§ 12A-1-9-502. Contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as financing statement; time of filing financing statement.

CONTENTS OF FINANCING STATEMENT; RECORD OF MORTGAGE AS

FINANCING STATEMENT; TIME OF FILING FINANCING STATEMENT

(a)  Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a financing statement is sufficient only if it:

(1)  provides the name of the debtor;

(2)  provides the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured party; and

(3)  indicates the collateral covered by the financing statement.

(b)  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of Section 1-9-501 of this title, to be sufficient, a financing statement that covers as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, or which is filed as a fixture filing and covers goods that are or are to become fixtures, must satisfy subsection (a) of this section and also:

(1)  indicate that it covers this type of collateral;

(2)  indicate that it is to be filed against the tract index in the real property records;

(3)  provide a description of the real property to which the collateral is related; and

(4)  if the debtor does not have an interest of record in the real property, provide the name of a record owner.

(c)  A record of a mortgage is effective, from the date of recording as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut only if:

(1)  the record indicates the goods or accounts that it covers;

(2)  the goods are or are to become fixtures related to the real property described in the record or the collateral is related to the real property described in the record and is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut;

(3)  the record satisfies the requirements for a financing statement in this section other than an indication that it is to be filed in the real property records; and

(4)  the record is duly recorded.

(d)  A financing statement may be filed before a security agreement is made or a security interest otherwise attaches.

(e)  (1)  No filing of a financing statement, continuation statement, termination statement, or assignment or release of a financing statement under the provisions of paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 1-9-501 of this title shall constitute record notice of the contents thereof against any subsequent purchaser or encumbrancer of real estate or any interest therein unless the same contains a legal description of the real estate adequate for the purposes of indexing in the tract indexes of the county wherein the real estate is situated.

(2)  It shall be the duty of the county clerk to cause all such financing statements, continuation statements, termination statements, or assignments or releases of financing statements containing an adequate legal description to be recorded and indexed in the records of said office in the same place and manner as a mortgage on real estate or assignment or release thereof.

(3)  To effectuate the provisions of Section 2A-309 of this title, a lessor of goods that are or are to become fixtures may file a fixture filing complying with that section, and filings related to that fixture filing, using the terms “lessor,” “lessee,” or the like instead of the terms specified in this part.  The provisions of this article relating to a fixture filing or a filing related to it shall apply as appropriate in conjunction with the provisions of Article 2A of this title with respect to such filings.

(f)  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, a financing statement, or any filing related to it, that complies with this section is sufficient and may be recorded and shall be effective as a financing statement even though it does not comply with the execution and acknowledgement requirements of Sections 15, 26, 93, 94, or 95 of Title 16 of the Oklahoma Statutes, as amended, or other statutes, if any, of like import that would impose requirements beyond those of the kind encompassed in this section.

Added by Laws 2000, c. 371, § 80, eff. July 1, 2001.