6. Search by Debtor's Address. Subsection (c)(1)(A) [Maine cite subsection (3), paragraph (a), subparagraph (i)] contemplates that, by making a single request, a searcher will receive the results of a search of the entire public record maintained by any given filing office. Addition of the bracketed language in subsection (c)(1)(A) [Maine cite subsection (3), paragraph (a), subparagraph (i)] would permit a search report limited to financing statements showing a particular address for the debtor, but only if the search request is so limited. With or without the bracketed language, this subsection does not permit the filing office to compel a searcher to limit a request by address.

7. Medium of Communication; Certificates. Former Article 9 provided that the filing office respond to a request for information by providing a certificate. The principle of medium- neutrality would suggest that the statute not require a written certificate. Subsection (d) [Maine cite subsection (4)] follows this principle by permitting the filing office to respond by communicating "in any medium." By permitting communication "in any medium," subsection (d) [Maine cite subsection (4)] is not inconsistent with a system in which persons other than filing office staff conduct searches of the filing office's (computer) records.

Some searchers find it necessary to introduce the results of their search into evidence. Because official written certificates might be introduced into evidence more easily than official communications in another medium, subsection (d) [Maine cite subsection (4)] affords States the option of requiring the filing office to issue written certificates upon request. The alternative bracketed language in subsection (d) [Maine cite subsection (4)] recognizes that some States may prefer to permit the filing office to respond in another medium, as long as the response can be admitted into evidence in the courts of that State without extrinsic evidence of its authenticity.

8. Performance Standard. The utility of the filing system depends on the ability of searchers to get current information quickly. Accordingly, subsection (e) [Maine cite subsection (5)] requires that the filing office respond to a request for information no later than two business days after it receives the request. The information contained in the response must be current as of a date no earlier than three business days before the filing office receives the request. See subsection (c)(1) [Maine cite subsection (3), paragraph (a)]. The failure of the filing office to comply with performance standards, such as