/api/ucc/{slug}"},"hardRules":["The Florida Secured Transaction Registry is the clerk for Article 9 financing statements against personal property. SSDF does not file a UCC-1 and does not run a search as a service.","Florida UCC, LLC has operated the registry as a DOS contractor since 1 Oct 2001. The statute is still Fla. Stat. ch. 679. The contractor is not the Secretary of State.","Fixture filings and as-extracted collateral / timber-to-be-cut under §679.5021(3) file with the county recorder and pay chapter 28 fees — not this registry.","Judgment liens file with the Department of State on Sunbiz, not on floridaucc.com. Real-property mortgages record at the county. Three clerks. Do not mix them.","Search logic is exact debtor legal name. A 2024 Florida Law Review study found 32% of filings against registered organizations ineffective for name errors alone. Type the Sunbiz name.","A Passport over this atlas attests that a buyer paid the file. It is not a financing statement and not a certified search."],"clerks":[{"id":"fstr","title":"Florida Secured Transaction Registry","kicker":"The Article 9 clerk","body":"Centralized UCC filing and retrieval under Fla. Stat. ch. 679. Search, online filing, XML guide, bulk download. Operated by Florida UCC, LLC under DOS contract.","url":"https://www.floridaucc.com/uccweb/"},{"id":"dos-judgment","title":"Sunbiz judgment liens","kicker":"A different DOS surface","body":"Judgment liens against personal property are a Division of Corporations product, not an FSTR UCC-1. Sit next to Sunbiz Atlas.","url":"https://dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/forms/"},{"id":"county-fixture","title":"County recorder (fixture filings)","kicker":"Land-related collateral","body":"A mortgage effective as a fixture filing, or a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, files with the official recorder and pays Fla. Stat. ch. 28. §679.525(2)–(3).","url":"/clerk"}],"fees":[{"id":"ucc1","label":"UCC-1 initial financing statement, first page","amount":"35.00","cite":"§679.525(1)(a) $25 including later termination + (1)(h) $10 General Revenue"},{"id":"ucc3","label":"Amendment, first page","amount":"12.00","cite":"§679.525(1)(b)"},{"id":"extra-name","label":"Additional debtor, secured party, or assignee indexed","amount":"3.00","cite":"§679.525(1)(c) per name"},{"id":"extra-page","label":"Additional page","amount":"3.00","cite":"§679.525(1)(e)"},{"id":"nonapproved","label":"Nonapproved form","amount":"5.00","cite":"§679.525(1)(d)"},{"id":"certified","label":"Certified copy of a financing statement and amendments","amount":"30.00","cite":"§679.525(1)(f)"},{"id":"copy","label":"Photocopy of a filed record","amount":"1.00","cite":"§679.525(1)(g) per page"}],"statute":[{"id":"679","cite":"Fla. Stat. ch. 679","note":"UCC Article 9 as enacted in Florida."},{"id":"679-525","cite":"§679.525","note":"Processing fees. Nonrefundable. Fixture-kind initial statements use chapter 28 instead."},{"id":"679-5021","cite":"§679.5021(3)","note":"Mortgage-as-fixture-filing / as-extracted / timber — county recorder."},{"id":"679-3121","cite":"§679.3121","note":"Perfection methods. Deposit accounts perfect by control, not by this registry."}],"watch":[{"id":"name-error","title":"Debtor name is the search","body":"LoPucki, Florida Law Review 76: 32% of FSTR filings against registered organizations were ineffective for name errors under Florida's zero-tolerance test. Use the exact Sunbiz legal name, including suffixes."},{"id":"contractor","title":"Privatized registry","body":"DOS privatized filing and maintenance effective 1 Oct 2001. Florida UCC, LLC runs floridaucc.com. The clerk of the statute is still chapter 679."},{"id":"carry","title":"Seller-carry notes","body":"A recorded PMM is a county instrument. A UCC-1 against business assets or a note as chattel paper is this registry — if the debtor name is right. Sit next to Seller-Carry Protocol."}],"doctrine":{"surface":"The Florida Secured Transaction Registry is the clerk for Article 9 financing statements against personal property. Florida UCC, LLC has operated it as a DOS contractor since 1 Oct 2001. The statute is still ch. 679.","filter":"Map the clerk. Do not file a UCC-1 and do not certify a search. Fixture filings and timber/as-extracted statements file with the county recorder. Judgment liens file on Sunbiz. Three clerks.","names":"Search logic is exact debtor legal name. A 2024 Florida Law Review study found 32% of filings against registered organizations ineffective for name errors. Type the Sunbiz name."}}