CHAPTER 48:03
PERSONAL PROPERTY SECURITY
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Scope of the Act
PART II
CREATION OF SECURITY INTERESTS
4. Effectiveness of security agreement
5. Standards of good faith and commercial reasonableness
6. Description of collateral in security agreement
7. Inadequate description of collateral as consumer goods
8. Description of proceeds not required for enforceability against third parties
PART III
PERFECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS
9. Perfection of security interest
10. Continuity of perfection where perfected security interest subsequently perfected in another way
PART IV
CREATION AND PERFECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN PARTICULAR KINDS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY
11. Security interests in after-acquired property
12. Creation of security interests in after-acquired property
13. Continuation of security interests in proceeds
14. Continuous perfection of security interest in proceeds
15. Temporary perfection of security interests in proceeds in other cases
16. Perfection where goods in hands of bailee
17. Security interests in crops
18. Temporary perfection of security interest in negotiable instrument or investment security returned to debtor
19. Temporary perfection of security interest in negotiable document of title or goods returned to debtor
PART V
PRIORITY BETWEEN SECURITY INTERESTS
20. Priority of security interests in same collateral when Act provides no other way of determining priority
21. Original method of perfection applies to continuously perfected security interest
22. Priority in original collateral to continue in proceeds
23. Transfer of security interests does not affect priority
24. Voluntary subordination of security interests
25. Priority of security interest applies to all advances
26. Priority of purchase money security interest in collateral or its proceeds, other than inventory or intangibles
27. Priority of purchase money security interest in inventory or its proceeds
28. Priority of purchase money security interest in intangibles or its proceeds
29. Non-proceeds security interest in accounts receivable
30. Priority between purchase money security interests in goods or their proceeds taken by seller
31. Priority between purchase money security interests in same goods or their proceeds not taken by seller
32. Security interests in accessions
33. Priority of security interest in goods before they become accessions
34. Continuation of security interests in goods that become part of processed or commingled goods
35. Limit on value of priority of goods that become part of processed or commingled goods
36. Priority where more than one security interest continues in processed or commingled goods
37. Priority of purchase money security interest in goods that continues in processed or commingled goods
38. Rights of debtor may be transferred
39. General priority of security interest in transferred collateral over security interests granted by transferee
40. Transfer of debtor’s interest in collateral with prior consent of secured party
PART VI
SPECIAL PRIORITY RULES
41. Lien has priority over security interest relating to same goods
42. When holder of money takes money free of perfected security interest in money
43. Priority of creditor who receives payment of debt
44. Priority of purchaser of negotiable instrument, document of title, chattel paper and security certificate
45. Priority of interests on assignment of account receivable or non-negotiable chattel paper
46. Execution creditor has priority over unperfected security interest
47. Buyer or lessee of collateral takes collateral free of unperfected security interests
48. Buyer or lessee of goods sold or leased in ordinary course of business takes goods free of certain security interests
PART VII
PERSONAL PROPERTY SECURITIES REGISTRY
49. Establishment of a Personal Property Security Registry
50. Appointment of Registrar
51. Registrar may refuse to provide certain services relating to Registry
52. Person may register financing statement
53. Data required to register financing statement
54. Identification of debtor in financing statement
55. Identification of secured party in financing statement
56. When financing statement not to be registered
57. When financing statement to be registered
58. Registration of financing statement not to constitute notice or knowledge
59. Verification statement to be forwarded to person who registered financing statement
60. When financing statement may be registered
61. Authorization to register financing statement
62. Financing statement may relate to one or more security agreements
63. When secured party to notify debtor about registration of financing statement
64. Registration of financing statement invalid only if seriously misleading
65. When financing statement seriously misleading
66. Proof that person actually misled not necessary
67. Validity of registration when description of part of collateral is incorrect
68. Duration of registration of financing statement
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