§ 9-512. Amendment of financing statement

MD Comm L Code § 9-512 (2019) (N/A)
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(a)    Subject to § 9-509, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or, subject to subsection (e), otherwise amend the information provided in, a financing statement by filing an amendment that:

(1)    Identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which the amendment relates; and

(2)    If the amendment relates to an initial financing statement filed or recorded in a filing office described in § 9-501(a)(1), provides the information specified in § 9-502(b).

(b)    Except as otherwise provided in § 9-515, the filing of an amendment does not extend the period of effectiveness of the financing statement.

(c)    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.

(d)    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.

(e)    An amendment is ineffective to the extent it:

(1)    Purports to delete all debtors and fails to provide the name of a debtor to be covered by the financing statement; or

(2)    Purports to delete all secured parties of record and fails to provide the name of a new secured party of record.