North Carolina General Statutes
Article 9 - Secured Transactions.
§ 25-9-308 - When security interest or agricultural lien is perfected; continuity of perfection.

25-9-308. When security interest or agricultural lien is perfected; continuity of perfection.
(a) Perfection of security interest. - Except as otherwise provided in this section and G.S. 25-9-309, a security interest is perfected if it has attached and all of the applicable requirements for perfection in G.S. 25-9-310 through G.S. 25-9-316 have been satisfied. A security interest is perfected when it attaches if the applicable requirements are satisfied before the security interest attaches.
(b) Perfection of agricultural lien. - An agricultural lien is perfected if it has become effective and all of the applicable requirements for perfection in G.S. 25-9-310 have been satisfied. An agricultural lien is perfected when it becomes effective if the applicable requirements are satisfied before the agricultural lien becomes effective.
(c) Continuous perfection; perfection by different methods. - A security interest or agricultural lien is perfected continuously if it is originally perfected by one method under this Article and is later perfected by another method under this Article, without an intermediate period when it was unperfected.
(d) Supporting obligation. - Perfection of a security interest in collateral also perfects a security interest in a supporting obligation for the collateral.
(e) Lien securing right to payment. - Perfection of a security interest in a right to payment or performance also perfects a security interest in a security interest, mortgage, or other lien on personal or real property securing the right.
(f) Security entitlement carried in securities account. - Perfection of a security interest in a securities account also perfects a security interest in the security entitlements carried in the securities account.
(g) Commodity contract carried in commodity account. - Perfection of a security interest in a commodity account also perfects a security interest in the commodity contracts carried in the commodity account. (1997-181, s. 5; 2000-169, s. 1.)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 25 - Uniform Commercial Code

Article 9 - Secured Transactions.

§ 25-9-101 - Short title.

§ 25-9-102 - Definitions and index of definitions.

§ 25-9-103 - Purchase-money security interest; application of payments; burden of establishing.

§ 25-9-103.1 - Production-money crops; production-money obligation; production-money security interest; burden of establishing.

§ 25-9-104 - Control of deposit account.

§ 25-9-105 - Control of electronic chattel paper.

§ 25-9-106 - Control of investment property.

§ 25-9-107 - Control of letter-of-credit right.

§ 25-9-108 - Sufficiency of description.

§ 25-9-109 - Scope.

§ 25-9-110 - Security interests arising under Article 2 or 2A of this Chapter.

§ 25-9-201 - General effectiveness of security agreement.

§ 25-9-202 - Title to collateral immaterial.

§ 25-9-203 - Attachment and enforceability of security interest; proceeds; supporting obligations; formal requisites.

§ 25-9-204 - After-acquired property; future advances.

§ 25-9-205 - Use or disposition of collateral permissible.

§ 25-9-206 - Security interest arising in purchase or delivery of financial asset.

§ 25-9-207 - Rights and duties of secured party having possession or control of collateral.

§ 25-9-208 - Additional duties of secured party having control of collateral.

§ 25-9-209 - Duties of secured party if account debtor has been notified of assignment.

§ 25-9-210 - Request for accounting; request regarding list of collateral or statement of account.

§ 25-9-301 - Law governing perfection and priority of security interests.

§ 25-9-302 - Law governing perfection and priority of agricultural liens.

§ 25-9-303 - Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in goods covered by a certificate of title.

§ 25-9-304 - Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in deposit accounts.

§ 25-9-305 - Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in investment property.

§ 25-9-306 - Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in letter-of-credit rights.

§ 25-9-307 - Location of debtor.

§ 25-9-308 - When security interest or agricultural lien is perfected; continuity of perfection.

§ 25-9-309 - Security interest perfected upon attachment.

§ 25-9-310 - When filing required to perfect security interest or agricultural lien; security interests and agricultural liens to which filing provisions do not apply.

§ 25-9-311 - Perfection of security interests in property subject to certain statutes, regulations, and treaties.

§ 25-9-312 - 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 witho...

§ 25-9-313 - When possession by or delivery to secured party perfects security interest without filing.

§ 25-9-314 - Perfection by control.

§ 25-9-315 - Secured party's rights on disposition of collateral and in proceeds.

§ 25-9-316 - Effect of change in governing law.

§ 25-9-317 - Interests that take priority over or take free of security interest or agricultural lien.

§ 25-9-318 - 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.

§ 25-9-319 - Rights and title of consignee with respect to creditors and purchasers.

§ 25-9-320 - Buyer of goods.

§ 25-9-321 - Licensee of general intangible and lessee of goods in ordinary course of business.

§ 25-9-322 - Priorities among conflicting security interests in and agricultural liens on same collateral.

§ 25-9-323 - Future advances.

§ 25-9-324 - Priority of purchase-money security interests.

§ 25-9-324.1 - Priority of production-money security interests and agricultural liens.

§ 25-9-325 - Priority of security interests in transferred collateral.

§ 25-9-326 - Priority of security interests created by new debtor.

§ 25-9-327 - Priority of security interests in deposit account.

§ 25-9-328 - Priority of security interests in investment property.

§ 25-9-329 - Priority of security interests in letter-of-credit right.

§ 25-9-330 - Priority of purchaser of chattel paper or instrument.

§ 25-9-331 - Priority of rights of purchasers of instruments, documents, and securities under other Articles; priority of interests in financial assets and security entitlements under Article 8.

§ 25-9-332 - Transfer of money; transfer of funds from deposit account.

§ 25-9-333 - Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law.

