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DIVISION 9 - SECURED TRANSACTIONS

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 9101. - 9101. This division may be cited as the Uniform Commercial...

Section 9102. - 9102. (a) In this division: (1) “Accession” means goods that...

Section 9103. - 9103. (a) In this section: (1) “Purchase money collateral” means...

Section 9104. - 9104. (a) A secured party has control of a deposit...

Section 9105. - 9105. (a) A secured party has control of electronic chattel...

Section 9106. - 9106. (a) A person has control of a certificated security,...

Section 9107. - 9107. A secured party has control of a letter-of-credit right...

Section 9108. - 9108. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (c), (d),...

Section 9109. - 9109. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (c) and...

Section 9110. - 9110. A security interest arising under Section 2401 or 2505,...

CHAPTER 2 - Effectiveness of Security Agreement: Attachment of Security Interest: Rights of Parties to Security Agreement

Section 9201. - 9201. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this code, a...

Section 9202. - 9202. Except as otherwise provided with respect to consignments or...

Section 9203. - 9203. (a) A security interest attaches to collateral when it...

Section 9204. - 9204. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a...

Section 9205. - 9205. (a) A security interest is not invalid or fraudulent...

Section 9206. - 9206. (a) A security interest in favor of a securities...

Section 9207. - 9207. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (d), a...

Section 9208. - 9208. (a) This section applies to cases in which there...

Section 9209. - 9209. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), this...

Section 9210. - 9210. (a) In this section: (1) “Request” means a record...

CHAPTER 3 - Perfection and Priority

Section 9301. - 9301. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 9303 to 9306,...

Section 9302. - 9302. While farm products are located in a jurisdiction, the...

Section 9303. - 9303. (a) This section applies to goods covered by a...

Section 9304. - 9304. (a) The local law of a bank’s jurisdiction governs...

Section 9305. - 9305. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), the...

Section 9306. - 9306. (a) Subject to subdivision (c), the local law of...

Section 9307. - 9307. (a) In this section, “place of business” means a...

Section 9308. - 9308. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section and...

Section 9309. - 9309. The following security interests are perfected when they attach:...

Section 9310. - 9310. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) and...

Section 9311. - 9311. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (d), the...

Section 9312. - 9312. (a) A security interest in chattel paper, negotiable documents,...

Section 9313. - 9313. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a...

Section 9314. - 9314. (a) A security interest in investment property, deposit accounts,...

Section 9315. - 9315. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this division and...

Section 9316. - 9316. (a) A security interest perfected pursuant to the law...

Section 9317. - 9317. (a) A security interest or agricultural lien is subordinate...

Section 9318. - 9318. (a) A debtor that has sold an account, chattel...

Section 9319. - 9319. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), for...

Section 9320. - 9320. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (e), a...

Section 9321. - 9321. (a) In this section, “licensee in ordinary course of...

Section 9321.1. - 9321.1. A licensee of nonexclusive rights in a motion picture...

Section 9322. - 9322. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, priority...

Section 9323. - 9323. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), for...

Section 9324. - 9324. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (g), a...

Section 9325. - 9325. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a...

Section 9326. - 9326. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), a security interest that...

Section 9327. - 9327. The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests...

Section 9328. - 9328. The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests...

Section 9329. - 9329. The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests...

Section 9330. - 9330. (a) A purchaser of chattel paper has priority over...

Section 9331. - 9331. (a) This division does not limit the rights of...

Section 9332. - 9332. (a) A transferee of money takes the money free...

Section 9333. - 9333. (a) In this section, “possessory lien” means an interest,...

Section 9334. - 9334. (a) A security interest under this division may be...

Section 9335. - 9335. (a) A security interest may be created in an...

Section 9336. - 9336. (a) In this section, “commingled goods” means goods that...

Section 9337. - 9337. If, while a security interest in goods is perfected...

Section 9338. - 9338. If a security interest or agricultural lien is perfected...

Section 9339. - 9339. This division does not preclude subordination by agreement by...

Section 9340. - 9340. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), a...

Section 9341. - 9341. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c) of Section...

Section 9342. - 9342. This division does not require a bank to enter...

CHAPTER 4 - Rights of Third Parties

Section 9401. - 9401. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) and...

Section 9402. - 9402. The existence of a security interest, agricultural lien, or...

Section 9403. - 9403. (a) In this section, “value” has the meaning provided...

Section 9404. - 9404. (a) Unless an account debtor has made an enforceable...

Section 9405. - 9405. (a) A modification of or substitution for an assigned...

Section 9406. - 9406. (a) Subject to subdivisions (b) to (i), inclusive, an...

Section 9407. - 9407. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a...

Section 9408. - 9408. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), a...

Section 9409. - 9409. (a) A term in a letter of credit or...

CHAPTER 5 - Filing

Section 9501. - 9501. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), if...

Section 9502. - 9502. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), a financing statement is...

Section 9503. - 9503. (a) A financing statement sufficiently provides the name of...

Section 9504. - 9504. A financing statement sufficiently indicates the collateral that it...

Section 9505. - 9505. (a) A consignor, lessor, or other bailor of goods,...

Section 9506. - 9506. (a) A financing statement substantially satisfying the requirements of...

