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Fla. Stat. § 679.5021

Contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as financing statement; time of filing financing statement

Showing this section's text as in effect on January 1, 2011 (in force January 1, 2011 – January 1, 2012). View current text →

(1) Subject to subsection (2), a financing statement is sufficient only if it:

(a) Provides the name of the debtor;

(b) Provides the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured party; and

(c) Indicates the collateral covered by the financing statement.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in s. 679.5011(2), to be sufficient, a financing statement that covers as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, or that is filed as a fixture filing and covers goods that are or are to become fixtures, must comply with the requirements of subsection (1) and also:

(a) Indicate that it covers this type of collateral;

(b) Indicate that it is to be filed in the real property records;

(c) Provide a description of the real property to which the collateral is related; and

(d) If the debtor does not have an interest of record in the real property, provide the name of a record owner.

(3) A record of a mortgage satisfying the requirements of chapter 697 is effective, from the date of recording, as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut only if:

(a) The record of a mortgage indicates the goods or accounts that it covers;

(b) The goods are or are to become fixtures related to the real property described in the record of a mortgage or the collateral is related to the real property described in the mortgage and is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut;

(c) The record of a mortgage complies with the requirements for a financing statement in this section other than an indication that it is to be filed in the real property records; and

(d) The record of a mortgage is recorded as required by chapter 697.

(4) A financing statement may be filed before a security agreement is made or a security interest otherwise attaches.

Official source: Online Sunshine (Florida Legislature). Reproduced from public-domain Florida statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.