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Miss. Code Ann. § 75-9-401

Alienability of debtor’s rights

Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Weaver (1982)

Most recently applied in St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co. v. Merchants & Marine Bank (August 2004)

Former 1972 Code § 75-9-401 [Codes, 1942, § 41A:9-401; Laws, 1966, ch. 316, § 9-401; Laws, 1968, ch. 489, § 1; Laws, 1977, ch. 452, § 24; Laws, 1982, ch. 439; Laws, 1984, ch. 45…

How often courts cite this section

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) and Sections 75-9-406, 75-9-407, 75-9-408, and 75-9-409, whether a debtor’s rights in collateral may be voluntarily or involuntarily transferred is governed by law other than this article.

An agreement between the debtor and secured party which prohibits a transfer of the debtor’s rights in collateral or makes the transfer a default does not prevent the transfer from taking effect.

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.