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 Texas, and in most other states, an appeal is taken to a state court of appeals. In Texas, there are fourteen courts of appeals (view them here). Like the federal system, an appeal is decided by a three judge panel of the particular court of appeals that hears the case.