In General Flashcards
What is a security interest?
An interest in personal property or fixtures that secures payment or performance of an obligation
UCC § 1-201(35)
What are the purposes of a security interest?
- Make debt more easily collectible if the debtor cannot or refuses to pay.
- Provide the secured party with a position superior to other creditors.
- Provide the secured party with rights to obtain the collateral if it’s sold or transferred.
What is a security agreement?
A consensual agreement that provides for a security interest
What is a security agreement?
A consensual agreement that provides for a security interest
What’s the difference between an agreement and a contract?
An agreement is a bargain-in-fact between parties.
A contract is the legal obligation that results from an agreement.
UCC § 1-201(3), (12)
What are the three types of parties in a secured transaction?
- Secured party
- Obligor
- Debtor
What is a secured party?
A creditor who obtains a security interest in the debtor’s property
What is an obligor?
A person who must pay or perform the obligation that the collateral secures
What is a debtor?
A person who has an interest in the collateral, other than a security interest or other lien (e.g. the owner of the collateral)
The debtor is usually the obligor, but doesn’t need to be.
What is collateral?
Property subject to a security interest
To classify collateral, what do you look to?
The debtor’s principal use at the time the security interest is created
Can the same property be classified differently for different debtors?
Yes
What are the classes of collateral?
- Goods
- Rights to payment
- Documents
- Investment property
- Deposit accounts
- Commercial tort claims
- Letter of credit rights
- General intangibles
What are goods?
Anything moveable at the time a security interest attaches
What are some goods that are not technically “moveable”?
- Fixtures
- Standing timber
- Unborn animals
- Growing or unharvested crops
- Manufactured homes
What are the four mutually exclusive subcategories of goods?
- Consumer goods
- Farm products
- Inventory
- Equipment
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When are goods classified?
When the security interest attaches
Can the classification of a good change during the life of the good?
Yes
What are consumer goods?
Goods acquired primarily for personal, family, or household purposes
What are farm products?
Crops, livestock, supplies used or produced in farming operations
NOT farming equipment
For goods to be considered farm products, the debtor must be…
…engaged in a farming operation.
What is inventory?
Goods that are not farm products that:
- are held for sale or lease;
- are furnished under a service contract; or
- consist of raw materials, works in progress, or materials used or consumed in business.