Effective July 1, 2001, all original UCC's and amended UCC's will be filed at the Secretary of State's
office in Raleigh, unless the UCC or amendment form indicates that the document is to be filled in
the real estate records of the local filing office and meets all requirements of Revised Article 9. 
Only financing statements or amendments whose collateral includes fixtures, timber to be cut, or
as extracted minerals should be filed in the local filing office.

Local filing offices will no longer perform searches on UCC's filed after June 30, 2001.  Debtor's
name and property description are required on all real property-related UCC's and amendments.

Effective July 1, 2001:

Filing Fee for intial financing statements, correction statements, and all
amendments, including terminations:

One or two pages               $38
Three to ten pages             $45
Over ten pages                   $45 plus $2 per page over ten
Non-Standard form            additional $25 per document

Local filings may be mailed to:
Davidson County Register of Deeds
PO Box 464
Lexington, NC 27293-0464

All other NC filings:
NC Secretary of State
UCC Division
PO Box 29626
Raleigh, NC 27626-0626