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Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-9-301

Law governing perfection and priority of security interests

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 47-1-101 to 47-9-809 (578 sections).

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Mostoller v. Citicapital Commercial Corp. (In Re Stetson & Associates, Inc.) (2005)

Most recently applied in Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Propex Inc. v. BNP Paribas (In Re Propex Inc.) (March 2009)

Acts 2000, ch. 846, § 1; 2008, ch. 814, § 29.

Except as otherwise provided in §§ 47-9-303 through 47-9-306, the following rules determine the law governing perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in collateral:

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, while a debtor is located in a jurisdiction, the local law of that jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in collateral.

(2) While collateral is located in a jurisdiction, the local law of that jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a possessory security interest in that collateral.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (4), while tangible negotiable documents, goods, instruments, money, or tangible chattel paper is located in a jurisdiction, the local law of that jurisdiction governs: perfection of a security interest in the goods by filing a fixture filing;

(4) perfection of a security interest in timber to be cut; and

(5) the effect of perfection or nonperfection and the priority of a nonpossessory security interest in the collateral.

(6) The local law of the jurisdiction in which the wellhead or minehead is located governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in as-extracted collateral.

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