554.9703  Security interest perfected before effective date.

1.  Continuing priority over lien creditor -- perfection requirements satisfied.  A security interest that is enforceable immediately before July 1, 2001, and would have priority over the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor at that time is a perfected security interest under this Act* if, on July 1, 2001, the applicable requirements for enforceability and perfection under this Act* are satisfied without further action.

2.  Continuing priority over lien creditor -- perfection requirements not satisfied.  Except as otherwise provided in section 554.9705, if, immediately before July 1, 2001, a security interest is enforceable and would have priority over the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor at that time, but the applicable requirements for enforceability or perfection under this Act* are not satisfied on July 1, 2001, the security interest:

a.  is a perfected security interest for one year after July 1, 2001;

b.  remains enforceable thereafter only if the security interest becomes enforceable under section 554.9203 before the year expires; and

c.  remains perfected thereafter only if the applicable requirements for perfection under this Act* are satisfied before the year expires.

Section History: Recent form

  2000 Acts, ch 1149, §129, 187

Footnotes

  *2000 Acts, ch 1149

  Effective July 1, 2001; 2000 Acts, ch 1149, §187; for law prior to July 1, 2001, see Code 2001


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