Section 9507. - 9507. (a) A filed financing statement remains effective with respect...

Section 9508. - 9508. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a...

Section 9509. - 9509. (a) A person may file an initial financing statement,...

Section 9510. - 9510. (a) A filed record is effective only to the...

Section 9511. - 9511. (a) A secured party of record with respect to...

Section 9512. - 9512. (a) Subject to Section 9509, a person may add...

Section 9513. - 9513. (a) A secured party shall cause the secured party...

Section 9514. - 9514. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), an...

Section 9515. - 9515. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivisions (b), (e),...

Section 9516. - 9516. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), communication...

Section 9517. - 9517. The failure of the filing office to index a...

Section 9518. - 9518. (a) A person may file in the filing office...

Section 9519. - 9519. (a) For each record filed in a filing office,...

Section 9520. - 9520. (a) A filing office shall refuse to accept a...

Section 9521. - 9521. (a) A filing office that accepts written records may...

Section 9522. - 9522. (a) The filing office shall maintain a record of...

Section 9523. - 9523. (a) If a person that files a written record...

Section 9524. - 9524. Delay by the filing office beyond a time limit...

Section 9525. - 9525. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (d), the...

Section 9526. - 9526. (a) The Secretary of State shall adopt and publish...

Section 9526.5. - 9526.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

Section 9528. - 9528. Upon the request of any person, the Secretary of...

CHAPTER 6 - Default

Section 9601. - 9601. (a) After default, a secured party has the rights...

Section 9602. - 9602. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9624, to the...

Section 9603. - 9603. (a) The parties may determine by agreement the standards...

Section 9604. - 9604. (a) If an obligation secured by a security interest...

Section 9605. - 9605. A secured party does not owe a duty based...

Section 9606. - 9606. For purposes of this chapter, a default occurs in...

Section 9607. - 9607. (a) If so agreed, and in any event after...

Section 9608. - 9608. (a) If a security interest or agricultural lien secures...

Section 9609. - 9609. (a) After default, a secured party may do both...

Section 9610. - 9610. (a) After default, a secured party may sell, lease,...

Section 9611. - 9611. (a) In this section, “notification date” means the earlier...

Section 9612. - 9612. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), whether...

Section 9613. - 9613. Except in a consumer-goods transaction, the following rules apply:...

Section 9614. - 9614. In a consumer-goods transaction, the following rules apply: (1)...

Section 9615. - 9615. (a) A secured party shall apply or pay over...

Section 9616. - 9616. (a) In this section: (1) “Explanation” means a writing...

Section 9617. - 9617. (a) A secured party’s disposition of collateral after default...

Section 9618. - 9618. (a) A secondary obligor acquires the rights and becomes...

Section 9619. - 9619. (a) In this section, “transfer statement” means a record...

Section 9620. - 9620. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (g), a...

Section 9621. - 9621. (a) A secured party that desires to accept collateral...

Section 9622. - 9622. (a) A secured party’s acceptance of collateral in full...

Section 9623. - 9623. (a) A debtor, any secondary obligor, or any other...

Section 9624. - 9624. (a) A debtor or secondary obligor may waive the...

Section 9625. - 9625. (a) If it is established that a secured party...

Section 9626. - 9626. (a) In an action arising from a transaction, other...

Section 9627. - 9627. (a) The fact that a greater amount could have...

Section 9628. - 9628. (a) Unless a secured party knows that a person...

Section 9629. - 9629. No renunciation or modification by the debtor of any...

CHAPTER 7 - Transition

Section 9701. - 9701. This division shall become operative on July 1, 2001....

Section 9702. - 9702. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this...

Section 9703. - 9703. (a) A security interest that is enforceable immediately before...

Section 9704. - 9704. All of the following rules apply with respect to...

Section 9705. - 9705. (a) If action, other than the filing of a...

Section 9706. - 9706. (a) The filing of an initial financing statement in...

Section 9707. - 9707. (a) In this section, “pre-effective-date financing statement” means a...

Section 9708. - 9708. A person may file an initial financing statement or...

Section 9709. - 9709. (a) This division determines priority of conflicting claims to...

CHAPTER 8 - Transition Provisions for 2010 Amendments

Section 9801. - 9801. The changes to this division made by the act...

Section 9802. - 9802. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the...

Section 9803. - 9803. (a) A security interest that is a perfected security...

Section 9804. - 9804. A security interest that is an unperfected security interest...

Section 9805. - 9805. (a) The filing of a financing statement before July...

Section 9806. - 9806. (a) The filing of an initial financing statement in...

Section 9807. - 9807. (a) In this section, “preeffective-date financing statement” means a...

Section 9808. - 9808. A person may file an initial financing statement or...

Section 9809. - 9809. The changes to this division made by the act...

CHAPTER 9 - Transition Provisions for 2014 Amendments

Section 9901. - 9901. (a) The changes to this division made by the...

Section 9902. - 9902. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the...

Section 9903. - 9903. A security interest that is a perfected security interest...

Section 9904. - 9904. A security interest that is an unperfected security interest...

Section 9905. - 9905. (a) The filing of a financing statement before January...

Section 9906. - 9906. A person may file an initial financing statement or...

Section 9907. - 9907. The changes to this division made by the act...