About the Uniform Commercial Code
Our new SOS UCC Portal has launched!
Need an SOS Portal account? SOS Portal is the hub for all our new agency online services. You will need an SOS Portal account to access the SOS UCC Portal.
You are now be able to:
- Submit all UCC initial and amendments online.
- Check the status and retrieve your filings from our My UCC Filing History page for the past 90 days.
Paper filings are no longer accepted as of Aug. 29, 2025.
Review the UCC How to Guide to learn how to file using the new system.
For details on our modernization program, visit our SOS Modernization page.
The Uniform Commercial Code allows a creditor, typically a financial institution or lender, to notify other creditors about a debtor’s assets used as collateral for a secured transaction by filing a public notice (financing statement) with a particular filing office.
The Office of the Secretary of State is the central filing office for the receipt, filing, indexing and recordation of financing statements and other documents provided for under the Uniform Commercial Code and certain other lien notice statutes. All accepted documents are processed, recorded, filed, and made available to the public upon request through SOS Portal.
You may access a list of statutes that relate to documents filed in the central filing office for more information.
Fraudulent Filers
Under Section 405.022 of the Texas Government Code, the Office of the Secretary of State may request the assistance of the Attorney General to determine whether a document is fraudulent before filing in the Uniform Commercial Code records. The Attorney General's office will determine if legal action should be taken against fraudulent filers.
Reports to Legislature
Office of the Secretary of State Report to the Texas Legislature Pursuant to Texas Business and Commerce Code § 9.527 December 2024 | (PDF)
