§ 11-9-515. Duration and Effectiveness of Financing Statement; Effect of Lapsed Financing Statement; Record of Mortgage as Financing Statement
Five-year effectiveness. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this Code section, a filed financing statement is effective for a period of five years after the date of filing or until the twentieth day after any earlier maturity date required to be specified on the filed financing statement. Lapse and continuation of financing […]
§ 11-9-516. What Constitutes Filing; Effectiveness of Filing
What constitutes filing. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, communication of a record to a filing office and tender of the filing fee or acceptance of the record by the filing office constitutes filing. Refusal to accept record; filing does not occur. Filing does not occur with respect […]
§ 11-9-517. Effect of Indexing Errors
The failure of the filing office or authority to index a record correctly does not affect the effectiveness of the filed record. History. Code 1981, § 11-9-517 , enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 362, § 1.
§ 11-9-518. Inaccurate or Wrongfully Filed Record
Statement with respect to record indexed under person’s name. A person may file in the filing office an information statement with respect to a record indexed under the person’s name if the person believes that the record is inaccurate or was wrongfully filed. The information statement shall be filed in the filing office of […]
§ 11-9-511. Secured Party of Record
Secured party of record. A secured party of record with respect to a financing statement is a person whose name is provided as the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured party in an initial financing statement that has been filed. If an initial financing statement is filed under subsection […]
§ 11-9-512. Amendment of Financing Statement
Amendment of information in financing statement. Subject to Code Section 11-9-509, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or, subject to subsection (e) of this Code section, otherwise amend the information provided in a financing statement by filing an amendment that: Identifies, by its file number, […]
§ 11-9-513. Termination Statement
Consumer goods. A secured party shall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement to file a termination statement for the financing statement if the financing statement covers consumer goods and: There is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur […]
§ 11-9-514. Assignment of Powers of Secured Party of Record
Assignment reflected on initial financing statement. An initial financing statement may reflect an assignment of all of the secured party’s power to authorize an amendment to the financing statement by providing the name and mailing address of the assignee as the name and address of the secured party. Assignment of filed financing statement. […]
§ 11-9-501. Filing Office
Filing offices. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, if the law of this state governs perfection of a security interest or agricultural lien, the office in which to file a financing statement to perfect the security interest or agricultural lien is: The office designated for the filing or recording […]
§ 11-9-502. Contents of Financing Statement; Record of Mortgage as Fixture Filing or Financing Statement; Time of Filing Financing Statement
Sufficiency of financing statement. Subject to subsection (b) of this Code section, a financing statement is sufficient only if it: Provides the name of the debtor; Provides the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured party; Indicates the collateral covered by the financing statement; and Where both (A) the collateral […]