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Priorities Flashcards

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Priority Between Perfected Secured Parties

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  • when there are conflicting perfected security interests in the same collateral, priority goes to whichever party was the first to either file or perfect (whichever earlier) provided that there’s no period thereafter when there’s neither filing nor perfection
  • CORE POINT: priority determined by date of filing or perfection, NOT attachment
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Priority Between Unperfected Secured Parties

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  • when 2 unperfected security interests conflict, the first to attach has priority
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Priority Between Unperfected and Perfected Secured Parties

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  • perfected security interest generally prevails over an unperfected security interest
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PMSI Superpriority

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  • PMSIs enjoy superpriority -> superior even to prior perfected security interests in the same collateral if certain conditions are met
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PMSI Superpriority - Goods Other Than Inventory or Livestock

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  • PMSI in goods other than inventory + livestock has priority over conflicting security interests in the same goods or their proceeds if the interest is perfected before or within 20 days after the debtor receives possession of the goods
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PMSI Superpriority - Inventory and Livestock

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  • PMSI in inventory collateral has priority over conflicting security interest in same inventory or proceeds of the inventory that are chattel paper, instruments, or cash if:
    -> it’s perfected at time debtor gets possession of the inventory (filing must take place before inventory delivered to debtor) AND
    -> any secured party who has filed their security interest in the same inventory receives authenticated notification of the PMSI before the debtor receives possession of the inventory, and the notification states that the purchase money party has or expects to take a PMSI in inventory of the debtor described by kind or type
    -> the notification is effective for deliveries of the same type of collateral for 5 yrs
  • livestock generally follows the same rules
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Consignors - PMSI in Inventory

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  • under Art 9, consignor’s interest in consigned goods is considered to be a PMSI in Inventory
  • therefore, consignor can acquire PMSI superpriority in consigned goods if consignor complies w/ above reqs for gaining PMSI superpriority in inventory
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Conflicting PMSIs

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If more than one party has PMSI superpriority in collateral, following rules apply:
- secured party who has a PMSI in collateral as a seller (seller-financed PMSI) has priority over secured party who has a PMSI in the same collateral as a lender (a financer-financed PMSI)
- otherwise, the first secured party to file or perfect prevails

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Reminders for Perfection wrt PMSIs

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  • PMSI in consumer goods is automatically perfected
  • PMSI in equipment can be perfected (usually by filing) any time w/in 20 days after debtor gets possession of the collateral AND
  • PMSI in inventory must be perfected (usually by filing) by the time the debtor gets possession of the collateral (no 20-day grace period) and others w/ a previously filed security interest in the inventory must be given notice
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Special Priority Rules for Conflicting Security Interests in Investment Property

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  • security interest perfected by control has priority over a security interest perfected by any other method (i.e. filing or automatic)
  • for conflicting security interests perfected by control, they rank according to the time of obtaining control (unless one of the secured parties with control is a securities intermediary, in which case the securities intermediary will prevail)
  • in all other cases, “first to file or perfect” rule governs priority q’s for investment property
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Special Priority Rules for Conflicting Security Interests in Deposit Accounts

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  • security interest in a deposit account that is perfected by control has priority over a conflicting security interest that is perfected by another method (namely, as proceeds of other collateral)

If all perfected by control, they rank according to T of obtaining control, subject to following exceptions:
- secured party who has obtained control by putting deposit account in the party’s name has priority over all other secured parties w/ control AND
- bank that has control b/c maintains the deposit account has priority over all secured parties w/ control, other than party who has obtained control by putting account in their name

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Special Priority Rules for Conflicting Security Interests in Deposit Accounts - Transfer of Funds

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  • if debtor transfers $ or deposit account funds to a person, that person takes free of any security interest in the $ or funds, unless the transferee acts in collusion w/ debtor in violating the rights of the secured party
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Purchaser of Chattel Paper and Instruments

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  • Art 9 contains special rules for “purchasers” of chattel paper and instruments, which includes parties who take a security interest
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Chattel Paper Purchasers

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If purchaser of chattel paper in good faith gives new value + takes possession of the chattel paper in the ordinary course of business (or takes control of electronic chattel paper), the purchaser has priority over:
- a security interest in chattel paper that arises merely as proceeds of inventory, as long as the chattel paper doesn’t indicate that it has been assigned to anyone other than the purchaser AND
- any other security interest in the chattel paper, as long as the chattel paper purchaser acquired their interest w/o knowledge that its purchase violated the rights of the secured party

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Chattel Paper Purchaser - Priority in the Proceeds of the Chattel Paper

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  • has priority if either:
    1) purchaser would have had priority under the general priority rules (the purchaser was the first party to file or perfect) OR
    2) the proceeds are the specific goods covered by the chattel paper or cash proceeds of the specific goods
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Instrument Purchasers

