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Article 9 - Secured Transactions
Article 9 - Secured Transactions
Section 9-101 - Short Title
Section 9-102 - Definitions and Index of Definitions
Section 9-103 - Purchase-Money Security Interest; Application of Payments; Burden of Establishing
Section 9-104 - Control of Deposit Account
Section 9-105 - Control of Electronic Chattel Paper
Section 9-106 - Control of Investment Property
Section 9-107 - Control of Letter-of-Credit Right
Section 9-108 - Sufficiency of Description
Section 9-109 - Scope
Section 9-110 - Security Interests Arising Under Article 2 or 2a
Section 9-201 - General Effectiveness of Security Agreement
Section 9-202 - Title to Collateral Immaterial
Section 9-203 - Attachment and Enforceability of Security Interest; Proceeds; Supporting Obligations; Formal Requisites
Section 9-204 - After-Acquired Property; Future Advances
Section 9-205 - Use or Disposition of Collateral Permissible
Section 9-206 - Security Interest Arising in Purchase or Delivery of Financial Asset
Section 9-207 - Rights and Duties of Secured Party Having Possession or Control of Collateral
Section 9-208 - Additional Duties of Secured Party Having Control of Collateral
Section 9-209 - Duties of Secured Party if Account Debtor Has Been Notified of Assignment
Section 9-210 - Request for Accounting; Request Regarding List of Collateral or Statement of Account
Section 9-301 - Law Governing Perfection and Priority of Security Interests
Section 9-302 - Law Governing Perfection and Priority of Agricultural Liens
Section 9-303 - Law Governing Perfection and Priority of Security Interests in Goods Covered by a Certificate of Title
Section 9-304 - Law Governing Perfection and Priority of Security Interests in Deposit Accounts
Section 9-305 - Law Governing Perfection and Priority of Security Interests in Investment Property
Section 9-306 - Law Governing Perfection and Priority of Security Interests in Letter-of-Credit Rights
Section 9-307 - Location of Debtor
Section 9-308 - When Security Interest or Agricultural Lien Is Perfected; Continuity of Perfection
Section 9-309 - Security Interest Perfected Upon Attachment
Section 9-310 - When Filing Required to Perfect Security Interest or Agricultural Lien; Security Interests and Agricultural Liens to Which Filing Provisions Do Not Apply
Section 9-311 - Perfection of Security Interests in Property Subject to Certain Statutes, Regulations, and Treaties
Section 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 Without Filing or Transfer of Possession
Section 9-313 - When Possession by or Delivery to Secured Party Perfects Security Interest Without Filing
Section 9-314 - Perfection by Control
Section 9-315 - Secured Party's Rights on Disposition of Collateral and in Proceeds
Section 9-316 - Continued Perfection of Security Interest Following Change in Governing Law
Section 9-317 - Interests That Take Priority Over or Take Free of Security Interest or Agricultural Lien
Section 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
Section 9-319 - Rights and Title of Consignee With Respect to Creditors and Purchasers
Section 9-320 - Buyer of Goods
Section 9-321 - License of General Intangible and Lessee of Goods in Ordinary Course of Business
Section 9-322 - Priorities Among Conflicting Security Interests in and Agricultural Liens on Same Collateral
Section 9-323 - Future Advances
Section 9-324 - Priority of Purchase-Money Security Interests
Section 9-325 - Priority of Security Interests in Transferred Collateral
Section 9-326 - Priority of Security Interests Created by New Debtor
Section 9-327 - Priority of Security Interests in Deposit Account
Section 9-328 - Priority of Security Interests in Investment Property
Section 9-329 - Priority of Security Interests in Letter-of-Credit Right
Section 9-330 - Priority of Purchaser of Chattel Paper or Instrument
Section 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
Section 9-332 - Transfer of Money; Transfer of Funds From Deposit Account
Section 9-333 - Priority of Certain Liens Arising by Operation of Law
Section 9-334 - Priority of Security Interests in Fixtures and Crops
Section 9-335 - Accessions
Section 9-336 - Commingled Goods
Section 9-337 - Priority of Security Interests in Goods Covered by Certificate of Title
Section 9-338 - Priority of Security Interest or Agricultural Lien Perfected by Filed Financing Statement Providing Certain Incorrect Information
Section 9-339 - Priority Subject to Subordination
Section 9-340 - Effectiveness of Right of Recoupment or Set-Off Against Deposit Account
Section 9-341 - Bank's Rights and Duties With Respect to Deposit Account
Section 9-342 - Bank's Right to Refuse to Enter Into or Disclose Existence of Control Agreement
Section 9-401 - Alienability of Debtor's Rights
Section 9-402 - Secured Party Not Obligated on Contract of Debtor or in Tort
Section 9-403 - Agreement Not to Assert Defenses Against Assignee
Section 9-404 - Rights Acquired by Assignee; Claims and Defenses Against Assignee
Section 9-405 - Modification of Assigned Contract
Section 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
