O.C.G.A. § 11-9-507 (2019)
Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement
(a) Disposition. A filed financing statement remains effective with respect to collateral that is sold, exchanged, leased, licensed, or other856 wise disposed of and in which a security interest or agricultural lien continues, even if the secured party knows of or consents to the disposition.
(b) Information becoming seriously misleading. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this Code section and Code Section 11-9-508, a financing statement is not rendered ineffective if, after the financing statement is filed, the information provided in the financing statement becomes seriously misleading under Code Section
(c) Change in debtor’s name. If the name that a filed financing statement provides for a debtor becomes insufficient as the name of the debtor under subsection (a) of Code Section 11-9-503 so that the financing statement becomes seriously misleading under Code Section 11-9-506:
(1) The financing statement is effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the debtor before, or within four months after, the filed financing statement becomes seriously misleading; and
(2) The financing statement is not effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the debtor more than four months after the filed financing statement becomes seriously misleading, unless an amendment to the financing statement which renders the financing statement not seriously misleading is filed within four months after the financing statement became seriously misleading.
History
Code 1981, § 11-9-507, enacted by Ga.
L. 2001, p. 362, § 1; Ga. L. 2013, p. 690, § 12/SB 185.
Annotations
JUDICIAL DECISIONS Change in debtor’s name. - Examination of the language of the statute reveals that O.C.G.A. § 11-9-507(c)(1) applies only when a debtor changes the debtor’s name after a valid financing statement is filed, rendering an otherwise properly recorded financing statement seriously misleading. Here, however, the debtor’s name change happened before
the filing of the financing statement, rendering the financing statement ineffective ab initio; therefore, O.C.G.A. § 11-9507(c)(1) did not apply in this case. Scarver v. Silverline Servs. (In re Wastetech, LLC), 605 B.R. 264, 2019 Bankr. LEXIS 1713 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 2019).
RESEARCH REFERENCES U.L.A. Uniform Commercial Code (U.L.A.) § 9507.