(6)__The filing office shall maintain a capability:

(a)__To retrieve a record by the name of the debtor and:

(i)__If the filing office is described in section 9- 1501, subsection (1), paragraph (a), by the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates and the date and time that the record was filed; or

(ii)__If the filing office is described in section 9- 1501, subsection (1), paragraph (b), by the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates; and

(b)__To associate and retrieve with one another an initial financing statement and each filed record relating to the initial financing statement.

(7)__The filing office may not remove a debtor's name from the index until one year after the effectiveness of a financing statement naming the debtor lapses under section 9-1515 with respect to all secured parties of record.

(8)__The filing office shall perform the acts required by subsections (1) to (5) at the time and in the manner prescribed

by filing-office rule, but not later than 2 business days after the filing office receives the record in question.

(9)__Subsections (2) and (8) do not apply to a filing office described in section 9-1501, subsection (1), paragraph (a).

Official Comment

1. Source. Former Sections 9-403(4), (7), 9-405(2).

2. Filing Office's Duties. Subsections (a) through (e) [Maine cite subsections (1) through (5)] set forth the duties of the filing office with respect to filed records. Subsection (h), which is new, imposes a minimum standard of performance for those duties. Prompt indexing is crucial to the effectiveness of any filing system. An accepted but un-indexed record affords no public notice. Subsection (f) [Maine cite subsection (6)] requires the filing office to maintain appropriate storage and