§ 25‑9‑525.  Fees.

(a) Filing of initial financing statement or other record with the office of the Secretary of State: general rule. – Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) of this section, the Secretary of State shall collect the following fees for filing and indexing a record under this Part:

(1) Thirty‑eight dollars ($38.00) if the record is communicated in writing and consists of one or two pages;

(2) Forty‑five dollars ($45.00) if the record is communicated in writing and consists of more than two pages, plus two dollars ($2.00) for each page over 10 pages; and

(3) Thirty dollars ($30.00) if the record is communicated by another medium authorized by filing‑office rule.

(b) Filing with the register of deeds. – The fees to be collected by the register of deeds for filing and indexing a record under this Part are provided under G.S. 161‑10(a)(13).

(c) Number of names. – The number of names required to be indexed does not affect the amount of the fee in subsection (a) of this section.

(d) Response to information request. – The fee for responding to a request for information from the office of the Secretary of State, including for communicating whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor, is:

(1) Thirty‑eight dollars ($38.00) if the request is communicated in writing; and

(2) Thirty dollars ($30.00) if the request is communicated by another medium authorized by filing‑office rule.

Upon request the office of the Secretary of State shall furnish a copy of any filed financing statement or statement of assignment for a uniform fee of two dollars ($2.00) per page. This subsection does not require that a fee be charged for remote access searching of the filing office database.

(e) 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 or timber to be cut under G.S. 25‑9‑502(c). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of the mortgage apply. (1866‑7, c. 1, s. 1; 1872‑3, c. 133, s. 1; Code, s. 1799; 1893, c. 9; Rev., s. 2052; C.S., s. 2480; 1925, c. 302, s. 1; 1927, c. 22; 1935, c. 205; 1945, c. 182, ss. 2, 4; c. 196, s. 2; 1955, c. 386, ss. 1, 2; c. 816; 1957, cc. 564, 999; 1961, c. 574; 1965, c. 700, s. 1; 1967, c. 562, s. 1; 1969, c. 1115, s. 1; 1971, c. 1170; 1973, c. 1316, s. 1; 1975, c. 862, s. 7; 1977, cc. 156, 295; 1983, c. 713, s. 23; 1987, c. 792, s. 6; 1989, c. 523, s. 4; 1991, c. 164, s. 1; 1997‑456, s. 55.3; 1997‑475, s. 5.4; 2000‑169, s. 1; 2003‑284, ss. 35B.1(a), 35B.1(b); 2015‑206, s. 2.)