Section DFI-CCS 5.04 - Search requests(1) Search results shall be created by applying standardized search logic to the name presented to the filing officer by the person requesting the search. For conducting searches, the following shall apply: (a) There shall be no limit to the number of matches that may be returned in response to the search criteria.(b) No distinction shall be made between upper and lower case letters.(c) Only characters which appear on a standard keyboard shall be considered searchable characters.(e) For first and middle names of individuals, initials shall be treated as the logical equivalent of all names that begin with the initials, and no middle name or initial shall be equated with all middle names and initials. Note: Example: A search request for a "Dolly R. Parton" would cause the search to retrieve all filings against all individual debtors with "Dolly" as the first name, "Parton" as the last name, and with the initial "R" or any name beginning with "R" in the middle name field. If the search request were for "Dolly Parton", (first and last names with no designation in the middle name field), the search would retrieve all filings against individual debtors with "Dolly" as the first name, "Parton" as the last name and with any name or initial or no name or initial in the middle name field.
(f) After taking the procedures in pars. (a) to (e) into account, the search shall reveal only names of debtors that exactly match the name requested contained within the UCC information management system and as requested under s. DFI-CCS 5.03. Note: Human judgment does not play a role in determining the results of the search. Detailed explanations and examples of the search procedures are posted on the Department of Financial Institutions website, www.wdfi.org.
(2) For documents filed prior to July 1, 2001, department keying guidelines then in effect may affect the way debtor names were indexed, and documents filed prior to that date might not be returned when searching a registered corporate name using the search logic set forth in sub. (1).Wis. Admin. Code Department of Financial Institutions DFI-CCS 5.04
CR 01-122: CR Register February 2002 No. 554, eff. 3-1-02; CR 06-122: r. and reCR Register March 2007 No. 615, eff. 4-1-07.Amended by, CR 23-026: r. (1) (d) Register February 2024 No. 818, eff. 3/1/2024 Human judgment does not play a role in determining the results of the search. Detailed explanations and examples of the search procedures are posted on the Department of Financial Institutions website, www.wdfi.org [File Link Not Available].