West Virginia HB5229 updates provisions for filing fraudulent financing statements, including procedures for affidavits and notices to secured.
West Virginia HB5229 amends the Code of West Virginia to update the procedures for filing fraudulent financing statements. It allows the Secretary of State to reject records believed to be fraudulent and provides a process for refiling such records. The bill also outlines the procedures for filing an affidavit to challenge a rejected record and mandates notice to secured parties. It includes provisions for civil and criminal penalties for filing fraudulent records and grants the Secretary of State investigative powers to enforce these provisions.
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