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2014 Code of Alabama
Title 7 - COMMERCIAL CODE.
Article 9A - SECURED TRANSACTIONS.
Part 1 SECURED TRANSACTIONS.Division 1 Short Title, Definitions, and General Concepts.
- Section 7-9A-102 - Definitions and index of definitions.
- Section 7-9A-101 - Short title.
- Section 7-9A-103 - Purchase-money security interest; application of payments; burden of establishing.
- Section 7-9A-104 - Control of deposit account.
- Section 7-9A-105 - Control of electronic chattel paper.
- Section 7-9A-106 - Control of investment property.
- Section 7-9A-107 - Control of letter-of-credit right.
- Section 7-9A-108 - Sufficiency of description.
Division 1 Effectiveness and Attachment.
- Section 7-9A-201 - General effectiveness of security agreement.
- Section 7-9A-202 - Title to collateral immaterial.
- Section 7-9A-203 - Attachment and enforceability of security interest; proceeds; supporting obligations; formal requisites.
- Section 7-9A-204 - After-acquired property; future advances.
- Section 7-9A-205 - Use or disposition of collateral permissible.
- Section 7-9A-206 - Security interest arising in purchase or delivery of financial asset.
- Section 7-9A-207 - Rights and duties of secured party having possession or control of collateral.
- Section 7-9A-208 - Additional duties of secured party having control of collateral.
- Section 7-9A-209 - Duties of secured party if account debtor has been notified of assignment.
- Section 7-9A-210 - Request for accounting; request regarding list of collateral or statement of account.
Division 1 Law Governing Perfection and Priority.
- Section 7-9A-301 - Law governing perfection and priority of security interests.
- Section 7-9A-302 - Law governing perfection and priority of agricultural liens.
- Section 7-9A-303 - Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in goods covered by a certificate of title.
- Section 7-9A-304 - Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in deposit accounts.
- Section 7-9A-305 - Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in investment property.
- Section 7-9A-306 - Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in letter-of-credit rights.
- Section 7-9A-307 - Location of debtor.
- Section 7-9A-308 - When security interest or agricultural lien is perfected; continuity of perfection.
- Section 7-9A-309 - Security interest perfected upon attachment.
- 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.
- Section 7-9A-311 - Perfection of security interests in property subject to certain statutes, regulations, and treaties.
- Section 7-9A-312 - Perfection of certain security interests by filing; temporary perfection.
- Section 7-9A-313 - When possession by or delivery to secured party perfects security interest without filing.
- Section 7-9A-314 - Perfection by control.
- Section 7-9A-315 - Secured party's rights on disposition of collateral and in proceeds.
- Section 7-9A-316 - Effect of change in governing law.
- Section 7-9A-317 - Interests that take priority over or take free of security interest or agricultural lien.
- Section 7-9A-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 7-9A-319 - Rights and title of consignee with respect to creditors and purchasers.
- Section 7-9A-320 - Buyer of goods; Alabama Farmers Credit Protection Fund.
- Section 7-9A-321 - Licensee of general intangible and lessee of goods in ordinary course of business.
- Section 7-9A-322 - Priorities among conflicting security interests in and agricultural liens on same collateral.
- Section 7-9A-323 - Future advances.
- Section 7-9A-324 - Priority of purchase-money security interests.
- Section 7-9A-325 - Priority of security interests in transferred collateral.
- Section 7-9A-326 - Priority of security interests created by new debtor.
- Section 7-9A-327 - Priority of security interests in deposit account.
- Section 7-9A-328 - Priority of security interests in investment property.
- Section 7-9A-329 - Priority of security interests in letter-of-credit right.
- Section 7-9A-330 - Priority of purchaser of chattel paper or instrument.
- Section 7-9A-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 7-9A-332 - Transfer of money; transfer of funds from deposit account.
- Section 7-9A-333 - Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law.
- Section 7-9A-334 - Priority of security interests in fixtures and crops.
- Section 7-9A-335 - Accessions.
- Section 7-9A-336 - Commingled goods.
- Section 7-9A-337 - Priority of security interests in goods covered by certificate of title.
- Section 7-9A-338 - Priority of security interest or agricultural lien perfected by filed financing statement providing certain incorrect information.
- Section 7-9A-339 - Priority subject to subordination.
- Section 7-9A-340 - Effectiveness of right of recoupment or set-off against deposit account.
- Section 7-9A-341 - Bank's rights and duties with respect to deposit account.
- Section 7-9A-342 - Bank's right to refuse to enter into or disclose existence of control agreement.
- Section 7-9A-401 - Alienability of debtor's rights.
- Section 7-9A-402 - Secured party not obligated on contract of debtor or in tort.
- Section 7-9A-403 - Agreement not to assert defenses against assignee.
- Section 7-9A-404 - Rights acquired by assignee; claims and defenses against assignee.
- Section 7-9A-405 - Modification of assigned contract.
- Section 7-9A-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 7-9A-407 - Restrictions on creation or enforcement of security interest in leasehold interest or in lessor's residual interest.
- Section 7-9A-408 - Restrictions on assignment of promissory notes, health-care-insurance receivables, and certain general intangibles ineffective.
