Section 7-9A-506 – Effect of Errors or Omissions.
Section 7-9A-506 Effect of errors or omissions. (a) Minor errors and omissions. A financing statement substantially satisfying the requirements of this part is effective, even if it has minor errors or omissions, unless the errors or omissions make the financing statement seriously misleading. (b) Financing statement seriously misleading. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), […]
Section 7-9A-522 – Maintenance and Destruction of Records.
Section 7-9A-522 Maintenance and destruction of records. (a) Post-lapse maintenance and retrieval of information. The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for at least one year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under Section 7-9A-515 with respect to all secured parties of record. […]
Section 7-9A-507 – Effect of Certain Events on Effectiveness of Financing Statement.
Section 7-9A-507 Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement. (a) Disposition. A filed financing statement remains effective with respect to collateral that is sold, exchanged, leased, licensed, or otherwise disposed of and in which a security interest or agricultural lien continues, even if the secured party knows of or consents to the disposition. […]
Section 7-9A-523 – Information From Filing Office; Sale or License of Records.
Section 7-9A-523 Information from filing office; sale or license of records. (a) Acknowledgment of filing written record. If a person that files a written record requests an acknowledgment of the filing, the filing office shall send to the person an image of the record showing the number assigned to the record pursuant to Section 7-9A-519(a)(1) […]
Section 7-9A-508 – Effectiveness of Financing Statement if New Debtor Becomes Bound by Security Agreement.
Section 7-9A-508 Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes bound by security agreement. (a) Financing statement naming original debtor. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a filed financing statement naming an original debtor is effective to perfect a security interest in collateral in which a new debtor has or acquires rights to the […]
Section 7-9A-524 – Delay by Filing Office.
Section 7-9A-524 Delay by filing office. Delay by the filing office beyond a time limit prescribed by this part is excused if: (1) the delay is caused by interruption of communication or computer facilities, war, emergency conditions, failure of equipment, or other circumstances beyond control of the filing office; and (2) the filing office exercises […]
Section 7-9A-509 – Persons Entitled to File a Record.
Section 7-9A-509 Persons entitled to file a record. (a) Person entitled to file record. A person may file an initial financing statement, amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing statement, or amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if: (1) the debtor authorizes the filing in an authenticated record or pursuant […]
Section 7-9A-525 – Fees.
Section 7-9A-525 Fees. (a) Initial financing statement or other record: General rule. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), and except that no filing fee is required for the filing of a termination statement pursuant to Section 7-9A-513, the fee for filing and indexing a record under this part is: (1) $20.00 if the record […]
Section 7-9A-510 – Effectiveness of Filed Record.
Section 7-9A-510 Effectiveness of filed record. (a) Filed record effective if authorized. A filed record is effective only to the extent that it was filed by a person that may file it under Section 7-9A-509. (b) Authorization by one secured party of record. A record authorized by one secured party of record does not affect […]
Section 7-9A-526 – Filing-Office Rules.
Section 7-9A-526 Filing-office rules. (a) Adoption of filing-office rules. The Secretary of State shall adopt and publish rules to implement this article. The filing-office rules must be: (1) consistent with this article; and (2) adopted and published in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (b) Harmonization of rules. To keep the filing-office rules and […]