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  • purchaser of an instrument has priority over a perfected security interest in the instrument if purchaser gives value + takes possession of the instrument in good faith and w/o knowledge that the purchase violates the rights of the secured party
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Priority in Proceeds - Kinds of Collateral

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  • to determine priority of security interests in proceeds, Code divides collateral into “filing collateral” and “non-filing collateral”
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Filing Collateral

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  • collateral in which a secured party would normally achieve priority by filing a financing statement
  • ex: goods, accounts, commercial tort claims, general intangibles + nonnegotiable docs
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Non-Filing Collateral

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  • collateral in which a secured party would normally achieve priority by possession or control, rather than filing
  • ex: cash, chattel paper, nonconsumer deposit accounts, negotiable docs, instruments + investment property
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Priority in Proceeds - General Rule

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  • perfected security interest in proceeds will have same date of priority as the perfected security interest in the original collateral, as long as the perfection of the security interest in the proceeds extends beyond the 20-day temporary perfection period
  • keep in mind there are also special superpriority rules for certain proceeds of collateral subject to PMSIs
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Special Rule for Certain Proceeds of Non-Filing Collateral - Rationale

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  • b/c rules governing priority in non-filing collateral contain many exceptions to “first to file or perfect” rule
  • Code contains special priority rule for certain proceeds of that collateral
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Special Rule for Certain Proceeds of Non-Filing Collateral - Details of Rule

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Secured party has priority in proceeds of non-filing collateral if:
1) secured party has priority in og collateral
2) their security interest in the proceeds is perfected AND
3) the proceeds are cash proceeds or proceeds of the same type as the og collateral

  • if the proceeds are proceeds of proceeds, all intervening proceeds must be cash proceeds, proceeds of the same type as the original collateral, or accounts relating to the collateral
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Special Rule for Certain Proceeds of Non-Filing Collateral - Exception

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  • if security interest in og collateral that is non-filing collateral is perfected by a method other than filing, + the proceeds of the og collateral are filing collateral, the first secured party to file a financing statement covering the proceeds has priority in the proceeds
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Secured Party vs. Buyer or Other Transferee - General Concept

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  • when buyer buys or leases something with a security interest on it, security interest stays on the item
  • BUT there are a few exceptions
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Secured Party vs. Buyer or Other Transferee - Authorized Sales

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  • if sale or lease of collateral is authorized by secured party free of the security interest, the transferee takes free of the security interest
  • the authorization may be express, or it may be implied from the type of sale or from the seller’s conduct
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Secured Party vs. Buyer or Other Transferee - Unauthorized Sales: General Rule

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  • buyer in the ordinary course of business takes free of a nonpossessory security interest in the goods created by the buyer’s seller, even though the security interest is perfected and even though the buyer knows of the security interest
  • rule also applies to lessees of goods
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Definition of Buyer in the Ordinary Course

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One who buys good:
1) in good faith
2) w/o knowledge that the sale violates the rights of another person in the goods AND
3) in the ordinary course of business from a seller in the business of selling goods of the kind purchased

  • typical case of buyer knowing that the sale violates the rights of another is where the buyer knows that the sale violates the security agreement
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Secured Party vs. Buyer or Other Transferee - Unauthorized Sales: Buyer NOT in the Ordinary Course of Business

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  • takes subject to perfected security interests AND
  • takes free from unperfected security interests unless they know of the security interest when they give value or take delivery
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Secured Party vs. Buyer or Other Transferee - Unauthorized Sales: Buyer NOT in the Ordinary Course of Business - Exception Re Future Advances

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  • buyer or lessee not in ordinary course of business has priority over future advances or commitments to make future advances made by a secured party either after the secured party learns of the purchase or lease or more than 45 days after the purchase or lease
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Secured Party vs. Buyer or Other Transferee - Unauthorized Sales: Buyer NOT in the Ordinary Course of Business - Exception Re PMSI Grace Period

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  • if a secured party attaches a PMSI in the debtor’s collateral before the buyer or lessee without knowledge pays value = receives delivery, the secured party will have priority over the buyer or lessee if the secured party files w/in 20 days after debtor receives the collateral
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Secured Party vs. Buyer or Other Transferee - Consumer-to-Consumer Sales

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  • in case of consumer goods, buyer takes free of security interest, even though it’s perfected, if buyer buys:
    1) w/o knowledge of the security interest
    2) for value
    3) for the buyer’s own personal, family, or household purposes AND
    4) before a financing statement covering the goods has been filed
  • note that the goods must be consumer goods in the hands of both the buyer and the seller
  • reminder that even though PMSIs in consumer goods are automatically perfected, they lose to consumer buyers w/o financing statement under this rule
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Secured Party vs. Holder in Due Course or the Like

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  • holder in due course of a negotiable instrument (+ similar holders of negotiable docs of title or securities) has priority over a security interest in the negotiable instrument

July Exam - Secured Transactions (10 decks)

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