Section 440.510. Search logic.

Search results are created by applying standardized search logic to the name presented to the filing officer by the person requesting the search. Human judgment does not play a role in determining the results of the search. All of  the following provisions are applied to conduct searches:

(1) The number of matches that may be returned     in    response      to     the search criteria is not limited.

(b)  No distinction is made between upper and lower case letters.

(c)   Punctuation marks and accents are disregarded. Only the letters A to Z in upper or lower case, the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, and the symbol &, in any combination, are considered in conducting the search.

(d)   Words and abbreviations at the end of a name that indicate the existence or nature of an organization are disregarded, including, but not limited to, any of the following or abbreviations of the following:

(i)   Agency.

(ii)   Association.

(iii)   Assn.

(iv)   Associates.

(v)   Assc.

(vi)   Assoc.

(vii)   Attorney at law.

(viii)   Bank.

(ix)   National bank.

(x)   Business trust.

(xi)   ) Charter.

(xii)   ) Chartered.

(xiii)   ) Company.

(xiv)   ) Co.

(xv)   Corporation.

(xvi)   ) Corp.

(xvii)   ) Credit union.

(xviii)   ) CU.

(xix)   Federal savings bank.

(xx)   FSB.

(xxi)   i) General partnership.

(xxii)   Gen part.

(xxiii)   i) GP.

(xxiv)   Incorporated.

(xxv)   Inc.

(xxvi)   Limited.

(xxvii)   Ltd.

(xxviii)   Ltee.

(xxix)   Limited liability company.

(xxx)   LC.

(xxxi)   LC.

(xxxii)   Limited liability partnership.

(xxxiii)   LLP.

(xxxiv)   Limited partnership.

(xxxv)   LP.

(xxxvi)   vi) Medical doctors professional association.

(xxxvii)   ii) MDPA.

(xxxviii)   ii) Medical doctors professional corporation.

(xxxix)   DPC.

(xL) National association. (xLi) NA.

(xLii) Partners. (xLiii) Partnership.

(xLiv) Professional association. (xLv) Prof assn.

(xLvi) PA.

(xLvii) Professional corporation. (xLviii) Prof corp.

(xLix) PC.

(L) Professional limited liability company. (Li) Professional limited liability co.

(Lii) PLLC.

(Liii) Railroad. (Liv) RR.

(Lv) Real estate investment trust. (Lvi) REIT.

(Lvii) Registered limited liability partnership. (Lviii) RLLP.

(Lix) Savings association. (Lx) SA.

(Lxi) Service corporation. (Lxii) SC.

(Lxiii) Sole proprietorship. (Lxiv) SP.

(Lxv) SPA.

(Lxvi) Trust. (Lxvii) Trustee. (Lxviii) As trustee.

(e)   The word "the" at the beginning of the search criteria is disregarded.

(f)  All spaces are disregarded.

(g)   For first and middle names of individuals, initials are equated with all names that begin with the initials, and no middle name or initial is equated with all middle names and initials.

(h)   After taking the preceding provisions into account to modify the name of the debtor requested to be searched and to modify the names of debtors contained in unlapsed financing statements in the   UCC    information management system, the search

will  reveal  only  names  of  active  debtors that,  as modified, exactly  match  the  name requested,   as  modified.

History: 2002 MR 21, Eff. Nov. 20, 2002.