7-9A-322
Section 7-9A-322 Priorities among conflicting security interests in and agricultural liens
on same collateral. (a) General priority rules. Except as otherwise provided in this section,
priority among conflicting security interests and agricultural liens in the same collateral
is determined according to the following rules: (1) Conflicting perfected security interests
and agricultural liens rank according to priority in time of filing or perfection. Priority
dates from the earlier of the time a filing covering the collateral is first made or the security
interest or agricultural lien is first perfected, if there is no period thereafter when there
is neither filing nor perfection. (2) A perfected security interest or agricultural lien has
priority over a conflicting unperfected security interest or agricultural lien. (3) The first
security interest or agricultural lien to attach or become effective has priority if conflicting
security interests and agricultural liens are unperfected. (b)...
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7-9A-317
Section 7-9A-317 Interests that take priority over or take free of security interest or agricultural
lien. (a) Conflicting security interests and rights of lien creditors. A security interest
or agricultural lien is subordinate to the rights of: (1) a person entitled to priority under
Section 7-9A-322; and (2) except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), a person that becomes
a lien creditor before the earlier of the time: (A) the security interest or agricultural
lien is perfected; or (B) one of the conditions specified in Section 7-9A-203(b)(3) is met
and a financing statement covering the collateral is filed. (b) Buyers that receive delivery.
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), a buyer, other than a secured party, of tangible
chattel paper, tangible documents, goods, instruments, or a certificated security takes free
of a security interest or agricultural lien if the buyer gives value and receives delivery
of the collateral without knowledge of the security interest...
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7-9A-338
Section 7-9A-338 Priority of security interest or agricultural lien perfected by filed financing
statement providing certain incorrect information. If a security interest or agricultural
lien is perfected by a filed financing statement providing information described in Section
7-9A-516(b)(5) which is incorrect at the time the financing statement is filed: (1) the security
interest or agricultural lien is subordinate to a conflicting perfected security interest
in the collateral to the extent that the holder of the conflicting security interest gives
value in reasonable reliance upon the incorrect information; and (2) a purchaser, other than
a secured party, of the collateral takes free of the security interest or agricultural lien
to the extent that, in reasonable reliance upon the incorrect information, the purchaser gives
value and, in the case of tangible chattel paper, tangible documents, goods, instruments,
or a security certificate, receives delivery of the collateral. (Act...
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7-9A-509
Section 7-9A-509 Persons entitled to file a record. (a) Person entitled to file record. A person
may file an initial financing statement, amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing
statement, or amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if: (1) the debtor
authorizes the filing in an authenticated record or pursuant to subsection (b) or (c); or
(2) the person holds an agricultural lien that has become effective at the time of filing
and the financing statement covers only collateral in which the person holds an agricultural
lien. (b) Security agreement as authorization. By authenticating or becoming bound as debtor
by a security agreement, a debtor or new debtor authorizes the filing of an initial financing
statement, and an amendment, covering: (1) the collateral described in the security agreement;
and (2) property that becomes collateral under Section 7-9A-315(a)(2), whether or not the
security agreement expressly covers proceeds. (c) Acquisition of...
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7-9A-102
Section 7-9A-102 Definitions and index of definitions. (a) Article 9A definitions. In this
article: (1) "Accession" means goods that are physically united with other goods
in such a manner that the identity of the original goods is not lost. (2) "Account,"
except as used in "account for," means a right to payment of a monetary obligation,
whether or not earned by performance, (i) for property that has been or is to be sold, leased,
licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, (ii) for services rendered or to be rendered,
(iii) for a policy of insurance issued or to be issued, (iv) for a secondary obligation incurred
or to be incurred, (v) for energy provided or to be provided, (vi) for the use or hire of
a vessel under a charter or other contract, (vii) arising out of the use of a credit or charge
card or information contained on or for use with the card, or (viii) as winnings in a lottery
or other game of chance operated or sponsored by a State, governmental unit of a State, or...

