44-7-5.1. Duty of secretary of state on presentation of certificate of release, nonattachment, withdrawal, discharge, or subordination.

If a certificate of release, nonattachment, withdrawal, discharge, or subordination of any lien is presented to the secretary of state for filing, the secretary of state shall:

(1)    Cause a certificate of release, nonattachment, or withdrawal to be marked, held, and indexed as if the certificate were a termination statement within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code, but the notice of lien to which the certificate relates may not be removed from the files; and

(2)    Cause a certificate of discharge or subordination to be marked, held, and indexed as if the certificate were a release of collateral within the meaning of the Uniform Commercial Code.

Source: SL 1988, ch 355, § 5; SL 2005, ch 236, § 3.