(A) A consignor, lessor, or other bailor of goods, a licensor, or a buyer of a payment intangible or promissory note may file a financing statement, or may comply with a statute or treaty described in division (A) of section 1309.311 of the Revised Code, using the terms “consignor,” “consignee,” “lessor,” “lessee,” “bailor,” “bailee,” “licensor,” “licensee,” “owner,” “registered owner,” “buyer,” “seller,” or words of similar import, instead of the terms “secured party” and “debtor.”

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Terms Used In Ohio Code 1309.505

  • 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
  • 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

  • Consignor: means a person that delivers goods to a consignee in 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
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Payment intangible: means a general intangible under which the account debtor's principal obligation is a monetary obligation. See Ohio Code 1309.102
  • Promissory note: means an instrument that evidences a promise to pay a monetary obligation, does not evidence an order to pay, and does not contain an acknowledgment by a bank that the bank has received for deposit a sum of money or funds. See Ohio Code 1309.102
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

(B) Sections 1309.501 to 1309.527 of the Revised Code apply to the filing of a financing statement under division (A) of this section and, as appropriate, to compliance that is equivalent to filing a financing statement under division (B) of section 1309.311 of the Revised Code, but the filing or compliance is not of itself a factor in determining whether the collateral secures an obligation. If it is determined for another reason that the collateral secures an obligation, a security interest held by the consignor, lessor, bailor, licensor, owner, or buyer that attaches to the collateral is perfected by the filing or compliance.