§46-9-705. Effectiveness of action taken before effective date.
(a) Pre-effective-date action; two-year perfection period unless reperfected. If action, other than the filing of a financing statement, is taken before this article takes effect and the action would have resulted in priority of a security interest over the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor had the security interest become enforceable before this article takes effect, the action is effective to perfect a security interest that attaches under this article within two years after this article takes effect. An attached security interest becomes unperfected two years after this article takes effect unless the security interest becomes a perfected security interest under this article before the expiration of that period.
(b) Pre-effective-date filing. The filing of a financing statement before this article takes effect is effective to perfect a security interest to the extent the filing would satisfy the applicable requirements for perfection under this article.
(c) Pre-effective-date filing in jurisdiction formerly governing perfection. This article does not render ineffective an effective financing statement that, before this article takes effect, is filed and satisfies the applicable requirements for perfection under the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in former section 9-103. However, except as otherwise provided in subsections (d) and (e) of this section and section 9-706, the financing statement ceases to be effective at the earlier of:
(1) The time the financing statement would have ceased to be effective under the law of the jurisdiction in which it is filed; or