§ 25-9-334 - Priority of security interests in fixtures and crops.

§ 25-9-335 - Accessions.

§ 25-9-336 - Commingled goods.

§ 25-9-337 - Priority of security interests in goods covered by certificate of title.

§ 25-9-338 - Priority of security interest or agricultural lien perfected by filed financing statement providing certain incorrect information.

§ 25-9-339 - Priority subject to subordination.

§ 25-9-340 - Effectiveness of right of recoupment or setoff against deposit account.

§ 25-9-341 - Bank's rights and duties with respect to deposit account.

§ 25-9-342 - Bank's right to refuse to enter into or disclose existence of control agreement.

§ 25-9-401 - Alienability of debtor's rights.

§ 25-9-402 - Secured party not obligated on contract of debtor or in tort.

§ 25-9-403 - Agreement not to assert defenses against assignee.

§ 25-9-404 - Rights acquired by assignee; claims and defenses against assignee.

§ 25-9-405 - Modification of assigned contract.

§ 25-9-406 - Discharge of account debtor; notification of assignment; identification and proof of assignment; restrictions on assignment of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, and promissory notes ineffective.

§ 25-9-407 - Restrictions on creation or enforcement of security interest in leasehold interest or in lessor's residual interest.

§ 25-9-408 - Restrictions on assignment of promissory notes, health-care-insurance receivables, and certain general intangibles ineffective.

§ 25-9-409 - Restrictions on assignment of letter-of-credit rights ineffective.

§ 25-9-501 - Filing offices.

§ 25-9-502 - Contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as financing statement; time of filing financing statement.

§ 25-9-503 - Name of debtor and secured party.

§ 25-9-504 - Indication of collateral.

§ 25-9-505 - Filing and compliance with other statutes and treaties for consignments, leases, other bailments, and other transactions.

§ 25-9-506 - Effect of errors or omissions.

§ 25-9-507 - Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement.

§ 25-9-508 - Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes bound by security agreement.

§ 25-9-509 - Persons entitled to file a record.

§ 25-9-510 - Effectiveness of filed record.

§ 25-9-511 - Secured party of record.

§ 25-9-512 - Amendment of financing statement.

§ 25-9-513 - Termination statement.

§ 25-9-514 - Assignment of powers of secured party of record.

§ 25-9-515 - Duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement.

§ 25-9-516 - What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing.

§ 25-9-517 - Effect of indexing errors.

§ 25-9-518 - Claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed record.

§ 25-9-519 - Numbering, maintaining, and indexing records; communicating information provided in records.

§ 25-9-520 - Acceptance, refusal to accept record, and cancellation of record.

§ 25-9-521 - Uniform form of written financing statement and amendment.

§ 25-9-522 - Maintenance and destruction of records.

§ 25-9-523 - Information from filing office.

§ 25-9-524 - Delay by filing office.

§ 25-9-525 - Fees.

§ 25-9-526 - Filing-office rules.

§ 25-9-601 - Rights after default; judicial enforcement; consignor or buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes.

§ 25-9-602 - Waiver and variance of rights and duties.

§ 25-9-603 - Agreement on standards concerning rights and duties.

§ 25-9-604 - Procedure if security agreement covers real property or fixtures.

§ 25-9-605 - Unknown debtor or secondary obligor.

§ 25-9-606 - Time of default for agricultural lien.

§ 25-9-607 - Collection and enforcement by secured party.

§ 25-9-608 - Application of proceeds of collection or enforcement; liability for deficiency and right to surplus.

§ 25-9-609 - Secured party's right to take possession after default.

§ 25-9-610 - Disposition of collateral after default.

§ 25-9-611 - Notification before disposition of collateral.

§ 25-9-612 - Timeliness of notification before disposition of collateral.

§ 25-9-613 - Contents and form of notification before disposition of collateralgeneral.

§ 25-9-614 - Contents and form of notification before disposition of collateralconsumer-goods transaction.

§ 25-9-615 - Application of proceeds of disposition; liability for deficiency and right to surplus.

§ 25-9-616 - Explanation of calculation of surplus or deficiency.

§ 25-9-617 - Rights of transferee of collateral.

§ 25-9-618 - Rights and duties of certain secondary obligors.

§ 25-9-619 - Transfer of record or legal title.

§ 25-9-620 - Acceptance of collateral in full or partial satisfaction of obligation; compulsory disposition of collateral.

§ 25-9-621 - Notification of proposal to accept collateral.

§ 25-9-622 - Effect of acceptance of collateral.

§ 25-9-623 - Right to redeem collateral.

§ 25-9-624 - Waiver.

§ 25-9-625 - Remedies for secured party's failure to comply with Article.

§ 25-9-626 - Action in which deficiency or surplus is in issue.

§ 25-9-627 - Determination of whether conduct was commercially reasonable.

§ 25-9-628 - Nonliability and limitation on liability of secured party; liability of secondary obligor.

§ 25-9-701 - Effective date.

§ 25-9-702 - Savings clause.

§ 25-9-703 - Security interest perfected before effective date.

§ 25-9-704 - Security interest unperfected before effective date.

§ 25-9-705 - Effectiveness of action taken before effective date.

§ 25-9-706 - When initial financing statement suffices to continue effectiveness of financing statement.

§ 25-9-707 - Amendment of pre-effective-date financing statement.

§ 25-9-708 - Persons entitled to file initial financing statement or continuation statement.

§ 25-9-709 - Priority.

§ 25-9-710 - Special transitional provision for maintaining and searching local-filing office records.