Florida UCC search
Enter a business debtor's name. The lookup searches the Florida Department of State's statewide UCC registry and shows each filed financing statement with its number, type, filing date, lapse date, status, number of later filings and the secured party.
The debtor's exact registered business name. Business debtors only; we do not search people. The first 5 results of each list are free; HeritageDeed Pro shows them all.
How Florida's UCC search works
Florida's registry matches a debtor name by a standard rule that disregards suffixes such as Inc. and LLC and some punctuation, so enter the name as registered. The lookup covers filed (not lapsed) filings against organization debtors.
Each result shows when the filing lapses: a financing statement is effective for five years from filing unless a continuation is filed (UCC 9-515; Florida adopted Article 9 as Chapter 679 of the Florida Statutes). The results show the date through which filings have been indexed.
What a UCC filing is
A UCC-1 financing statement is the public notice a lender files when it takes a security interest in a borrower's personal property: equipment, inventory, receivables, or fixtures attached to a building. It names the debtor, the secured party and the collateral. A UCC-3 amends, assigns, continues or terminates it.
A filed financing statement is effective for five years after the date of filing and lapses at the end of that period unless a continuation statement is filed before it lapses (UCC 9-515). The lookup shows each filing's lapse date as the registry records it.
Where it is filed: ordinary business filings go to the Secretary of State of the state where the debtor is organized. Fixture filings, which cover equipment attached to real estate, are recorded in the county land records, and in New York City with the City Register, so they appear in a title search.
Questions
How do I search UCC filings in Florida?
Enter the debtor business name. The lookup runs Florida's standard UCC registry search and lists each filed financing statement with its number, filing and lapse dates, status and secured party.
Is the Florida UCC search free?
Yes. This lookup is free.
What is the Florida UCC registry?
It is the official Florida Secured Transaction Registry, the statewide registry operated for the Florida Department of State under Chapter 679 of the Florida Statutes, where Florida UCC financing statements are filed. This lookup searches that registry's filings by debtor business name.
Can I search UCC filings by a person's name?
No. This tool searches business debtors only and refuses a person's name. Where a business filing also lists a person as co-debtor, the person is shown as initials.
Does a lapsed UCC filing still matter?
A lapsed financing statement no longer perfects the security interest (UCC 9-515), but the debt itself may still exist and a new filing may have replaced it. Terminated filings mean the secured party filed a termination statement.
Do UCC filings show up in a title search?
Fixture filings recorded against the real estate do, and so do federal tax lien notices recorded where the property is. A UCC-1 filed only with the Secretary of State covers personal property and is not part of the land records. Our title report includes the fixture filings and federal tax liens recorded against the parcel.
Legal references
- UCC 9-515, Duration and effectiveness of financing statement
Official registry and property records, as of 2026-10-20. People are shown as initials. Not a consumer report: not for decisions on credit, insurance, employment, housing or any other purpose covered by the Fair Credit Reporting Act. Not legal advice and not title insurance.
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