Code of Alabama
Article 9A - Secured Transactions.
Part 5 - Filing.

Division 1 - Filing; Contents and Effectiveness of Financing Statement.

Section 7-9A-501 - Filing Office. - (a) Filing offices. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b),...

Section 7-9A-502 - Contents of Financing Statement; Record of Mortgage as Financing Statement; Time of Filing Financing Statement. - (a) Sufficiency of financing statement. Subject to subsection (b), a...

Section 7-9A-503 - Name of Debtor and Secured Party. - (a) Sufficiency of debtor's name. A financing statement sufficiently provides...

Section 7-9A-504 - Indication of Collateral. - A financing statement sufficiently indicates the collateral that it covers...

Section 7-9A-505 - Filing and Compliance With Other Statutes and Treaties for Consignments, Leases, Other Bailments, and Other Transactions. - (a) Use of terms other than "debtor" and "secured party."...

Section 7-9A-506 - Effect of Errors or Omissions. - (a) Minor errors and omissions. A financing statement substantially satisfying...

Section 7-9A-507 - Effect of Certain Events on Effectiveness of Financing Statement. - (a) Disposition. A filed financing statement remains effective with respect...

Section 7-9A-508 - Effectiveness of Financing Statement if New Debtor Becomes Bound by Security Agreement. - (a) Financing statement naming original debtor. Except as otherwise provided...

Section 7-9A-509 - Persons Entitled to File a Record. - (a) Person entitled to file record. A person may file...

Section 7-9A-510 - Effectiveness of Filed Record. - (a) Filed record effective if authorized. A filed record is...

Section 7-9A-511 - Secured Party of Record. - (a) Secured party of record. A secured party of record...

Section 7-9A-512 - Amendment of Financing Statement. - (a) Amendment of information in financing statement. Subject to Section...

Section 7-9A-513 - Termination Statement. - (a) Consumer goods. A secured party shall cause the secured...

Section 7-9A-514 - Assignment of Powers of Secured Party of Record. - (a) Assignment reflected on initial financing statement. Except as otherwise...

Section 7-9A-515 - Duration and Effectiveness of Financing Statement; Effect of Lapsed Financing Statement. - (a) Five-year effectiveness. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b),...

Section 7-9A-516 - What Constitutes Filing; Effectiveness of Filing. - (a) What constitutes filing. Except as otherwise provided in subsection...

Section 7-9A-517 - Effect of Indexing Errors. - The failure of the filing office to index a record...

Section 7-9A-518 - Claim Concerning Inaccurate or Wrongfully Filed Record. - (a) Statement with respect to record indexed under person's name....

Division 2 - Duties and Operation of Filing Office.

Section 7-9A-519 - Numbering, Maintaining, and Indexing Records; Communicating Information Provided in Records. - (a) Filing office duties. For each record filed in a...

Section 7-9A-520 - Acceptance and Refusal to Accept Record. - (a) Mandatory refusal to accept record. A filing office shall...

Section 7-9A-521 - Uniform Form of Written Financing Statement and Amendment. - (a) Initial financing statement form. A filing office that accepts...

Section 7-9A-522 - Maintenance and Destruction of Records. - (a) Post-lapse maintenance and retrieval of information. The filing office...

Section 7-9A-523 - Information From Filing Office; Sale or License of Records. - (a) Acknowledgment of filing written record. If a person that...

Section 7-9A-524 - Delay by Filing Office. - Delay by the filing office beyond a time limit prescribed...

Section 7-9A-525 - Fees. - (a) Initial financing statement or other record: General rule. Except...

Section 7-9A-526 - Filing-Office Rules. - (a) Adoption of filing-office rules. The Secretary of State shall...