2000 Minnesota Statutes

     336A.08 Master list. 

    Subdivision 1.    Compilation.  (a) The secretary of 
 state shall compile the information on effective financing 
 statements in the computerized filing system into a master list: 

    (1) organized according to farm product; 

    (2) arranged within each product: 

    (i) in alphabetical order according to the last name of the 
 individual debtor or, in the case of debtors doing business 
 other than as individuals, the first word in the name of the 
 debtors; 

    (ii) in numerical order according to the social security 
 number of the individual debtor or, in the case of debtors doing 
 business other than as individuals, the Internal Revenue Service 
 taxpayer identification number of the debtors; 

    (iii) geographically by county; and 

    (iv) by crop year; and 

    (3) containing the information provided on an effective 
 financing statement.  

    (b) The secretary of state shall compile information from 
 lien notices recorded in the computerized filing system into a 
 statutory lien master list in alphabetical order according to 
 the last name of the individual debtor or, in the case of 
 debtors doing business other than as individuals, the first word 
 in the name of the debtors.  The secretary of state may also 
 organize the statutory lien master list according to one or more 
 of the categories of information established in paragraph (a). 

    Subd. 2.    Removal of effective financing statements and 
 lien notices.  The secretary of state shall remove lapsed and 
 terminated effective financing statements and lien notices from 
 the computerized filing system before preparing master lists.  

    Subd. 3.    Request for partial master list.  If 
 requested by a buyer registered under section 336A.11, the 
 secretary of state shall distribute partial master lists to the 
 buyer that are limited to one or more of the categories in 
 subdivision 1, paragraph (a). 

    Subd. 4.    Distribution of master and partial lists.  
 (a) The secretary of state shall maintain the information on the 
 effective financing statement master list: 

    (1) by farm product arranged alphabetically by debtor; and 

    (2) by farm product arranged numerically by the debtor's 
 social security number for an individual debtor or, in the case 
 of debtors doing business other than as individuals, the 
 Internal Revenue Service taxpayer identification number of the 
 debtors. 

    (b) The secretary of state shall maintain the information 
 in the farm products statutory lien master list by county 
 arranged alphabetically by debtor. 

    (c) The secretary of state shall distribute the requested 
 master and partial master lists on a monthly basis to farm 
 product dealers registered under section 336A.11.  The secretary 
 of state may, by rule, establish that lists of certain farm 
 products must be distributed more frequently.  

    (d) The secretary of state shall, by rule, establish: 

    (1) dates when the distribution of lists will be made; 

    (2) dates after which a filing of an effective financing 
 statement or lien notice will not be reflected on the next lists 
 distributed; and 

    (3) dates by which a registrant must complete a 
 registration to receive the next list distributed.  

    (e) The secretary of state shall make the master and 
 partial master lists available as written or printed paper 
 documents and may make lists available in other forms or media, 
 including: 

    (1) microfiche; 

    (2) magnetic tape; 

    (3) electronically transmitted medium; or 

    (4) computer disk.  

    (f) There shall be no fee for partial or master lists 
 distributed on microfiche, magnetic tape, electronically 
 transmitted medium, computer disk, or comparable media. 

    (g) At the request of a farm product dealer registered 
 under section 336A.11, the secretary of state shall deliver 
 lists at cost by certified or registered mail, return receipt 
 requested.  

    HIST: 1992 c 525 s 9