Title 11

(a) General rule; control of electronic chattel paper. A secured party has control of electronic chattel paper if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interests in the chattel paper reliably establishes the secured party as the person to which the chattel paper was as…

(a) Control under Code Section 11-8-106. A person has control of a certificated security, uncertificated security, or security entitlement as provided in Code Section 11-8-106. (b) Control of commodity contract. A secured party has control of a commodity contract if: (1) The secure…

A secured party has control of a letter of credit right to the extent of any right to payment or performance by the issuer or any nominated person if the issuer or nominated person has consented to an assignment of proceeds of the letter of credit under subsection (c) of Code Sec…

(a) Sufficiency of description. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c), (d), and (e) of this Code section, a description of personal or real property is sufficient, whether or not it is specific, if it reasonably identifies what is described. (b) Examples of reasonable ide…

(a) General scope of article. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this Code section, this article applies to: (1) A transaction, regardless of its form, that creates a security interest in personal property or fixtures by contract; (2) An agricultural lien; …

A security interest arising under Code Section 11-2-401 or 11-2-505, subsection (3) of Code Section 11-2-711, or subsection (5) of Code Section 11-2A-508 is subject to this article. However, until the debtor obtains possession of the goods: (1) The security interest is enforceabl…

(a) General effectiveness. Except as otherwise provided in this title, a security agreement is effective according to its terms between the parties, against purchasers of the collateral, and against creditors. (b) Applicable consumer laws and other law. A transaction subject to t…

Except as otherwise provided with respect to consignments or sales of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes, the provisions of this article with regard to rights and obligations apply whether title to collateral is in the secured party or the debtor. H…

(a) Attachment. A security interest attaches to collateral when it becomes enforceable against the debtor with respect to the collateral, unless an agreement expressly postpones the time of attachment. (b) Enforceability. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) through (i…

(a) After acquired collateral. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, a security agreement may create or provide for a security interest in after acquired collateral. (b) When after acquired property clause not effective. A security interest does not…

(a) When security interest not invalid or fraudulent. A security interest is not invalid or fraudulent against creditors solely because: (1) The debtor has the right or ability to: (A) Use, commingle, or dispose of all or part of the collateral, including returned or repossessed …

(a) Security interest when person buys through securities intermediary. A security interest in favor of a securities intermediary attaches to a person’s security entitlement if: (1) The person buys a financial asset through the securities intermediary in a transaction in which the…

(a) Duty of care when secured party in possession. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this Code section, a secured party shall use reasonable care in the custody and preservation of collateral in the secured party’s possession. In the case of chattel paper or an in…

(a) Applicability of Code section. This Code section applies to cases in which there is no outstanding secured obligation and the secured party is not committed to make advances, incur obligations, or otherwise give value. (b) Duties of secured party after receiving demand from d…

(a) Applicability of Code section. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this Code section, this Code section applies if: (1) There is no outstanding secured obligation; and (2) The secured party is not committed to make advances, incur obligations, or otherwise give …

(a) Definitions. As used in this Code section, the term: (1) “Request” means a record of a type described in paragraph (2), (3), or (4) of this subsection. (2) “Request for an accounting” means a record authenticated by a debtor requesting that the recipient provide an accounting …

Except as otherwise provided in Code Sections 11-9-303 through 11-9-306, the following rules determine the law governing perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in collateral: (1) Except as otherwise provided in this Code sec…

While farm products are located in a jurisdiction, the local law of that jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of an agricultural lien on the farm products. History. Code 1981, § 11-9-302, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 362, § 1.

(a) Applicability of Code section. This Code section applies to goods covered by a certificate of title, even if there is no other relationship between the jurisdiction under whose certificate of title the goods are covered and the goods or the debtor. (b) When goods covered by cer…

(a) Law of bank’s jurisdiction governs. The local law of a bank’s jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in a deposit account maintained with that bank. (b) Bank’s jurisdiction. The following rules deter…

(a) Governing law; general rules. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this Code section, the following rules apply: (1) While a security certificate is located in a jurisdiction, the local law of that jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonpe…

(a) Governing law; issuer’s or nominated person’s jurisdiction. Subject to subsection (c) of this Code section, the local law of the issuer’s jurisdiction or a nominated person’s jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a sec…

(a) “Place of business.” As used in this Code section, the term “place of business” means a place where a debtor conducts its affairs. (b) Debtor’s location; general rules. Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, the following rules determine a debtor’s location: (1) A…

