Title 7

(a) Disposition. A filed financing statement remains effective with respect to collateral that is sold, exchanged, leased, licensed, or otherwise disposed of and in which a security interest or agricultural lien continues, even if the secured party knows of or consents to the dis…

(a) Financing statement naming original debtor. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a filed financing statement naming an original debtor is effective to perfect a security interest in collateral in which a new debtor has or acquires rights to the extent that the financ…

(a) Person entitled to file record. A person may file an initial financing statement, amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing statement, or amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if: (1) the debtor authorizes the filing in a signed record or purs…

(a) Filed record effective if authorized. A filed record is effective only to the extent that it was filed by a person that may file it under Section 7-9A-509. (b) Authorization by one secured party of record. A record authorized by one secured party of record does not affect the…

(a) Secured party of record. A secured party of record with respect to a financing statement is a person whose name is provided as the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured party in an initial financing statement that has been filed. If an initial financing…

(a) Amendment of information in financing statement. Subject to Section 7-9A-509, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or, subject to subsection (e), otherwise amend the information provided in, a financing statement by fil…

(a) Consumer goods. A secured party shall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement to file a termination statement for the financing statement if the financing statement covers consumer goods and: (1) there is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by …

(a) Assignment reflected on initial financing statement. 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 mai…

(a) Five-year effectiveness. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b), (e), (f), (g), and (h), a filed financing statement is effective for a period of five years after the date of filing. (b) Manufactured-home transaction. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (e), …

(a) What constitutes filing. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), communication of a record to a filing office and tender of the filing fee or acceptance of the record by the filing office constitutes filing. (b) Refusal to accept record; filing does not occur. Filing …

The failure of the filing office to index a record correctly does not affect the effectiveness of the filed record. (Act 2001-481, p. 647, §1.)

(a) Statement with respect to record indexed under person’s name. A person may file in the filing office an information statement with respect to a record indexed there under the person’s name if the person believes that the record is inaccurate or was wrongfully filed. (b) Conte…

(a) Filing office duties. For each record filed in a filing office, the filing office shall: (1) assign a unique number to the filed record; (2) create a record that bears the number assigned to the filed record and the date and time of filing; (3) maintain the filed record for p…

(a) Mandatory refusal to accept record. A filing office shall refuse to accept a record for filing for a reason set forth in Section 7-9A-516(b) and may refuse to accept a record for filing only for a reason set forth in Section 7-9A-516(b). (b) Communication concerning refusal. …

(a) Initial financing statement form. A filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written initial financing statement in the following form and format except for a reason set forth in Section 7-9A-516(b): UCC FINANCING STATEMENT FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS A. …

(a) Post-lapse maintenance and retrieval of information. The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for at least one year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under Section 7-9A-515 with respect to…

(a) Acknowledgment of filing written record. If a person that files a written record requests an acknowledgment of the filing, the filing office shall send to the person an image of the record showing the number assigned to the record pursuant to Section 7-9A-519(a)(1) and the da…

Delay by the filing office beyond a time limit prescribed by this part is excused if: (1) the delay is caused by interruption of communication or computer facilities, war, emergency conditions, failure of equipment, or other circumstances beyond control of the filing office; and …

(a) Initial financing statement or other record: General rule. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), and except that no filing fee is required for the filing of a termination statement pursuant to Section 7-9A-513, the fee for filing and indexing a record under this par…

(a) Adoption of filing-office rules. The Secretary of State shall adopt and publish rules to implement this article. The filing-office rules must be: (1) consistent with this article; and (2) adopted and published in accordance with the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (b) H…

(a) Rights of secured party after default. After default, a secured party has the rights provided in this part and, except as otherwise provided in Section 7-9A-602, those provided by agreement of the parties. A secured party: (1) may reduce a claim to judgment, foreclose, or oth…

Except as otherwise provided in Section 7-9A-624, to the extent that they give rights to a debtor or obligor and impose duties on a secured party, the debtor or obligor may not waive or vary the rules stated in the following listed sections: (1) Section 7-9A-207(b)(4)(C), which d…

(a) Agreed standards. The parties may determine by agreement the standards measuring the fulfillment of the rights of a debtor or obligor and the duties of a secured party under a rule stated in Section 7-9A-602 if the standards are not manifestly unreasonable. (b) Agreed standar…

(a) Enforcement: Personal and real property. If a security agreement covers both personal and real property, a secured party may proceed: (1) under this part as to the personal property without prejudicing any rights with respect to the real property; or (2) as to both the person…

(a) In general: No duty owed by secured party. Except as provided in subsection (b), a secured party does not owe a duty based on its status as secured party: (1) to a person that is a debtor or obligor, unless the secured party knows: (A) that the person is a debtor or obligor; …

For purposes of this part, a default occurs in connection with an agricultural lien at the time the secured party becomes entitled to enforce the lien in accordance with the statute under which it was created. (Act 2001-481, p. 647, §1.)