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7-9A-310
Section 7-9A-310 When filing required to perfect security interest or agricultural lien; security
interests and agricultural liens to which filing provisions do not apply. (a) General rule:
Perfection by filing. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) and Section 7-9A-312(b),
a financing statement must be filed to perfect all security interests and agricultural liens.
(b) Exceptions: Filing not necessary. The filing of a financing statement is not necessary
to perfect a security interest: (1) that is perfected under Section 7-9A-308(d), (e), (f),
or (g); (2) that is perfected under Section 7-9A-309 when it attaches; (3) in property subject
to a statute, regulation, or treaty described in Section 7-9A-311(a); (4) in goods in possession
of a bailee which is perfected under Section 7-9A-312(d)(1) or (2); (5) in certificated securities,
documents, goods, or instruments which is perfected without filing, control, or possession
under Section 7-9A-312(e), (f), or (g); (6) in collateral...
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7-9A-315
Section 7-9A-315 Secured party's rights on disposition of collateral and in proceeds. (a) Disposition
of collateral: Continuation of security interest or agricultural lien; proceeds. Except as
otherwise provided in this article and in Section 7-2-403(2): (1) a security interest or agricultural
lien continues in collateral notwithstanding sale, lease, license, exchange, or other disposition
thereof unless the secured party authorized the disposition free of the security interest
or agricultural lien; and (2) a security interest attaches to any identifiable proceeds of
collateral. (b) When commingled proceeds identifiable. Proceeds that are commingled with other
property are identifiable proceeds: (1) if the proceeds are goods, to the extent provided
by Section 7-9A-336; and (2) if the proceeds are not goods, to the extent that the secured
party identifies the proceeds by a method of tracing, including application of equitable principles,
that is permitted under law other than this...
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7-9A-328
Section 7-9A-328 Priority of security interests in investment property. The following rules
govern priority among conflicting security interests in the same investment property: (1)
A security interest held by a secured party having control of investment property under Section
7-9A-106 has priority over a security interest held by a secured party that does not have
control of the investment property. (2) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (3) and
(4), conflicting security interests held by secured parties each of which has control under
Section 7-9A-106 rank according to priority in time of: (A) if the collateral is a security,
obtaining control; (B) if the collateral is a security entitlement carried in a securities
account and: (i) if the secured party obtained control under Section 7-8-106(d)(1), the secured
party's becoming the person for which the securities account is maintained; (ii) if the secured
party obtained control under Section 7-8-106(d)(2), the securities...
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7-9A-501
Section 7-9A-501 Filing office. (a) Filing offices. Except as otherwise provided in subsection
(b), if the local law of this State governs perfection of a security interest or agricultural
lien, the office in which to file a financing statement to perfect the security interest or
agricultural lien is: (1) the office designated for the filing or recording of a record of
a mortgage on the related real property, if: (A) the collateral is as-extracted collateral
or timber to be cut; or (B) the financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral
is goods that are or are to become fixtures; or (2) the office of the Secretary of State,
in all other cases, including a case in which the collateral is goods that are or are to become
fixtures and the financing statement is not filed as a fixture filing. (b) Filing office for
transmitting utilities. The office in which to file a financing statement to perfect a security
interest in collateral, including fixtures, of a transmitting...
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7-9A-709
Section 7-9A-709 Priority. (a) Law governing priority. This article determines the priority
of conflicting claims to collateral. However, if the relative priorities of the claims were
established before January 1, 2002, former Article 9 determines priority. (b) Priority if
security interest becomes enforceable under Section 7-9A-203. For purposes of Section 7-9A-322(a),
the priority of a security interest that becomes enforceable under Section 7-9A-203 of this
article dates from January 1, 2002 if the security interest is perfected under this article
by the filing of a financing statement before January 1, 2002, which would not have been effective
to perfect the security interest under former Article 9. This subsection does not apply to
conflicting security interests each of which is perfected by the filing of such a financing
statement. (Act 2001-481, p. 647, §1.)...
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