§ 12A-1-9-512. Amendment of financing statement.  


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  • AMENDMENT OF FINANCING STATEMENT

    (a)  Subject to Section 1-9-509 of this title, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or, subject to subsection (e) of this section, otherwise amend the information provided in, a financing statement by filing an amendment that:

    (1)  identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which the amendment relates; and

    (2)  if the amendment relates to an initial financing statement filed or recorded in a filing office described in paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 1-9-501 of this title, provides the file number and date that the initial financing statement was filed or recorded, and the information specified in subsection (b) of Section 1-9-502 of this title.

    (b)  Except as otherwise provided in Section 1-9-515 of this title, the filing of an amendment does not extend the period of effectiveness of the financing statement.

    (c)  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.

    (d)  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.

    (e)  An amendment is ineffective to the extent it:

    (1)  purports to delete all debtors and fails to provide the name of a debtor to be covered by the financing statement; or

    (2)  purports to delete all secured parties of record and fails to provide the name of a new secured party of record.

Added by Laws 2000, c. 371, § 90, eff. July 1, 2001.