Section 9-407 - Restrictions on Creation or Enforcement of Security Interest in Leasehold Interest or in Lessor's Residual Interest
Section 9-408 - Restrictions on Assignment of Promissory Notes, Health-Care-Insurance Receivables, and Certain General Intangibles Ineffective
Section 9-409 - Restrictions on Assignment of Letter-of-Credit Rights Ineffective
Section 9-501 - Filing Office
Section 9-502 - Contents of Financing Statement; Record of Mortgage as Financing Statement; Time of Filing Financing Statement
Section 9-503 - Name of Debtor and Secured Party
Section 9-504 - Indication of Collateral
Section 9-505 - Filing and Compliance With Other Statutes and Treaties for Consignments, Leases, Other Bailments, and Other Transactions
Section 9-506 - Effect of Errors or Omissions
Section 9-507 - Effect of Certain Events on Effectiveness of Financing Statement
Section 9-508 - Effectiveness of Financing Statement if New Debtor Becomes Bound by Security Agreement
Section 9-509 - Persons Entitled to File a Record
Section 9-510 - Effectiveness of Filed Record
Section 9-511 - Secured Party of Record
Section 9-512 - Amendment of Financing Statement
Section 9-513 - Termination Statement
Section 9-514 - Assignment of Powers of Secured Party of Record
Section 9-515 - Duration and Effectiveness of Financing Statement; Effect of Lapsed Financing Statement
Section 9-516 - What Constitutes Filing; Effectiveness of Filing
Section 9-517 - Effect of Indexing Errors
Section 9-518 - Claim Concerning Inaccurate or Wrongfully Filed Record
Section 9-519 - Numbering, Maintaining, and Indexing Records; Communicating Information Provided in Records
Section 9-520 - Acceptance and Refusal to Accept Record
Section 9-521 - Uniform Form of Written Financing Statement and Amendment
Section 9-522 - Maintenance and Destruction of Records
Section 9-523 - Information From Filing Office; Sale or License of Records
Section 9-524 - Delay by Filing Office
Section 9-525 - Fees
Section 9-526 - Filing-Office Rules
Section 9-601 - Rights After Default; Judicial Enforcement; Consignor or Buyer of Accounts, Chattel Paper, Payment Intangibles, or Promissory Notes
Section 9-602 - Waiver and Variance of Rights and Duties
Section 9-603 - Agreement on Standards Concerning Rights and Duties
Section 9-604 - Procedure if Security Agreement Covers Real Property or Fixtures
Section 9-605 - Unknown Debtor or Secondary Obligor
Section 9-606 - Time of Default for Agricultural Lien
Section 9-607 - Collection and Enforcement by Secured Party
Section 9-608 - Application of Proceeds of Collection or Enforcement; Liability for Deficiency and Right to Surplus
Section 9-609 - Secured Party's Right to Take Possession After Default
Section 9-610 - Disposition of Collateral After Default
Section 9-611 - Notification Before Disposition of Collateral
Section 9-612 - Timeliness of Notification Before Disposition of Collateral
Section 9-613 - Contents and Form of Notification Before Disposition of Collateral: General
Section 9-614 - Contents and Form of Notification Before Disposition of Collateral: Consumer-Goods Transaction
Section 9-615 - Application of Proceeds of Disposition; Liability for Deficiency and Right to Surplus
Section 9-616 - Explanation of Calculation of Surplus or Deficiency
Section 9-617 - Rights of Transferee of Collateral
Section 9-618 - Rights and Duties of Certain Secondary Obligors
Section 9-619 - Transfer of Record or Legal Title
Section 9-620 - Acceptance of Collateral in Full or Partial Satisfaction of Obligation; Compulsory Disposition of Collateral
Section 9-621 - Notification of Proposal to Accept Collateral
Section 9-622 - Effect of Acceptance of Collateral
Section 9-623 - Right to Redeem Collateral
Section 9-624 - Waiver
Section 9-625 - Remedies for Secured Party's Failure to Comply With Article
Section 9-626 - Action in Which Deficiency or Surplus Is in Issue
Section 9-627 - Determination of Whether Conduct Was Commercially Reasonable
Section 9-628 - Nonliability and Limitation on Liability of Secured Party; Liability of Secondary Obligor
Section 9-701 - Effective Date
Section 9-702 - Savings Clause
Section 9-703 - Security Interest Perfected Before Effective Date
Section 9-704 - Security Interest Unperfected Before Effective Date
Section 9-705 - Effectiveness of Action Taken Before Effective Date
Section 9-706 - When Initial Financing Statement Suffices to Continue Effectiveness of Financing Statement
Section 9-707 - Amendment of Pre-Effective-Date Financing Statement
Section 9-708 - Persons Entitled to File Initial Financing Statement or Continuation Statement
Section 9-709 - Priority
Section 9-801 - Effective Date
Section 9-802 - Savings Clause
Section 9-803 - Security Interest Perfected Before Effective Date
Section 9-804 - Security Interest Unperfected Before Effective Date
Section 9-805 - Effectiveness of Action Taken Before Effective Date
Section 9-806 - When Initial Financing Statement Suffices to Continue Effectiveness of Financing Statement
Section 9-807 - Amendment of Pre-Effective Date Financing Statement
Section 9-808 - Person Entitled to File Initial Financing Statement or Continuation Statement
Section 9-809 - Priority