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O.C.G.A. § 11-9-318

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

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case United Financial Corporation v. Esi, Inc. Of Tennessee (1989)

Most recently applied in United Financial Corporation v. Esi, Inc. Of Tennessee (August 1989)

Code 1981, § 11-9-318, enacted by Ga

(a) Seller retains no interest. A debtor that has sold an account, chattel paper, payment intangible, or promissory note does not retain a legal or equitable interest in the collateral sold.

(b) Deemed rights of debtor if buyer’s security interest unperfected. For purposes of determining the rights of creditors of, and purchasers for value of an account or chattel paper from, a debtor that has sold an account or chattel paper, while the buyer’s security interest is unperfected, the debtor is deemed to have rights and title to the account or chattel paper identical to those the debtor sold.

Current official text: Official Code of Georgia Annotated (LexisNexis). Digitized from the Internet Archive scan of the OCGA. Reproduced from public-domain Georgia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.