Goal & what you need
Goal
Run the correct Florida personal-property lien and UCC searches for an identified debtor, capture every plausible filing and its history, and clearly state the search scope, cutoff date, results, and limitations.
What you need
- A defined research request, authorized purpose, and as-of date
- The debtor's verified legal name and whether the debtor is an individual or organization
- Known aliases, former names, addresses, document numbers, and entity identifiers when available
- Access to the Florida Division of Corporations and Florida Secured Transaction Registry
- A controlled location for filing images and the search report
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- 1Define the question, authorized scope, debtor, relevant dates, property type, jurisdictions, and search cutoff date before searching
- 2Verify the debtor's exact legal name from an authoritative source and list reasonable former names, aliases, spelling variations, and entity forms separately
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