(A) 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 financing statement would have been effective had the original debtor acquired rights in the collateral.

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Terms Used In Ohio Code 1309.508

  • Collateral: means the property subject to a security interest or agricultural lien, including:

    (a) Proceeds to which a security interest attaches;

    (b) Accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, and promissory notes that have been sold; and

    (c) Goods that are the subject of a consignment. See Ohio Code 1309.102

  • Debtor: means :

    (a) A person having an interest, other than a security interest or other lien, in the collateral, whether or not the person is an obligor;

    (b) A seller of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes; or

    (c) A consignee. See Ohio Code 1309.102

  • Financing statement: means a record composed of an initial financing statement and any filed record or records relating to the initial financing statement. See Ohio Code 1309.102
  • New debtor: means a person that becomes bound as debtor under division (D) of section 1309. See Ohio Code 1309.102

(B) If the difference between the name of the original debtor and that of the new debtor causes a filed financing statement that is effective under division (A) of this section to be seriously misleading under section 1309.506 of the Revised Code:

(1) The financing statement is effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the new debtor before, and within four months after, the new debtor becomes bound under division (D) of section 1309.203 of the Revised Code; and

(2) The financing statement is not effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the new debtor more than four months after the new debtor becomes bound under division (D) of section 1309.203 of the Revised Code unless an initial financing statement providing the name of the new debtor is filed before the expiration of that time.

(C) This section does not apply to collateral as to which a filed financing statement remains effective against the new debtor under division (A) of section 1309.507 of the Revised Code.