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 Arizona Laws 47-9508

  • Collateral: means the property subject to a security interest or agricultural lien. See Arizona Laws 47-9102
  • 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 Arizona Laws 47-9102

  • Financing statement: means a record or records composed of an initial financing statement and any filed record relating to the initial financing statement. See Arizona Laws 47-9102
  • New debtor: means a person that becomes bound as debtor under section 47-9203, subsection D by a security agreement previously entered into by another person. See Arizona Laws 47-9102

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 subsection A of this section to be seriously misleading under section 47-9506:

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 section 47-9203, subsection D; 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 section 47-9203, subsection D 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 section 47-9507, subsection A.