Ark. Code Ann. § 4-9-525 (2026)

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), the fee for filing and indexing a record, whether by paper or electronically, under this part, other than an initial financing statement of the kind described in § 4-9-502(c), is:
   1. Records filed only with the Secretary of State pursuant to § 4-9-501(a)(3), sixteen dollars ($16.00) for filing and indexing the initial financing statement and termination statements, if the record consists of one (1) page;
   2. Records filed with the circuit clerks pursuant to § 4-9-501(a)(2) — twelve dollars ($12.00), for filing and indexing the initial financing statement and termination statements, if the record consists of one (1) page; and
   3. Fifty cents (50¢) per page up to a maximum of one hundred dollars ($100) if the record consists of more than one (1) page.
2. 1. The fee for filing a continuation is six dollars ($6.00).
   2. The fee for filing a termination statement is six dollars ($6.00) if it pertains to the filing of a financing statement before July 28, 1995.
   3. The fee for each separate search is six dollars ($6.00).
   4. The fee for filing an assignment is six dollars ($6.00).
   5. The fee for filing a release is six dollars ($6.00).
   6. The fee for filing an amendment is six dollars ($6.00).
3. The number of names required to be indexed does not affect the amount of the fee in subsection (a).
4. The fee for issuing a certificate or for furnishing a copy of any record on file naming a particular debtor, is:
   1. Six dollars ($6.00) if the record consists of one (1) page; and
   2. Fifty cents (50¢) per page for each page if the records supplied consist of more than one (1) page.
5. This section does not fix the fee with respect to a record of a mortgage which is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut under § 4-9-502(c). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of the mortgage apply.

History. Acts 2001, No. 1439, § 1; 2003, No. 1473, § 2; 2009, No. 942, § 3; 2011, No. 1189, § 1; 2015, No. 1028, § 1.

Amendments. The 2009 amendment substituted “2015” for “2013” in two places in (a)(1) and made a minor stylistic change; in (b), deleted “whether with the Secretary of State or a circuit clerk” preceding “is six dollars” in (b)(1) - (b)(6), deleted “whether by the Secretary of State or a circuit clerk” preceding “is six dollars” in (b)(3), and made related changes.

The 2011 amendment, in (a)(1), deleted “from July 1, 2001, through June 30, 2015” following “pursuant to § 4-9-501(a)(3)” and deleted the former last sentence.

The 2015 amendment deleted “up to a maximum of one hundred dollars ($100)” following “each page” in (d)(2).