A person may file an initial financing statement or a continuation statement under this article if:

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 47-9708

  • Continuation statement: means an amendment of a financing statement that:

    (a) Identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which it relates; and

    (b) Indicates that it is a continuation statement for, or that it is filed to continue the effectiveness of, the identified financing statement. 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
  • Person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association or society, as well as a natural person. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Secured party: means :

    (a) A person in whose favor a security interest is created or provided for under a security agreement, whether or not any obligation to be secured is outstanding;

    (b) A person that holds an agricultural lien;

    (c) A consignor;

    (d) A person to which accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes have been sold;

    (e) A trustee, indenture trustee, agent, collateral agent or other representative in whose favor a security interest or agricultural lien is created or provided for; or

    (f) A person that holds a security interest arising under section 47-2401, 47-2505, 47-2711, 47-2A508, 47-4210 or 47-5118. See Arizona Laws 47-9102

1. The secured party of record authorizes the filing; and

2. The filing is necessary under this article:

(a) To continue the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before July 1, 2001; or

(b) To perfect or continue the perfection of a security interest.