MEE_Secured Trans Flashcards
Attachment
1) Debtor authenticates sec agmt or creditor takes poss’n or ctrl of collateral
2) Creditor gives value
3) Debtor has rights in collateral
How are sec interest in goods Perfected?
perfected by Possession or Filing Financing Stmt
PMSI
creditor advances credit/provides funds needed for purchase &
takes sec int in goods purchased
PMSI in Consumer Goods
Automatically Perfected on Attachment
Consumer goods =
used/bought primarily for personal, family, household purposes
Equipment =
goods that aren’t consumer goods, inventory or farm products
catch all for goods
Priority btw two perfected sec int
First to file/perfect has priority
To attach a security interest:
1) either Debtor must authenticate a Security Agmt granting Creditor sec int in collateral that describes the collateral
OR
Creditor must take Possession or Control of the collateral
(2) Creditor must give value and
(3) Debtor must have rights in collateral
Priority - Perfected v Unperfected
Perfected prevails over Unperfected in same collateral
Accessions =
goods physically united w/ other goods such that identity is not lost
Priority - cert of title v accession
Sec Int. in whole perfected under cert of title prevails over sec int in accession
after-acquired property clause =
sec int attaches when Debtor obtains interest in collateral
Superpriority Rule
Equipment PMSI has superpriority if PMSI is perfected when debtor gets possession
Perfection by Filing
Sec int in all collateral except deposit accounts and money can be perfected by filing financing stmt, generally w/ sec of state
Financing Stmt - requirements
Financing stmt must contain Debtor’s name & address, Secured party’s name & address, and indication of collateral
Automatic Perfection
may occur w/o filing sec int in small-scale assignment of an Account or Paymt Intangible that does not alone transfer a significant part of the assignor’s outstanding accounts or payment intangibles to creditor
Attachment (checking acct)
parties agree to create sec agmt
creditor gives value
debtor has rights in collateral
Financing Stmt - Name not seriously misleading
if financing stmt still would be discovered in search of debtor’s correct name using filing office std search logic
Waiver of redemption
Debtor can redeem collateral after default -
right to redeem can be waived only after default
Lease intended as sec governed by art 9 as sec int
Intent measured by economic realities of transaction
P paid more than cost of over lease term
P could no end lease at any time
L could recoer if P didn’t pay
P had option to buy a end of lease
Proceeds of Sale - order of priority
Proceeds of sale go to expenses - then to debt foreclosed - then to junior interests
sec int after default
all subordinate sec int discharged if sec party sells collateral after default, unless bad-faith purchaser
Inventory
goods including supplies used in manufacturing, raw materials (typically items used quickly in a business) (goods held for sale/lease)