(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (D) 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 Ohio Code 1309.311

  • Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
  • Certificate of title: means a certificate of title with respect to which a statute provides for the security interest in question to be indicated on the certificate as a condition or result of the security interest's obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor with respect to the collateral. See Ohio Code 1309.102
  • 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

  • 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
  • Goods: includes (i) fixtures, (ii) standing timber that is to be cut and removed under a conveyance or contract for sale, (iii) the unborn young of animals, (iv) crops grown, growing, or to be grown, even if the crops are produced on trees, vines, or bushes, and (v) manufactured homes. See Ohio Code 1309.102
  • Inventory: means goods, other than farm products, that:

    (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 Ohio Code 1309.102

  • 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.
  • Lien creditor: means :

    (a) A creditor who has acquired a lien on the property involved by attachment, levy or the like;

    (b) An assignee for benefit of creditors from the time of assignment;

    (c) A trustee in bankruptcy from the date of the filing of the petition; or

    (d) A receiver in equity from the time of appointment. See Ohio Code 1309.102

  • Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59

(1) 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 division (A) of section 1309.310 of the Revised Code;

(2) Chapters 1547., 1548., 4505., 4519., and 5309. of the Revised Code;

(3) 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.

(B) Compliance with the requirements of a statute, regulation, or treaty described in division (A) 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 division (D) of this section, section 1309.313, and divisions (D) and (E) of section 1309.316 of the Revised Code for goods covered by a certificate of title, a security interest in property subject to a statute, regulation, or treaty described in division (A) 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.

(C) Except as otherwise provided in division (D) of this section and divisions (D) and (E) of section 1309.316 of the Revised Code, duration and renewal of perfection of a security interest perfected by compliance with the requirements prescribed by a statute, regulation, or treaty described in division (A) of this section are governed by the statute, regulation, or treaty. In other respects, the security interest is subject to this chapter.

(D) During any period in which collateral subject to a statute specified in division (A)(2) 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.