Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 5 - Filing
Section 9-513 - Termination Statement

(a)    A secured party shall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement to file a termination statement for the financing statement if the financing statement covers consumer goods and:
        (1)    There is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise give value; or
        (2)    The debtor did not authorize the filing of the initial financing statement.
    (b)    To comply with subsection (a), a secured party shall cause the secured party of record to file the termination statement:
        (1)    Within 1 month after there is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise give value; or
        (2)    If earlier, within 20 days after the secured party receives an authenticated demand from a debtor.
    (c)    In cases not governed by subsection (a), within 20 days after a secured party receives an authenticated demand from a debtor, the secured party shall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement to send to the debtor a termination statement for the financing statement or file the termination statement in the filing office if:
        (1)    Except in the case of a financing statement covering accounts or chattel paper that has been sold or goods that are the subject of a consignment, there is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise give value;
        (2)    The financing statement covers accounts or chattel paper that has been sold but as to which the account debtor or other person obligated has discharged its obligation;
        (3)    The financing statement covers goods that were the subject of a consignment to the debtor but are not in the debtor’s possession; or
        (4)    The debtor did not authorize the filing of the initial financing statement.
    (d)    Except as otherwise provided in § 9-510, upon the filing of a termination statement with the filing office, the financing statement to which the termination statement relates ceases to be effective. Except as otherwise provided in § 9-510, for purposes of §§ 9-519(f), 9-522(a), and 9-523(b), the filing with the filing office of a termination statement relating to a financing statement that indicates that the debtor is a transmitting utility also causes the effectiveness of the financing statement to lapse.

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