409.611

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409.611 Notification before disposition of collateral.

409.611(3)(a)

(a) The debtor;

409.611(3)(b)

(b) Any secondary obligor; and

409.611(3)(c)

(c) If the collateral is other than consumer goods:

409.611(3)(c)2.a.

a. Identified the collateral;

409.611(3)(c)2.b.

b. Was indexed under the debtor’s name as of that date; and

409.611(3)(c)2.c.

c. Was filed in the office in which to file a financing statement against the debtor covering the collateral as of that date; and

409.611(1)

(1) Notification date. In this section, “notification date” means the earlier of the date on which:

409.611(1)(a)

(a) A secured party sends to the debtor and any secondary obligor an authenticated notification of disposition; or

409.611(1)(b)

(b) The debtor and any secondary obligor waive the right to notification.

409.611(5)(b)

(b) Before the notification date, the secured party:

409.611(2)

(2) Notification of disposition required. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (4), a secured party that disposes of collateral under § 409.610 shall send to the persons specified in sub. (3) a reasonable, authenticated notification of disposition.

409.611(3)

(3) Persons to be notified. To comply with sub. (2), the secured party shall send an authenticated notification of disposition to:

409.611(3)(c)1.

1. Any other person from which the secured party has received, before the notification date, an authenticated notification of a claim of an interest in the collateral;

409.611(3)(c)2.

2. Any other secured party or lienholder that, 10 days before the notification date, held a security interest in or other lien on the collateral perfected by the filing of a financing statement that:

409.611(3)(c)3.

3. Any other secured party that, 10 days before the notification date, held a security interest in the collateral perfected by compliance with a statute, regulation, or treaty described in § 409.311 (1).

409.611(4)

(4) Subsection (2) inapplicable: perishable collateral; recognized market. Subsection (2) does not apply if the collateral is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market.

409.611(5)

(5) Compliance with sub. (3) (c) 2. A secured party complies with the requirement for notification prescribed by sub. (3) (c) 2. if:

409.611(5)(a)

(a) Not later than 20 days or earlier than 30 days before the notification date, the secured party requests, in a commercially reasonable manner, information concerning financing statements indexed under the debtor’s name in the office indicated in sub. (3) (c) 2.; and

409.611(5)(b)2.

2. Received a response to the request for information and sent an authenticated notification of disposition to each secured party or other lienholder named in that response whose financing statement covered the collateral.

409.611(5)(b)1.

1. Did not receive a response to the request for information; or