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Instructions for UCC Financing Statement Amendment (Form UCC3)
<br />Please type or laser -print this form. Be sure it is completely legible. Read all Instructions, especially Instruction 1 a; correct file number of initial financing
<br />statement is crucial. Follow Instructions completely.
<br />Fill in form very carefully; mistakes may have important legal consequences. If you have questions, consult your attorney. Filing office cannot give legal advice.
<br />Do not insert anything in the open space in the upper portion of this form; it is reserved for filing office use
<br />An Amendment may relate to -only one financing statement. Do not enter more than one file number in item 1 a.
<br />When properly completed, send Filing Office Copy; with required fee, to filing office. If you want an acknowledgment, complete item B and if filing in a filing
<br />office that returns an acknowledgment copy furnished by filer, you may also send Acknowledgment Copy, otherwise detach. Always detach Debtor and
<br />Secured Party Copies.
<br />If you need to use attachments, you are encouraged to use either Amendment Addendum (Form UCC3Ad) or Amendment Additional Party (Form UCC3AP).
<br />Always complete items 1a and 9.
<br />A. To assist filing offices that might wish to communicate with filer, filer may provide information in item A. This item is optional.
<br />B. Complete item B if you want an acknowledgment sent to you. If filing in a filing office that returns an acknowledgment copy furnished by filer, present simultaneously
<br />with this form a carbon or other copy of this form for use as an acknowledgment copy.
<br />1a. File number: Enter file number of initial financing statement to which this
<br />Amendment relates. Enter only one file number. In some states, the file
<br />number is not unique; in those states, also enter in item 1 a, after the file
<br />number, the date that the initial financing statement was filed.
<br />1 b. Only if this Amendment is to be filed or recorded in the real estate records,
<br />check box 1b and also, in item 13 of Amendment Addendum, enter
<br />Debtor's name, in proper format exactly identical to the format of item 1
<br />of financing statement, and name of record owner if Debtor does not have
<br />a record interest.
<br />Note: Show purpose of this Amendment by checking box 2, 3, 4, 5 (in item 5
<br />you must check two boxes) or 8; also complete items 6, 7 and /or 8 as
<br />appropriate. Filer may use this Amendment form to simultaneously accomplish
<br />both data changes (items 4, 5, and /or 8) and a Continuation (item 3), although
<br />in some states filer may have to pay a separate fee for each purpose.
<br />2. To terminate the effectiveness of the identified financing statement with
<br />respect to security interest(s) of authorizing Secured Party, check box 2.
<br />See Instruction 9 below.
<br />3. To continue the effectiveness of the identified financing statement with
<br />respect to security interest(s) of authorizing Secured Party, check box 3.
<br />See•Instruction 9 below.
<br />4. To assign (i) all of assignor's interest under the identified financing
<br />statement, or (ii) a partial interest in the security interest covered by the
<br />identified financing statement, or (iii) assignor's full interest in some (but
<br />not all) of the collateral covered by the identified financing statement:
<br />Check box in item 4 and enter name of assignee in item 7a if assignee is
<br />an organization, or in item 7b, formatted as indicated, if assignee is an
<br />individual. Complete 7a or 7b, but not both. Also enter assignee's
<br />address in item 7c. Also enter name of assignor in item 9. If partial
<br />Assignment affects only some (but not all) of the collateral covered by the
<br />identified financing statement, filer may check appropriate box in item 8
<br />and indicate affected collateral in item 8.
<br />5,6,7.To change the name of a party: Check box in item 5 to indicate
<br />whether this Amendment amends information relating to a Debtor or
<br />a Secured Party; also check box in item 5 to indicate that this is a name
<br />change; also enter name of affected party (current record name) in
<br />item 6a or 6b as appropriate; and enter new name (7a or 7b). If the
<br />new name refers to a Debtor complete (7c); also complete 7e -7g if
<br />7a was completed.
