Online Services

Make a UCC Filing Online: You can make most types of simple UCC-1 and UCC-3 filings here.

Prepaid Account Status: Determine the current status and account balance of an existing pre-paid account, including recent deposits and charges against the account.

Uniform Commercial Code Index Search: Search for Uniform Commercial Code filings. KRS 355.9 (Revised Article 9), effective July 1, 2001, establishes the Secretary of State's office as the central filing agency for liens against non-titled property.

Organization names will be entered into the UCC information management system exactly as set forth on the UCC record, even if it appears that multiple names are set forth or it appears that the name of an individual has been included in the field designated for an organization name. Individual names are entered exactly as set forth on the UCC record. Inclusion of names in an incorrect field or failure to transmit names accurately may cause the filing to be ineffective.

The Secretary of State maintains a searchable index for all active UCC records that provides for the retrieval of a record by the name of the debtor and by the file number of the initial financing statement to which the record relates and which associates with one another each initial financing statement and each filed UCC document relating to the initial financing statement.

The Secretary of State has adopted the search logic of the model rules promulgated by the International Association of Corporation Administrators ("IACA") This search logic only allows full name searches. No partial name searches are permitted under the standard search logic adopted by IACA. Kentucky will certify only full name searches, but will continue to permit partial name searches over the web.

The following rules apply to standardized searches. Standardized search results are produced by the application of standardized search logic to the name presented to the filing officer. Human judgment does not play a role in determining the results of the search.

There is no limit to the number of matches.

No distinction is made between upper and lower case letters.

Punctuation marks and accents are disregarded.

Words and abbreviations at the end of a name that indicate the existence or nature of an organization are disregarded.

The word "the" at the beginning of the search criteria is disregarded.

All spaces are disregarded.

For first and middle names of individuals, initials are treated as the logical equivalent of all names that begins with such initials.