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(a) Amendment of information in financing statement. Subject to § 9–509, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or, subject to subsection (e), otherwise amend the information provided in, a financing statement by filing an amendment that:
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(1) identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which the amendment relates; and
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(2) if the amendment relates to an initial financing statement filed in a filing office described in § 9–501(a)(1), provides the information specified in § 9502(b).
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(b) Period of effectiveness not affected. Except as otherwise provided in § 9–515, the filing of an amendment does not extend the period of effectiveness of the financing statement.
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(c) Effectiveness of amendment adding collateral. A financing statement that is amended by an amendment that adds collateral is effective as to the added collateral only from the date of the filing of the amendment.
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(d) Effectiveness of amendment adding debtor. A financing statement that is amended by an amendment that adds a debtor is effective as to the added debtor only from the date of the filing of the amendment.
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(e) Certain amendments ineffective. An amendment is ineffective to the extent it:
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(1) purports to delete all debtors and fails to provide the name of a debtor to be covered by the financing statement; or
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(2) purports to delete all secured parties of record and fails to provide the name of a new secured party of record.
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