Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

SB 544: Uniform Commercial Code - As enacted, specifies that a filing office in receipt of a petition for review filed by a secured party contesting a public official's affidavit that a financing statement was filed without legal cause submit the UCC financing statement that is the subject of the petition and the notarized affidavit of the public official to the administrative procedures division of the office of the secretary of state, in addition to the existing requirement that the petition itself be submitted; requires the prevailing party in the contested case hearing to provide the filing office with a copy of the administrative law judge's determination. - Amends TCA Title 47.

Enacted Last action April 30, 2025: Pub. Ch. 171

Plain-language summary

SB 544 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Uniform Commercial Code - As enacted, specifies that a filing office in receipt of a petition for review filed by a secured party contesting a public official's affidavit that a financing statement was filed without legal cause submit the UCC financing statement that is the subject of the petition and the notarized affidavit of the public official to the administrative procedures division of the office of the secretary of state, in addition to the existing requirement that the petition itself be submitted; requires the prevailing party in the contested case hearing to provide the filing office with a copy of the administrative law judge's determination. - Amends TCA Title 47. Primary sponsor: Stevens. Most recent recorded action (April 30, 2025): Pub. Ch. 171.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Stevens.