9311 - Perfection of security interests in property subject to certain statutes, regulations and treaties.
§ 9311. Perfection of security interests in property subject to certain statutes, regulations and treaties. (a) Security interest subject to other law.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the filing of a financing statement is not necessary or effective to perfect a security interest in property subject to: (1) a statute, regulation or treaty of the United States whose requirements for a security interest's obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor with respect to the property preempt section 9310(a) (relating to when filing required to perfect security interest or agricultural lien; security interests and agricultural liens to which filing provisions do not apply); (2) a certificate-of-title statute of this Commonwealth or regulations promulgated thereunder, to the extent such statute or regulations provide for a security interest to be indicated on the certificate as a condition or result of perfection; or (3) a certificate-of-title statute of another jurisdiction which provides for a security interest to be indicated on the certificate as a condition or result of the security interest's obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor with respect to the property. (b) Compliance with other law.--Compliance with the requirements of a statute, regulation or treaty described in subsection (a) for obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor is equivalent to the filing of a financing statement under this division. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and sections 9313 (relating to when possession by or delivery to secured party perfects security interest without filing) and 9316(d) and (e) (relating to continued perfection of security interest following change in governing law) for goods covered by a certificate of title, a security interest in property subject to a statute, regulation or treaty described in subsection (a) may be perfected only by compliance with those requirements, and a security interest so perfected remains perfected notwithstanding a change in the use or transfer of possession of the collateral. (c) Duration and renewal of perfection.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and section 9316(d) and (e), duration and renewal of perfection of a security interest perfected by compliance with the requirements prescribed by a statute, regulation or treaty described in subsection (a) are governed by the statute, regulation or treaty. In other respects, the security interest is subject to this division. (d) Inapplicability to certain inventory.--During any period in which collateral subject to a statute specified in subsection (a)(2) is inventory held for sale or lease by a person or leased by that person as lessor and that person is in the business of selling goods of that kind, this section does not apply to a security interest in that collateral created by that person. Cross References. Section 9311 is referred to in sections 9308, 9309, 9310, 9316, 9334, 9335, 9337, 9505, 9611, 9621 of this title; section 5323 of Title 30 (Fish); sections 7712.8, 7712.13 of Title 75 (Vehicles).