In this subtitle, the following terms have the meanings indicated. Terms Defined. Amendment. “Amendment” means a UCC record that amends the information contained in a financing statement. “Amendment” includes assignments, continuations, and terminations. “Assignment” means an amendment that assigns all or a part of a secured party's power to authorize an amendment to a financing statement. “Continuation statement” has the meaning stated in Commercial Law Article, §9-102(27), Annotated Code of Maryland. “Correction statement” means a record filed under Commercial Law Article, §9-518, Annotated Code of Maryland, indicating that a financing statement is inaccurate or wrongfully filed. “File number” has the meaning stated in Commercial Law Article, §§9-102(36) and 9-519(a), Annotated Code of Maryland. “Filing office” means the State Department of Assessments and Taxation. “Filing office correction statement” means a statement of correction entered into the filing office's information system to correct an error by the filing office. “Financing statement” has the meaning stated in Commercial Law Article, §9-102(39), Annotated Code of Maryland. “Individual” means a human being, or a decedent in the case of a debtor that is the decedent's estate. “Initial financing statement” means a UCC record containing the information required to be in an initial financing statement and that causes the filing office to establish the initial record of existence of a financing statement. “Lapse date” means the date on which the effectiveness of a financing statement lapses under Commercial Law Article, §9-515, Annotated Code of Maryland. “Organization” means a legal person who is not an individual. “Record” means an initial financing statement, an amendment, an assignment, a continuation statement, a termination statement, or a correction statement. Remitter. “Remitter” means a person who tenders a UCC record to the filing office for filing, whether the person is a filer or an agent of a filer responsible for tendering the record for filing. “Remitter” includes a service provider who acts as a filer's representative in the filing process. “Remitter” does not include a person responsible merely for the delivery of the record to the filing office, such as the postal service or a courier service. “Secured party of record” has the meaning stated in Commercial Law Article, §9-511, Annotated Code of Maryland. “Termination statement” has the meaning stated in Commercial Law Article, §§9-102(79) and 9-513, Annotated Code of Maryland. “UCC ” means the Maryland Uniform Commercial Code.