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Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 47-9310 (2026)

When filing required to perfect security interest or agricultural lien; security interests and agricultural liens to which filing provisions do not apply

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A. Except as otherwise provided in subsection B of this section and section 47-9312, subsection B, a financing statement must be filed to perfect all security interests and agricultural liens.

B. The filing of a financing statement is not necessary to perfect a security interest:

1. That is perfected under section 47-9308, subsection D, E, F or G;

2. That is perfected under section 47-9309 when it attaches;

3. In property subject to a statute, regulation or treaty described in section 47-9311, subsection A;

4. In goods in possession of a bailee that is perfected under section 47-9312, subsection D, paragraph 1 or 2;

5. In certificated securities, documents, goods or instruments that is perfected without filing, control or possession under section 47-9312, subsection E, F or G;

6. In collateral in the secured party's possession under section 47-9313;

7. In a certificated security that is perfected by delivery of the security certificate to the secured party under section 47-9313;

8. In deposit accounts, electronic chattel paper, electronic documents, investment property or letter-of-credit rights that is perfected by control under section 47-9314;

9. In proceeds that is perfected under section 47-9315; or

10. That is perfected under section 47-9316.

C. If a secured party assigns a perfected security interest or agricultural lien, a filing under this chapter is not required to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the original debtor.

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1984–2023 · leading case: Bus. Fin. Servs., Inc. v. AGN Dev. Corp., 694 P.2d 1217 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1984).
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Bus. Fin. Servs., Inc. v. AGN Dev. Corp., 694 P.2d 1217 (Ariz. Ct. App. 1984). · cites it 10× “00 before it received notice of the security interest held by BFS; (2) Whether AGN was entitled to make payments to materialmen and laborers because of the provisions of A.R.S. § 47-9310 (formerly A.R.S. § 44-3131); 2 (3) Whether, after receiving notice of the security interest…”
Rozenman v. Blanco (Ariz. Ct. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “See A.R.S. §§ 47-9310 and -9312. Husband also granted a separate security interest to non-party Joel Thompson and a deed of trust against the Mesa Property to RLS Capital, Inc.”
State v. Andrus (Ariz. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 2× “A.R.S. § 47-9310(A). ¶11 Although the first page of Andrus’s document identified only the justice court as the debtor, the second page of the document—the 3 Arizona has substantially adopted the Uniform Commercial Code.”
Sentinel Ins. Co. Ltd. v. Head to Toe Therapy Inc. (D. Ariz. 2023). “§ 47-9310(A). 8 Under Article Nine of Arizona’s UCC, a security agreement “is effective according 9 to its terms between the parties, against purchasers of the collateral and against creditors.”
Ariz. Rev. Stat. § 47-9310(A): 2 cases
State v. Andrus (Ariz. Ct. App. 2014). “A.R.S. § 47-9310(A). ¶11 Although the first page of Andrus’s document identified only the justice court as the debtor, the second page of the document—the 3 Arizona has substantially adopted the Uniform Commercial Code.”
Sentinel Ins. Co. Ltd. v. Head to Toe Therapy Inc. (D. Ariz. 2023). “§ 47-9310(A). 8 Under Article Nine of Arizona’s UCC, a security agreement “is effective according 9 to its terms between the parties, against purchasers of the collateral and against creditors.”
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