(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, the filing of a financing statement is not necessary or effective to perfect a security interest in property subject to:

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Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 79.0311

  • Certificate of title: includes another record maintained as an alternative to the certificate of title by the governmental unit that issues certificates of title if a statute permits the security interest in question to be indicated on the record as a condition or result of the security interest's obtaining priority over the rights of the lien creditor with respect to the collateral. See Oregon Statutes 79.0102
  • Collateral: means the property subject to a security interest or agricultural lien. See Oregon Statutes 79.0102
  • Financing statement: means a record or records composed of an initial financing statement and any filed record relating to the initial financing statement. See Oregon Statutes 79.0102
  • Goods: means all things that are movable when a security interest attaches. See Oregon Statutes 79.0102
  • Inventory: means goods, other than farm products, which:

    (A) Are leased by a person as lessor;

    (B) Are held by a person for sale or lease or to be furnished under a contract of service;

    (C) Are furnished by a person under a contract of service; or

    (D) Consist of raw materials, work in process, or materials used or consumed in a business. See Oregon Statutes 79.0102

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Manufactured structure: has the meaning given that term in ORS § 446. See Oregon Statutes 79.0102
  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • United States: includes territories, outlying possessions and the District of Columbia. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(a) 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 ORS § 79.0310 (1);

(b) ORS Chapter 830 and the Oregon Vehicle Code;

(c) A statute of another jurisdiction that provides for a security interest to be indicated on a certificate of title as a condition or result of the security interest’s obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor with respect to the property; or

(d) ORS § 446.611 (1).

(2) Compliance with the requirements of a statute, regulation or treaty described in subsection (1) of this section for obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor is equivalent to the filing of a financing statement under this chapter. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section and ORS § 79.0313, 79.0316 (4) and (5) and 79.0334 for goods covered by a certificate of title or for a manufactured structure, a security interest in property subject to a statute, regulation or treaty described in subsection (1) of this section 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.

(3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section and ORS § 79.0316 (4) and (5), 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 (1) of this section are governed by the statute, regulation or treaty. In other respects, the security interest is subject to this chapter.

(4) During any period in which collateral subject to a statute specified in subsection (1)(b) or (d) of this section 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. [2001 c.445 § 31; 2003 c.655 § 50; 2012 c.12 § 5]