Chapter 16 Flashcards
Transactions where a debtor pledges personal property or fixtures to a creditor as a security for a loan or another obligation
Secured transactions (chattel mortgages)
What is a chattel
Item of personal property rather than real estate
Includes all property except real estate and items attached to real estate
Personal property
Liens on personal property which secures payments of an obligation
Allows sale of collateral if there is a defaults
Security interest
Interest in property which typically gives a creditor the right to sell property on default
Lien
Examples of liens
Mortgages
Security interest
Some court judgements
Personal property items permanently attached to real estate
Fixtures
Transfers a security interest in personal property and create a secured transaction
Security agreement
Perosnal property or fixtures subject to a security interest
Collateral
Creditor who is the holder of the security interest
Secured party
Process which causes a security interest to be enforceable against a certain piece of collateral
Attachment
Process which fixes the secured party’s level of priority to the collateral against others who also have a lien
Perfection
Written notice of a security interest filed with a government office
Financing statement
3 Types of collateral governed under article 9
Goods
Quasi tangibles
Intangibles
Article _____ covers the collaterals : goods, quasi tangibles and intangibles
9
What are goods under article 2
Things tangible and movable
Furniture, business equipment
What are goods under article 9
Includes fixtures
Documents which in themselves are evidence of a legal right
Quasi tangibles
Example of quasi tangibles
Negotiable instruments
Items of personal property with no aspect of physical existence
Intangibles