Section 382-A:9-310 When Filing Required to Perfect Security Interest or Agricultural Lien; Security Interests and Agricultural Liens to Which Filing Provisions Do Not Apply.


      (a) General rule: perfection by filing. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) and Section 9-312(b), a financing statement must be filed to perfect all security interests and agricultural liens.
      (b) Exceptions: filing not necessary. The filing of a financing statement is not necessary to perfect a security interest:
         (1) that is perfected under Section 9-308(d), (e), (f), or (g);
         (2) that is perfected under Section 9-309 when it attaches;
         (3) in property subject to a statute, regulation, or treaty described in Section 9-311(a);
         (4) in goods in possession of a bailee which is perfected under Section 9-312(d)(1) or (2);
         (5) in certificated securities, documents, goods, or instruments which is perfected without filing, control, or possession under Section 9-312(e), (f), or (g);
         (6) in collateral in the secured party's possession under Section 9-313;
         (7) in a certificated security which is perfected by delivery of the security certificate to the secured party under Section 9-313;
         (8) in deposit accounts, electronic chattel paper, electronic documents, investment property, or letter-of-credit rights which is perfected by control under Section 9-314;
         (9) in proceeds which is perfected under Section 9-315; or
         (10) that is perfected under Section 9-316.
      (c) Assignment of perfected security interest. If a secured party assigns a perfected security interest or agricultural lien, a filing under this article is not required to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the original debtor.

Source. 2001, 102:25, eff. July 1, 2001. 2006, 169:41, eff. Jan. 1, 2007.