Arkansas Code Annotated
Ark. Code Ann. § 4-9-514 (2026)
Assignment of powers of secured party of record
✓ current as of May 2026
- Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), 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.
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Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a secured party of record may assign of record all or part of its power to authorize an amendment to a financing statement by filing in the filing office an amendment of the financing statement which:
- identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which it relates;
- provides the name of the assignor; and
- provides the name and mailing address of the assignee.
- An assignment of record of a security interest in a fixture covered by a record of a mortgage which is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing under § 4-9-502(c) may be made only by an assignment of record of the mortgage in the manner provided by law of this state other than this subtitle.
History. Acts 2001, No. 1439, § 1.
Case Notes
Noncompliance.
In an action to foreclose real estate mortgage and security agreement, the failure of the assignee or assignor of the security agreement to comply with this section did not affect the rights of the assignee's receiver against debtors. Ragge v. Bryan, 249 Ark. 164, 458 S.W.2d 403 (1970) (decision under prior law).