The Uniform Commercial Code Division operates a filing and retrieval center for UCC financing statements at the state level. If a secured party wishes to perfect a security interest in a collateral when the proper place to file is the Office of the Secretary of State, they must submit a UCC-1 form to the UCC Division with the appropriate fees.

All filings submitted to the UCC Division are given an exclusive filing number. To comply with federal and state law, financing statements are filed alphabetically and numerically. In the event that a secured party wishes to terminate, continue, release part of the collateral, assign a new secured party or amend the original financing statement, a UCC-3 form is filed with reference to the original file number. Corrections to filings by either the filer or the filing office require a UCC-5 to be filed. Requests for information on UCC filings require a UCC-11 to be filed. In recent years, the UCC Division began accepting state and federal tax liens for filing. State and federal tax liens are handled in the same manner as the UCC-1 financing statements.