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Ala. Code § 7-9-303 (2026)

When Security Interest Is Perfected; Continuity of Perfection.

✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
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Repealed by Act 2001-481, p. 647, § 4, effective January 1, 2002.

(Acts 1965, No. 549, p. 811.)

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1979–2005 · leading case: Mims v. First Citizens Bank, 913 So. 2d 1098 (Ala. Civ. App. 2005).
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Mims v. First Citizens Bank, 913 So. 2d 1098 (Ala. Civ. App. 2005). · cites it 4× “" Former § 7-9-303(2) provided: "If a security interest is originally perfected in any way permitted under this article and is subsequently perfected in some other way under this article, without an intermediate period when it is unperfected, the security interest shall be…”
REALTY GROWTH INV. v. Com. & Indus. Bank, 370 So. 2d 297 (Ala. Civ. App. 1979). · cites it 5× “*Page 304 In final analysis, Code of Alabama 1975, § 7-9-303 appears to be the appropriate priority section to apply to this case.”
Patterson v. Spradlin (In Re Patterson), 185 B.R. 354 (Bankr. N.D. Ala. 1995). “Section 7-9-303 provides that the second requirement of perfection is satisfied when the security interest “has attached and when all of the applicable steps required for perfection have been taken.”
Hope v. Performance Auto., Inc., 710 So. 2d 1235 (Ala. 1998). “See § 7-9-203 and § 7-9-303. Performance Automotive also granted Hope a security interest in the same collateral (equipment and inventory) that it had used to secure the loan from SunTrust Bank.”
— Ala. Code § 7-9-303(2) — 1 case
Mims v. First Citizens Bank, 913 So. 2d 1098 (Ala. Civ. App. 2005). “" Former § 7-9-303(2) provided: "If a security interest is originally perfected in any way permitted under this article and is subsequently perfected in some other way under this article, without an intermediate period when it is unperfected, the security interest shall be…”
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