(a) Collection and enforcement generally. If so agreed, and in any event after default, a secured party: (1) may notify an account debtor or other person obligated on collateral to make payment or otherwise render performance to or for the benefit of the secured party; (2) may ta…

(a) Application of proceeds, surplus, and deficiency if obligation secured. If a security interest or agricultural lien secures payment or performance of an obligation, the following rules apply: (1) A secured party shall apply or pay over for application the cash proceeds of col…

(a) Possession; rendering equipment unusable; disposition on debtor’s premises. After default, a secured party: (1) may take possession of the collateral; and (2) without removal, may render equipment unusable and dispose of collateral on a debtor’s premises under Section 7-9A-61…

(a) Disposition after default. After default, a secured party may sell, lease, license, or otherwise dispose of any or all of the collateral in its present condition or following any commercially reasonable preparation or processing. (b) Commercially reasonable disposition. Every…

(a) “Notification date.” In this section, “notification date” means the earlier of the date on which: (1) a secured party sends to the debtor and any secondary obligor a signed notification of disposition; or (2) the debtor and any secondary obligor waive the right to notificatio…

(a) Reasonable time is question of fact. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), whether a notification is sent within a reasonable time is a question of fact. (b) 10-day period sufficient in non-consumer transaction. In a transaction other than a consumer transaction, a …

(a) Content and form of notification. Except in a consumer-goods transaction, the following rules apply: (1) The contents of a notification of disposition are sufficient if the notification: (A) describes the debtor and the secured party; (B) describes the collateral that is the …

(a) Content and form of notification. In a consumer-goods transaction, the following rules apply: (1) A notification of disposition must provide the following information: (A) the information specified in Section 7-9A-613(a)(1); (B) a description of any liability for a deficiency…

(a) Application of proceeds. A secured party shall apply or pay over for application the cash proceeds of disposition under Section 7-9A-610 in the following order to: (1) the reasonable expenses of retaking, holding, preparing for disposition, processing, and disposing, and, to …

(a) Definitions. In this section: (1) “Explanation” means a record that: (A) states the amount of the surplus or deficiency; (B) provides an explanation in accordance with subsection (c) of how the secured party calculated the surplus or deficiency; (C) states, if applicable, tha…

(a) Effects of disposition. A secured party’s disposition of collateral after default: (1) transfers to a transferee for value all of the debtor’s rights in the collateral; (2) discharges the security interest under which the disposition is made; and (3) discharges any subordinat…

(a) Rights and duties of secondary obligor. A secondary obligor acquires the rights and becomes obligated to perform the duties of the secured party after the secondary obligor: (1) receives an assignment of a secured obligation from the secured party; (2) receives a transfer of …

(a) “Transfer statement.” In this section, “transfer statement” means a record signed by a secured party stating: (1) that the debtor has defaulted in connection with an obligation secured by specified collateral; (2) that the secured party has exercised its post-default remedies…

(a) Conditions to acceptance in satisfaction. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g), a secured party may accept collateral in full or partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures only if: (1) the debtor consents to the acceptance under subsection (c); (2) the secure…

(a) Persons to which proposal to be sent. A secured party that desires to accept collateral in full or partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures shall send its proposal to: (1) any person from which the secured party has received, before the debtor consented to the accept…

(a) Effect of acceptance. A secured party’s acceptance of collateral in full or partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures: (1) discharges the obligation to the extent consented to by the debtor; (2) transfers to the secured party all of a debtor’s rights in the collateral…

(a) Persons that may redeem. A debtor, any secondary obligor, or any other secured party or lienholder may redeem collateral. (b) Requirements for redemption. To redeem collateral, a person shall tender: (1) fulfillment of all obligations secured by the collateral; and (2) the re…

(a) Waiver of disposition notification. A debtor or secondary obligor may waive the right to notification of disposition of collateral under Section 7-9A-611 only by an agreement to that effect entered into and signed after default. (b) Waiver of mandatory disposition. A debtor m…

(a) Judicial orders concerning noncompliance. If it is established that a secured party is not proceeding in accordance with this article, a court may order or restrain collection, enforcement, or disposition of collateral on appropriate terms and conditions. (b) Damages for nonc…

(a) Applicable rules if amount of deficiency or surplus in issue. In an action arising from a transaction, other than a consumer transaction, in which the amount of a deficiency or surplus is in issue, the following rules apply: (1) A secured party need not prove compliance with …