# Commercial Law (GCL)

## Title 9. Secured Transactions

### Subtitle 5. Filing

#### Section 9-521

A filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written initial financing statement, addendum, or amendment in the form and format set forth in the official text of the 2010 amendments to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code promulgated by the American Law Institute and the Uniform Law Commission, except for a reason set forth in Sec. 9-516(b).

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Md. Code Ann., Com. Law (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)