30-9A-507. Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement. (1) A filed financing statement remains effective with respect to collateral that is sold, exchanged, leased, licensed, or otherwise disposed of and in which a security interest or agricultural lien continues, even if the secured party knows of or consents to the disposition.

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Terms Used In Montana Code 30-9A-507

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Collateral: means the property subject to a security interest or agricultural lien. See Montana Code 30-9A-102
  • Debtor: means :

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

    (ii)a seller of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes; or

    (iii)a consignee. See Montana Code 30-9A-102

  • Financing statement: means a record or records composed of an initial financing statement and any filed record relating to the initial financing statement. See Montana Code 30-9A-102
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Secured party: means :

    (i)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;

    (ii)a person that holds an agricultural lien;

    (iii)a consignor;

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

    (v)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

    (vi)a person that holds a security interest arising under 30-2-401, 30-2-505, 30-2-711(3), 30-2A-508(5), 30-4-208, or 30-5-118. See Montana Code 30-9A-102

(2)Except as otherwise provided in 30-9A-508 and subsection (3) of this section, a financing statement is not rendered ineffective if, after the financing statement is filed, the information provided in the financing statement becomes seriously misleading under the standard set forth in 30-9A-506.

(3)If the name that a filed financing statement provides for a debtor becomes insufficient as the name of the debtor under 30-9A-503(1) so that the financing statement becomes seriously misleading under the standard set forth in 30-9A-506:

(a)the financing statement is effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the debtor before or within 4 months after the filed financing statement becomes seriously misleading; and

(b)the financing statement is not effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the debtor more than 4 months after the filed financing statement becomes seriously misleading, unless an amendment to the financing statement that renders the financing statement not seriously misleading is filed within 4 months after the financing statement became seriously misleading.