All information on a UCC-1 is public information. Many states offer UCC searches online for a small fee. Before a lender makes a secured loan in which it intends to file a UCC-1 form, it does a lien search to make sure there are no other UCC-1s filed against the piece of collateral being financed.
The mandate makes the judgment of the court final, taxes costs related to the appeal (if required), and releases the courtâs jurisdiction of the case. The mandate will normally issue following the decision of the case or the denial of rehearing, whichever is later. 2
In some areas the appellate court has limited powers of review. Generally, an appellate court's judgment provides the final directive of the appeals courts as to the matter appealed, setting out with specificity the court's determination that the action appealed from should be affirmed, reversed, remanded or modified.