Section 57A-9-525 - Fees for filing and indexing records. - South Dakota Statutes

57A-9-525. Fees for filing and indexing records. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), the fee for filing and indexing a record under this part, other than an initial financing statement of the kind described in subsection (b), is the amount specified in subsection (c), if applicable, plus:
(1) Twenty-five dollars if the record is communicated in writing and consists of one page, and five dollars for additional pages. One dollar of this fee shall be deposited into the financing statement and annual report filing fee fund;
(2) Twenty dollars if the record is communicated by internet. One dollar of this fee shall be deposited into the financing statement and annual report filing fee fund; and
(3) Twenty-five dollars if the record is communicated by another medium authorized by filing-office rule.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), the fee for filing, whether communicated in writing, electronically, or another medium authorized by filing-office rule, and indexing an initial financing statement of the following kind is the amount specified in subsection (c), if applicable, plus:
(1) Forty dollars if the financing statement indicates that it is filed in connection with a public-finance transaction;
(2) Forty dollars if the financing statement indicates that it is filed in connection with a manufactured-home transaction.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), if a record is communicated in writing or electronically, the fee for each name more than one required to be indexed is three dollars.
(d) The fee for responding to a request for information from the filing office, including for issuing a certificate showing whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor, is:
(1) Twenty dollars if the request is communicated in writing; and
(2) Ten dollars if the request is communicated by internet authorized by filing-office rule.
Upon request the filing officer shall furnish a copy of any filed financing statement or statement of assignment for a uniform fee of one dollar per page.
(e) 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 § 57A-9-502(c). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of the mortgage apply.

Source: SL 2000, ch 231; SL 2001, ch 262, § 1; SL 2003, ch 8, § 29; SL 2009, ch 4, § 24; SL 2009, ch 256, § 2.