Section 7-9A-317 Interests that take priority over or take free of security interest or agricultural lien. (a) Conflicting security interests and rights of lien creditors. A security interest or agricultural lien is subordinate to the rights of: (1) a person entitled to priority under Section 7-9A-322; and (2) except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), […]
Section 7-9A-318 No interest retained in right to payment that is sold; rights and title of seller of account or chattel paper with respect to creditors and purchasers. (a) Seller retains no interest. A debtor that has sold an account, chattel paper, payment intangible, or promissory note does not retain a legal or equitable interest […]
Section 7-9A-319 Rights and title of consignee with respect to creditors and purchasers. (a) Consignee has consignor’s rights. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), for purposes of determining the rights of creditors of, and purchasers for value of goods from, a consignee, while the goods are in the possession of the consignee, the consignee […]
Section 7-9A-320 Buyer of goods; Alabama Farmers Credit Protection Fund. (a) Buyer in ordinary course of business. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), a buyer in ordinary course of business, other than a person buying farm products from a person engaged in farming operations, takes free of a security interest created by the buyer’s […]
Section 7-9A-321 Licensee of general intangible and lessee of goods in ordinary course of business. (a) “Licensee in ordinary course of business.” In this section, “licensee in ordinary course of business” means a person that becomes a licensee of a general intangible in good faith, without knowledge that the license violates the rights of another […]
Section 7-9A-322 Priorities among conflicting security interests in and agricultural liens on same collateral. (a) General priority rules. Except as otherwise provided in this section, priority among conflicting security interests and agricultural liens in the same collateral is determined according to the following rules: (1) Conflicting perfected security interests and agricultural liens rank according to […]
Section 7-9A-323 Future advances. (a) When priority based on time of advance. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), for purposes of determining the priority of a perfected security interest under Section 7-9A-322(a)(1), perfection of the security interest dates from the time an advance is made to the extent that the security interest secures an […]
Section 7-9A-324 Priority of purchase-money security interests. (a) General rule: Purchase-money priority. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g), a perfected purchase-money security interest in goods other than inventory or livestock has priority over a conflicting security interest in the same goods, and, except as otherwise provided in Section 7-9A-327, a perfected security interest in […]
Section 7-9A-325 Priority of security interests in transferred collateral. (a) Subordination of security interest in transferred collateral. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a security interest created by a debtor is subordinate to a security interest in the same collateral created by another person if: (1) the debtor acquired the collateral subject to the […]
Section 7-9A-326 Priority of security interests created by new debtor. (a) Subordination of security interest created by new debtor. Subject to subsection (b), a security interest that is created by a new debtor in collateral in which the new debtor has or acquires rights and is perfected solely by a filed financing statement that would […]
Section 7-9A-327 Priority of security interests in deposit account. The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests in the same deposit account: (1) A security interest held by a secured party having control of the deposit account under Section 7-9A-104 has priority over a conflicting security interest held by a secured party that does […]
Section 7-9A-328 Priority of security interests in investment property. The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests in the same investment property: (1) A security interest held by a secured party having control of investment property under Section 7-9A-106 has priority over a security interest held by a secured party that does not have […]
Section 7-9A-329 Priority of security interests in letter-of-credit right. The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests in the same letter-of-credit right: (1) A security interest held by a secured party having control of the letter-of-credit right under Section 7-9A-107 has priority to the extent of its control over a conflicting security interest held […]
Section 7-9A-330 Priority of purchaser of chattel paper or instrument. (a) Purchaser’s priority: Security interest claimed merely as proceeds. A purchaser of chattel paper has priority over a security interest in the chattel paper which is claimed merely as proceeds of inventory subject to a security interest if: (1) in good faith and in the […]
Section 7-9A-331 Priority of rights of purchasers of instruments, documents, and securities under other articles; priority of interests in financial assets and security entitlements under Article 8. (a) Rights under Articles 3, 7, and 8 not limited. This article does not limit the rights of a holder in due course of a negotiable instrument, a […]
Section 7-9A-332 Transfer of money; transfer of funds from deposit account. (a) Transferee of money. A transferee of money takes the money free of a security interest unless the transferee acts in collusion with the debtor in violating the rights of the secured party. (b) Transferee of funds from deposit account. A transferee of funds […]
Section 7-9A-333 Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law. (a) “Possessory lien.” In this section, “possessory lien” means an interest, other than a security interest or an agricultural lien: (1) which secures payment or performance of an obligation for services or materials furnished with respect to goods by a person in the ordinary […]
Section 7-9A-334 Priority of security interests in fixtures and crops. (a) Security interest in fixtures under this article. A security interest under this article may be created in goods that are fixtures or may continue in goods that become fixtures. A security interest does not exist under this article in ordinary building materials incorporated into […]
Section 7-9A-335 Accessions. (a) Creation of security interest in accession. A security interest may be created in an accession and continues in collateral that becomes an accession. (b) Perfection of security interest. If a security interest is perfected when the collateral becomes an accession, the security interest remains perfected in the collateral. (c) Priority of […]
Section 7-9A-336 Commingled goods. (a) “Commingled goods.” In this section, “commingled goods” means goods that are physically united with other goods in such a manner that their identity is lost in a product or mass. (b) No security interest in commingled goods as such. A security interest does not exist in commingled goods as such. […]
