UCC search · Arkansas
Arkansas UCC search
The Arkansas Secretary of State, Business and Commercial Services (UCC) keeps Arkansas's UCC filings: the notices lenders file to claim a business's assets. Search them by business and see each filing's status, dates and parties, with the source on every result.
What Arkansas's UCC records include
The fields a Clerkfield lien search returns for Arkansas.
- File number and filing date
- Lapse date as recorded by the state
- Status (the state uses Active and Lapsed; Clerkfield also marks terminated filings)
- Debtor name with city and state
- Lender (secured party) name with city and state, including earlier lenders on the same filing
- Later filings (amendments, continuations, terminations) with file numbers and dates
- Tax liens labelled as such when the filing type says so
Not in Arkansas's free records
City and state only.
Search by lender
Not in Arkansas: search by the business's name.
How to search Arkansas UCC filings by hand
The state's own search is at bcs.sos.arkansas.gov. The online lien search is free.
- Open the Secretary of State's lien search at bcs.sos.arkansas.gov.
- Search by the debtor's organization name, and include lapsed records if you want past liens.
- Read each row: file number, debtor, filing type, secured party, status, filing date and lapse date.
- Open a filing to see its later amendments, continuations and terminations.
Arkansas specifics
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Arkansas runs the same lien search platform as New Mexico, so the search screens and result columns match.
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The results list gives city and state only for each party. Street addresses are only in the per-filing detail.
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The search page states the date through which filings have been processed. On November 4, 2026 it was one day behind.
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Clerkfield searches Arkansas liens by business (debtor) name only.
Check the business behind the lien
Before you rely on a lien search, confirm the business is registered and active in Arkansas.
Arkansas business search-
Yes, the online search is free and needs no login. A certified search from the office is a separate, paid service.
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The search results list each debtor and lender with city and state only. Full street addresses are only in each filing's detail view.
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Yes. Each document is its own row that points back to the original filing number. Clerkfield groups them into one lien with its history.
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Only if you tick the option to include them. Clerkfield always includes lapsed filings, because past liens show a business's funding history.
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It runs on the same vendor platform, so the screens and columns match. The records are separate: each state only holds its own filings.