How to Access the Filing Office Website
There are three ways in which you can access the Filing Office website. The kind
of access to the Filing Office website that you need depends on what you want to
do, and on whether you are going to use it to file notices regularly or only once
or infrequently.
If all you want to do is to search for existing notices, return to the Welcome screen
and select the
Public Search option to go to the Search
screen. In that case, there is no need to log in, and no fees are charged.
If you are with a company or financial institution that will file notices of security
interest on a regular basis, the company or institution should open a client account
with the Filing Office. This will allow the company or financial institution through
its authorized users to log in to the website to file notices and to request certified
search reports. Fees for registering and for requesting certified search reports
are automatically accrued to the client account, and a statement is generated for
the client at the end of each month. Payments are made by cash or check to the Land Registration Authority.
Simply remit your payment to the LRA along with your client account number that has been
assigned to you after registration with the Filing Office. You may bring the payment in person to
the LRA, or mailin a check. To set up a client account, return to the Welcome screen and select
the
How to Set Up a Client Account option. It
will lead you to the Client Account application, which you can complete and submit on-line. The Filing Office will assign
a number to your client account, which you must provide to the Bank of Marshall
Islands when you make payments on the monthly statement.
If you or your company will file notices or request certified search reports only
once or infrequently, you can file notices or request certified search reports on
the website, but you must pay the fees in advance. You should first determine how
many notices you want to file and how many certified search reports you need. Then
return to the Welcome screen and select the
Fees option
to view the fee schedule. Determine the total amount of fees for all the services
you want to do. Then pay that amount to the Land Registration Authority. The LRA
will enter the payment into the Filing Office system
and give you a receipt with a number on it. You may then log in to the Filing Office
website using the number from the receipt and file your notices or request certified
search reports.