<br />5,6,7.To change the address of a party: Check box in item 5 to indicate
<br />whether this Amendment amends information relating to a Debtor or
<br />a Secured Party; also check box in item 5 to indicate that this is an
<br />address change; also enter name of affected party (current record
<br />name) in item 6a or 6b as appropriate; and enter new address (7c)
<br />in item 7.
<br />5,6,7.To change the name and address of a party: Check box in item 5 to
<br />indicate whether this Amendment amends information relating to a
<br />Debtor or a Secured Party; also check box in item 5 to indicate that this
<br />is a name /address change; also enter name of affected party (current
<br />record name) in items 6a or 6b as appropriate; and enter the new name
<br />(7a or 7b). If the new name refers to a Debtor complete item 7c; also
<br />complete 7e -7g if 7a was completed.
<br />5,6. To delete a party: Check box in item 5 to indicate whether deleting a
<br />Debtor or a Secured Party; also check box in item 5 to indicate that this
<br />is a deletion of a party; and also enter name (6a or 6b) of deleted party •
<br />in item 6.
<br />5,7. To add a party: Check box in item 5 to indicate whether adding a Debtor
<br />or Secured Party; also check box in item 5 to indicate that this is an
<br />addition of a party and enter the new name (7a or 7b). If the new name
<br />refers to a Debtor complete item 7c; also complete 7e -7g if 7a was
<br />completed. To include further additional Debtors or Secured Parties,
<br />attach Amendment Additional Party (Form UCC3AP), using correct
<br />name format.
<br />Note: The preferred method for filing against a new Debtor (an
<br />individual or organization not previously of record as a Debtor under
<br />this file number) is to file a new Financing Statement (UCC1) and not
<br />an Amendment (UCC3).
<br />7d. Reserved for Financing Statement Amendments to be filed in North
<br />Dakota or South Dakota only. If this Financing Statement Amendment
<br />is to be filed in North Dakota or South Dakota, the Debtor's taxpayer
<br />identification number (tax ID #) — social security number or employer
<br />identification number must be placed in this box.
<br />8. Collateral change. To change the collateral covered by the identified
<br />financing statement, describe the change in item 8. This may be
<br />accomplished either by describing the collateral to be added or deleted, or
<br />by setting forth in full the collateral description as it is to be effective after
<br />the filing of this Amendment, indicating clearly the method chosen (check
<br />the appropriate box). If the space in item 8 is insufficient, use item 13 of
<br />Amendment Addendum (Form UCC3Ad). A partial release of collateral is
<br />a deletion. If, due to a full release of all collateral, filer no longer claims a
<br />security interest under the identified financing statement, check box 2
<br />(Termination) and not box 8 (Collateral Change). If a partial assignment
<br />consists of the assignment of son ie (but nut all) of the collateral covered
<br />by the identified financing statement, filer may indicate the assigned
<br />collateral in item 8, check the appropriate box in item 8, and also comply
<br />with instruction 4 above.
<br />9. Always enter name of party of record authorizing this Amendment; in most
<br />cases, this will be a Secured Party of record. If more than one authorizing
<br />Secured Party, give additional name(s), properly formatted, in item 13 of
<br />Amendment Addendum (Form UCC3Ad). If the indicated financing
<br />statement refers to the parties as lessee and lessor, or consignee and
<br />consignor, or seller and buyer, instead of Debtor and Secured Party,
<br />references in this Amendment shall be deemed likewise so to refer to
<br />the parties. If this is an assignment, enter assignor's name. If this is
<br />an Amendment authorized by a Debtor that adds collateral or adds a
<br />Debtor, or if this is a Termination authorized by a Debtor, check the box
<br />in item 9 and enter the name, properly formatted, of the Debtor
<br />authorizing this Amendment, and, if this Amendment or Termination is
<br />to be filed or recorded in the real estate records, also enter, in item 13
<br />of Amendment Addendum, name of Secured Party of record.
<br />10. This item is optional and is for filer's use only. For filer's convenience of
<br />reference, filer may enter in item 10 any identifying information (e.g.,
<br />Secured Party's loan number, law firm file number, Debtor's name or other
<br />identification, state in which form is being filed, etc.) that filer may find
<br />useful.
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