- Section 7-9A-409 - Restrictions on assignment of letter-of-credit rights ineffective.
Division 1 Filing; Contents and Effectiveness of Financing Statement.
- Section 7-9A-501 - Filing office.
- Section 7-9A-502 - Contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as financing statement; time of filing financing statement.
- Section 7-9A-503 - Name of debtor and secured party.
- Section 7-9A-504 - Indication of collateral.
- Section 7-9A-505 - Filing and compliance with other statutes and treaties for consignments, leases, other bailments, and other transactions.
- Section 7-9A-506 - Effect of errors or omissions.
- Section 7-9A-507 - Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement.
- Section 7-9A-508 - Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes bound by security agreement.
- Section 7-9A-509 - Persons entitled to file a record.
- Section 7-9A-510 - Effectiveness of filed record.
- Section 7-9A-511 - Secured party of record.
- Section 7-9A-512 - Amendment of financing statement.
- Section 7-9A-513 - Termination statement.
- Section 7-9A-514 - Assignment of powers of secured party of record.
- Section 7-9A-515 - Duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement.
- Section 7-9A-516 - What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing.
- Section 7-9A-517 - Effect of indexing errors.
- Section 7-9A-518 - Claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed record.
- Section 7-9A-519 - Numbering, maintaining, and indexing records; communicating information provided in records.
- Section 7-9A-520 - Acceptance and refusal to accept record.
- Section 7-9A-521 - Uniform form of written financing statement and amendment.
- Section 7-9A-522 - Maintenance and destruction of records.
- Section 7-9A-523 - Information from filing office; sale or license of records.
- Section 7-9A-524 - Delay by filing office.
- Section 7-9A-525 - Fees.
- Section 7-9A-526 - Filing-office rules.
Division 1 Default and Enforcement of Security Interest.
- Section 7-9A-601 - Rights after default; judicial enforcement; consignor or buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes.
- Section 7-9A-602 - Waiver and variance of rights and duties.
- Section 7-9A-603 - Agreement on standards concerning rights and duties.
- Section 7-9A-604 - Procedure if security agreement covers real property or fixtures.
- Section 7-9A-605 - Unknown debtor or secondary obligor.
- Section 7-9A-606 - Time of default for agricultural lien.
- Section 7-9A-607 - Collection and enforcement by secured party.
- Section 7-9A-608 - Application of proceeds of collection or enforcement; liability for deficiency and right to surplus.
- Section 7-9A-609 - Secured party's right to take possession after default.
- Section 7-9A-610 - Disposition of collateral after default.
- Section 7-9A-611 - Notification before disposition of collateral.
- Section 7-9A-612 - Timeliness of notification before disposition of collateral.
- Section 7-9A-613 - Contents and form of notification before disposition of collateral: General.
- Section 7-9A-614 - Contents and form of notification before disposition of collateral: Consumer-goods transaction.
- Section 7-9A-615 - Application of proceeds of disposition; liability for deficiency and right to surplus.
- Section 7-9A-616 - Explanation of calculation of surplus or deficiency.
- Section 7-9A-617 - Rights of transferee of collateral.
- Section 7-9A-618 - Rights and duties of certain secondary obligors.
- Section 7-9A-619 - Transfer of record or legal title.
- Section 7-9A-620 - Acceptance of collateral in full or partial satisfaction of obligation; compulsory disposition of collateral.
- Section 7-9A-621 - Notification of proposal to accept collateral.
- Section 7-9A-622 - Effect of acceptance of collateral.
- Section 7-9A-623 - Right to redeem collateral.
- Section 7-9A-624 - Waiver.
- Section 7-9A-625 - Remedies for secured party's failure to comply with article.
- Section 7-9A-626 - Action in which deficiency or surplus is in issue.
- Section 7-9A-627 - Determination of whether conduct was commercially reasonable.
- Section 7-9A-628 - Nonliability and limitation on liability of secured party; liability of secondary obligor.
- Section 7-9A-701 - Effective date.
- Section 7-9A-702 - Savings clause.
- Section 7-9A-703 - Security interest perfected before January 1, 2002.
- Section 7-9A-704 - Security interest unperfected before January 1, 2002.
- Section 7-9A-705 - Effectiveness of action taken before January 1, 2002.
- Section 7-9A-706 - When initial financing statement suffices to continue effectiveness of financing statement.
- Section 7-9A-707 - Amendment of pre-effective-date financing statement.
- Section 7-9A-708 - Persons entitled to file initial financing statement or continuation statement.
- Section 7-9A-709 - Priority.
- Section 7-9A-801 - Effective date.
- Section 7-9A-802 - Savings clause.
- Section 7-9A-803 - Security interest perfected before July 1, 2014.
- Section 7-9A-804 - Security interest unperfected before effective date.
- Section 7-9A-805 - Effectiveness of action taken before effective date.
- Section 7-9A-806 - When initial financing statement suffices to continue effectiveness of financing statement.
- Section 7-9A-807 - Amendment of pre-effective date financing statement.
- Section 7-9A-808 - Person entitled to file initial financing statement or continuation statement.
- Section 7-9A-809 - Priority.
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