30-9A-512. Amendment of financing statement. (1) Subject to 30-9A-509, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or subject to subsection (5), otherwise amend the information provided in, a financing statement by filing an amendment that:
(a) identifies, by its file number, the debtor, the creditor, and the initial financing statement to which the amendment relates; and
(b) if the amendment relates to an initial financing statement filed or recorded in a filing office described in 30-9A-501(1)(b), provides the date that the initial financing statement was filed or recorded and the information specified in 30-9A-502(2).
(2) Except as otherwise provided in 30-9A-515, the filing of an amendment does not extend the period of effectiveness of the financing statement.
(3) A financing statement that is amended by an amendment that adds collateral is effective as to the added collateral only from the date of the filing of the amendment.
(4) A financing statement that is amended by an amendment that adds a debtor is effective as to the added debtor only from the date of the filing of the amendment.
(5) An amendment is ineffective to the extent it:
(a) purports to delete all debtors and fails to provide the name of a debtor to be covered by the financing statement; or
(b) purports to delete all secured parties of record and fails to provide the name of a new secured party of record.
History: En. Sec. 82, Ch. 305, L. 1999; Sec. 30-9-532, MCA 1999; redes. 30-9A-512 by Code Commissioner, 2001.
Structure Montana Code Annotated
Chapter 9A. Uniform Commercial Code Secured Transactions
30-9A-503. Name of debtor and secured party
30-9A-504. Indication of collateral
30-9A-506. Effect of errors or omissions
30-9A-507. Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement
30-9A-508. Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes bound by security agreement
30-9A-509. Persons entitled to file record
30-9A-510. Effectiveness of filed record
30-9A-511. Secured party of record
30-9A-512. Amendment of financing statement
30-9A-513. Termination statement
30-9A-514. Assignment powers of secured party of record
30-9A-515. Duration and effectiveness of financing statement -- effect of lapsed financing statement
30-9A-516. What constitutes filing -- effectiveness of filing
30-9A-517. Effect of indexing errors
30-9A-518. Claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed record
30-9A-520. Acceptance and refusal to record
30-9A-521. Uniform form of written financing statement and amendment
30-9A-522. Maintenance and destruction of records
30-9A-523. Information from filing office -- sale or license of records
30-9A-524. Delay by filing office