(1). A financing statement substantially satisfying the requirements of this part is effective, even if it has minor errors or omissions, unless the errors or omissions make the financing statement seriously misleading.

[PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §4 (AFF).]

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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 9-1506

  • Debtor: means :
(a). See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 9-1102
  • Filing office: means an office designated in section 9?1501 as the place to file a financing statement. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 9-1102
  • Financing statement: means a record or records composed of an initial financing statement and any filed record relating to the initial financing statement. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 9-1102
  • New debtor: means a person that becomes bound as debtor under section 9?1203, subsection (4) by a security agreement previously entered into by another person. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 11 Sec. 9-1102
  • (2). Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), a financing statement that fails sufficiently to provide the name of the debtor in accordance with section 9-1503, subsection (1) is seriously misleading.

    [PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §4 (AFF).]

    (3). If a search of the records of the filing office under the debtor’s correct name, using the filing office’s standard search logic, if any, would disclose a financing statement that fails sufficiently to provide the name of the debtor in accordance with section 9-1503, subsection (1), the name provided does not make the financing statement seriously misleading.

    [PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §4 (AFF).]

    (4). For purposes of section 9-1508, subsection (2), the “debtor’s correct name” in subsection (3) means the correct name of the new debtor.

    [PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §2 (NEW); PL 1999, c. 699, Pt. A, §4 (AFF).]

    SECTION HISTORY

    PL 1999, c. 699, §A2 (NEW). PL 1999, c. 699, §A4 (AFF).