(a) Perfection of security interest. Except as otherwise provided in this Code section and Code Section 11-9-309, a security interest is perfected if it has attached and all of the applicable requirements for perfection in Code Sections 11-9-310 through 11-9-316 have been satisfie…

The following security interests are perfected when they attach: (1) A purchase money security interest in consumer goods, except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of Code Section 11-9-311 with respect to consumer goods that are subject to a statute or treaty described in s…

(a) General rule; perfection by filing. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section and subsection (b) of Code Section 11-9-312, a financing statement must be filed to perfect all security interests and agricultural liens. (b) Exceptions; filing not necessary.…

(a) Security interest subject to other law. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this Code section, 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 Unit…

(a) Perfection by filing permitted. A security interest in chattel paper, negotiable documents, instruments, or investment property may be perfected by filing. (b) Control or possession of certain collateral. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d) of Code Section 1…

(a) Perfection by possession or delivery. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, a secured party may perfect a security interest in tangible negotiable documents, goods, instruments, money, or tangible chattel paper by taking possession of the collat…

(a) Perfection by control. A security interest in investment property, deposit accounts, letter of credit rights, electronic chattel paper, or electronic documents may be perfected by control of the collateral under Code Section 11-7-106, 11-9-104, 11-9-105, 11-9-106, or 11-9-107…

(a) Disposition of collateral; continuation of security interest or agricultural lien; proceeds. Except as otherwise provided in this article and in subsection (2) of Code Section 11-2-403: (1) A security interest or agricultural lien continues in collateral notwithstanding sale,…

(a) General rule; effect on perfection of change in governing law. A security interest perfected pursuant to the law of the jurisdiction designated in paragraph (1) of Code Section 11-9-301 or subsection (c) of Code Section 11-9-305 remains perfected until the earliest of: (1) Th…

(a) Conflicting security interests and rights of lien creditors. A security interest or agricultural lien is subordinate to the rights of: (1) A person entitled to priority under Code Section 11-9-322; and (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) of this Code section, a …

No interest retained in right to payment that is sold; 690 rights and title of seller of account or chattel paper with respect to creditors and purchasers. Rights and title of consignee with respect to creditors and purchasers. Buyer of goods. Licensee of general intangible and l…

(a) Consignee has consignor’s rights. Except as otherwise pro793 vided in subsection (b) of this Code section, for purposes of determining the rights of creditors of, and purchasers for value of goods from, a consignee, while the goods are in the possession of the consignee, the …

(a) Buyer in ordinary course of business. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) of this Code section, a buyer in ordinary course of business, other than a person buying farm products from a person engaged in farming operations, takes free of a security interest created b…

(a) “Licensee in ordinary course of business.” As used in this Code section, the term “licensee in ordinary course of business” means a person that becomes a licensee of a general intangible in good faith, without knowledge that the license violates the rights of another person i…

(a) General priority rules. Except as otherwise provided in this Code section, priority among conflicting security interests and agricultural liens in the same collateral is determined according to the following rules: (1) Conflicting perfected security interests and agricultural l…

(a) When priority based on time of advance. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, for purposes of determining the priority of a perfected security interest under paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Code Section 11-9-322, perfection of the security in…

(a) General rule; purchase money priority. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of this Code section, a perfected purchase money security interest in goods other than inventory or livestock has priority over a conflicting security interest in the same goods, and, except …

(a) Subordination of security interest in transferred collateral. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, a security interest created by a debtor is subordinate to a security interest in the same collateral created by another person if: (1) The debtor…

(a) Subordination of security interest created by new debtor. Subject to subsection (b) of this Code section, a security interest that is created by a new debtor in collateral in which the new debtor has or acquires rights and is perfected solely by a filed financing statement that…

The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests in the same deposit account: (1) A security interest held by a secured party having control of the deposit account under Code Section 11-9-104 has priority over a conflicting security interest held by a secure…

The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests in the same investment property: (1) A security interest held by a secured party having control of investment property under Code Section 11-9-106 has priority over a security interest held by a secured party…

The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests in the same letter of credit right: (1) A security interest held by a secured party having control of the letter of credit right under Code Section 11-9-107 has priority to the extent of its control over a co…

(a) Purchaser’s priority; security interest claimed merely as proceeds. A purchaser of chattel paper has priority over a security interest in the chattel paper which is claimed merely as proceeds of inventory subject to a security interest if: (1) In good faith and in the ordinar…