Priority Flashcards

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Priority

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Must be in the same collateral

General rule: time of filing or perfection whichever happens first

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Priority of a judicial lien creditor

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A perfected security interest has priority over a judicial lien creditor

Note: A judicial lien creditor has priority over an unperfected security interest

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Buyer in the Ordinary Course of Business (BOCB)

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A person is a BOCB when:

  1. Buys goods by giving new value
  2. In the ordinary course
  3. From a seller in the business of selling goods of that kind
  4. In good faith; and
  5. Without knowledge that the sale violates another’s rights in the goods

A BOCB takes free of any security interest

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Consumer Buyer

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A person is a consumer buyer when:

  1. Buys consumer goods for value
  2. For his own personal, family, or household use
  3. From a consumer seller; and
  4. Without knowledge of the security interest

A consumer buyer will take free of any security interest in consumer goods unless the secured party filed a financing statement covering the goods

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Rights of Unperfected Secured Parties

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Generally lose to everyone except the debtor

Note: If no one is in front of them, then they will have the same rights as regular secured parties

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Priorities Among Secured Parties

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  • Perfected v. Perfected - first to file or first to perfect (whichever first) has priority
  • Perfected v. Unperfected - perfected has priority
  • Unperfected v. Unperfected - first to attach has priority
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Super Priority/Queue Jumping of PMSI

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Equipment

  • PMSI has priority over any other secured interest where the secured party files within 20 days of debtor receives possession or control of collateral

Inventory

  • PMSI secured party must be sure he is perfected before the debtor received possession
  • Must give notice to all filed secured parties describing new inventory and stating intent to take PMSI
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Fixtures

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Something attached to the property that is perfected by filing with the real estate records where the property is located

A security interest in a fixture is subordinate to a conflicting interest of an encumbrancer or owner of the real property other than the debtor unless the security interest in fixtures is perfected before the real property interest is perfected

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General Priority Rules for Transferees

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Transferee - obtain full title to collateral as a result of a transfer from debtor

Transferee v. SP with security interest - security interest generally continues in collateral unless the SP authorized the transfer free of the security interest

Buyer’s rights v. unperfected SI - Buyer takes free of SI if buyer gave value and receives delivery without knowledge of SI

Buyer v. Perfected SI - Buyer takes subject to the SI

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Priority of a Construction Mortgage

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Has priority over subsequent security interests in fixture if recorded before the goods become fixtures

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