Florida Statutes
Part III - Perfection and Priority (Ss. 679.3011-679.342)
679.3071 - Location of debtor.


(1) In this section, the term “place of business” means a place where a debtor conducts its affairs.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the following rules determine a debtor’s location:
(a) A debtor who is an individual is located at the individual’s principal residence.
(b) A debtor that is an organization and has only one place of business is located at its place of business.
(c) A debtor that is an organization and has more than one place of business is located at its chief executive office.

(3) Subsection (2) applies only if a debtor’s residence, place of business, or chief executive office, as applicable, is located in a jurisdiction whose law generally requires information concerning the existence of a nonpossessory security interest to be made generally available in a filing, recording, or registration system as a condition or result of the security interest’s obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor with respect to the collateral. If subsection (2) does not apply, the debtor is located in the District of Columbia.
(4) A person who ceases to exist, have a residence, or have a place of business continues to be located in the jurisdiction specified by subsections (2) and (3).
(5) A registered organization that is organized under the law of a state is located in that state.
(6) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (9), a registered organization that is organized under the law of the United States and a branch or agency of a bank that is not organized under the law of the United States or a state are located:
(a) In the state that the law of the United States designates, if the law designates a state of location;
(b) In the state that the registered organization, branch, or agency designates, if the law of the United States authorizes the registered organization, branch, or agency to designate its state of location, including by designating its main office, home office, or other comparable office; or
(c) In the District of Columbia, if neither paragraph (a) nor paragraph (b) applies.

(7) A registered organization continues to be located in the jurisdiction specified by subsection (5) or subsection (6) notwithstanding:
(a) The suspension, revocation, forfeiture, or lapse of the registered organization’s status as such in its jurisdiction of organization; or
(b) The dissolution, winding up, or cancellation of the existence of the registered organization.

(8) The United States is located in the District of Columbia.
(9) A branch or agency of a bank that is not organized under the law of the United States or a state is located in the state in which the branch or agency is licensed, if all branches and agencies of the bank are licensed in only one state.
(10) A foreign air carrier under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, is located at the designated office of the agent upon which service of process may be made on behalf of the carrier.
(11) This section applies only for purposes of this part.
History.—s. 3, ch. 2001-198; s. 3, ch. 2012-59.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXXIX - Commercial Relations

Chapter 679 - Uniform Commercial Code: Secured Transactions

Part III - Perfection and Priority (Ss. 679.3011-679.342)

679.3011 - Law governing perfection and priority of security interests.

679.3021 - Law governing perfection and priority of agricultural liens.

679.3031 - Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in goods covered by a certificate of title.

679.3041 - Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in deposit accounts.

679.3051 - Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in investment property.

679.3061 - Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in letter-of-credit rights.

679.3071 - Location of debtor.

679.3081 - When security interest or agricultural lien is perfected; continuity of perfection.

679.3091 - Security interest perfected upon attachment.

679.3101 - When filing required to perfect security interest or agricultural lien; security interests and agricultural liens to which filing provisions do not apply.

679.3111 - Perfection of security interests in property subject to certain statutes, regulations, and treaties.

679.3121 - Perfection of security interests in chattel paper, deposit accounts, documents, goods covered by documents, instruments, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, and money; perfection by permissive filing; temporary perfection without...

679.3131 - When possession by or delivery to secured party perfects security interest without filing.

679.3141 - Perfection by control.

679.3151 - Secured party’s rights on disposition of collateral and in proceeds.

679.3161 - Continued perfection of security interest following change in governing law.

679.3171 - Interests that take priority over or take free of security interest or agricultural lien.

679.3181 - No interest retained in right to payment that is sold; rights and title of seller of account or chattel paper with respect to creditors and purchasers.

679.319 - Rights and title of consignee with respect to creditors and purchasers.

679.320 - Buyer of goods.

679.321 - Licensee of general intangible and lessee of goods in ordinary course of business.

679.322 - Priorities among conflicting security interests in and agricultural liens on same collateral.

679.323 - Future advances.

679.324 - Priority of purchase-money security interests.

679.325 - Priority of security interests in transferred collateral.

679.326 - Priority of security interests created by new debtor.

679.327 - Priority of security interests in deposit account.

679.328 - Priority of security interests in investment property.

679.329 - Priority of security interests in letter-of-credit right.

679.330 - Priority of purchaser of chattel paper or instrument.

679.331 - Priority of rights of purchasers of instruments, documents, and securities under other articles; priority of interests in financial assets and security entitlements under chapter 678.

679.332 - Transfer of money; transfer of funds from deposit account.

679.333 - Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law.

679.334 - Priority of security interests in fixtures and crops.

679.335 - Accessions.

679.336 - Commingled goods.

679.337 - Priority of security interests in goods covered by certificate of title.

679.338 - Priority of security interest or agricultural lien perfected by filed financing statement providing certain incorrect information.

679.339 - Priority subject to subordination.

679.340 - Effectiveness of right of recoupment or set-off against deposit account.

679.341 - Bank’s rights and duties with respect to deposit account.

679.342 - Bank’s right to refuse to enter into or disclose existence of control agreement.