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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 18.14.01.04" title_num="18" subtitle_num="14" chapter_num="01" heading="Date, Time, and Method of Filing.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Filing Methods.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Filing Office may accept filings by the methods specified in §A(2)—(4) of this regulation.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Hand Delivery to the Filing Office. The file time for a UCC record delivered by this method is the date and time of presentation of a paper record to a representative of the filing office.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Postal Service or Express Mail Delivery to the Filing Office. The file time for a UCC record delivered by this method is the date the filing record is received and the time that is manually stamped on the filing by a representative of the filing office.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Electronic Transmission to the Filing Office, Excluding Telefacsimile Transmission. The file time for a UCC record delivered by this method is the date and time the filing record is received.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The file times in §A of this regulation apply even though the UCC record may not yet have been accepted for filing and may be subsequently rejected.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>