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O.C.G.A. § 11-9-617

Rights of transferee of collateral

Code 1981, § 11-9-617, enacted by Ga

(a) Effects of disposition. A secured party’s disposition of collat-

eral after default:

(1) Transfers to a transferee for value all of the debtor’s rights in

the collateral;

(2) Discharges the security interest under which the disposition is

made; and

(3) Discharges any subordinate security interest or other subordi-

nate lien.

(b) Rights of good faith transferee.

A transferee that acts in

good faith takes free of the rights and interests described in subsection (a) of this Code section, even if the secured party fails to comply with this article or the requirements of any judicial proceeding.

(c) Rights of other transferee.

If a transferee does not take free

of the rights and interests described in subsection (a) of this Code section, the transferee takes the collateral subject to:

(1) The debtor’s rights in the collateral;

(2) The security interest or agricultural lien under which the

disposition is made; and

(3) Any other security interest or other lien.

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.