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Tenn. Code Ann. § 47-9-707

Amendment of pre-effective-date financing statement

Known as the Uniform Commercial Code

The act spans §§ 47–47 (578 sections).

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 732 F. Supp. 2d 1353 - Brown Bark II, L.P. v. Dixie Mills, LLC (2010)

Most recently applied in 732 F. Supp. 2d 1353 - Brown Bark II, L.P. v. Dixie Mills, LLC (August 2010)

Acts 2000, ch. 846, § 1.

(1) Pre-effective date financing statement. In this section, “pre-effective-date financing statement” means a financing statement filed before July 1, 2001.

(2) Applicable law. After July 1, 2001, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or otherwise amend the information provided in, a pre-effective-date financing statement only in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in Part 3. However, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement also may be terminated in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction in which the financing statement is filed.

(3) Method of amending: general rule. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), if the law of this state governs perfection of a security interest, the information in a pre-effective-date financing statement may be amended after July 1, 2001 only if: the pre-effective-date financing statement and an amendment are filed in the office specified in § 47-9-501;

(4) an amendment is filed in the office specified in § 47-9-501 concurrently with, or after the filing in that office of, an initial financing statement that satisfies § 47-9-706(c); or

(5) an initial financing statement that provides the information as amended and satisfies § 47-9-706(c) is filed in the office specified in § 47-9-501.

(6) Method of amending: continuation. If the law of this state governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement may be continued only under § 47-9-705(d) and (f) or § 47-9-706.

(7) Method of amending: additional termination rule. Whether or not the law of this state governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement filed in this state may be terminated after July 1, 2001, by filing a termination statement in the office in which the pre-effective-date financing statement is filed, unless an initial financing statement that satisfies § 47-9-706(c) has been filed in the office specified by the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in part 3 of this chapter as the office in which to file a financing statement.

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.