Secured Transactions Flashcards
Secured Transaction
transacttion intended to create a security interes in personal proeprty or fixtures.
Look for 1. a credit transaction (sal on credir or a loan) and 2. agreement that creates a lien i nfacor of the creditor in the debror’s personal property to secure the debt
Debtor
person who owes payment oy performance of the oblidation
secured part
lender,seller ot other person in hwose faor there is a security interest
security agreement
agreement beween debtor and secured party
security interest
interest in personal property ot fixtures which secures payment or performance of an obligation. it is a ocntingent property itnerest in the debtor’s collateral that the debtor grants to the creditoy. When the contingence, whiche is defautl ,ofccurs, the property interest springs to lige and hte creditor has rights in the detbor’s collateral
collateral
propert subject to a security interest. collateral is property that the secured party can repossess upon default to insure that the debt is paif
purchase mont secruty itnerest PMSI
- secured party sells debtor collateral o ncredit and retaisn a security interest in the item sold
- an enabling loan: a loan to a debtor that enables the debtor to buy specific collateral and the credirty rakes a security in therest in the sepcific colalteral
NoteL the crediro r loan proceeds must actually be used to acwure collateral.
After-acquired property clause
secured party often wil lwant to obtain a security interest not only in debtor’s present property, bnut also in property that the debtor will obtain in the future. This is permissible
Future advance claise
secured party often contemplates making furure loans to the debtor and wants tosecute these future advances in the present security agreement. this is permissible. A new security agreement isn ot needed when a future afcance is made
Attachment
Deals with htose steps legally required to give the seuted part a security interest in the collateral that is effective as gainst the debtor. Once attacehes, it is effective agaisnt the debtor and the creditor has all the rughts of a secured creditor under Article 9. a credioy is not secured creditor unti lafter attachment
Perfection
Stepds lefally required to give the sercured party an interest in the colalteral that is effective as against the world. Perfection is the process of giving pibliv notice of the security interest to the workd
Financing statement
Documen genreally used ot proude public notice of the secutiyy interest and so to perfect the security interest
Goods
tandible, movable personal property (including uborn young of animals and growing crops
Classificaiton of goods (4)
Consumer goods: bought do use primarily for hte personal, familty, or household puporses
Equipment: used or bought for use primarily in business (catch all deault category)
Farm productS: crops or livestock or supplies used in farming operaitons or product of crops in their unmanufactured states if they are in the possessio nof a debtor engaged in famring operations
Inventory: Held by a person who holds them for sale or lease to be furnished under service conrtactsl materials used or consumed in business (short period of time)
Semir-intangible and intangible property (8)
Instruments, documents, chattel paper, investment property, accounts, deposit accounts, commercial tort claims, general intangibled
Instruments
- instruments - Negotiabel isntruments and any other writing which evidences a right to hte payment og a monetaryy obligaiton, and which are in the ordinarty course of buiness transgerred by delivery with anu necessary indorsement or assignement ie. checks btu does not include invetment property
notes, drafts, and certificates of deposit
Documents
- Documents: treasted as evidencing that hte eperson in prossesson of it is enttirled to receibe, hold, and dispose of the ocument and the goods it cover (ie. bill of landing. warehouse receipt)
Chattel Paper
chattel apper -record or records which evednet both a monetarty obligation and a securty interes inir a kease if soeficicgoods. A “record” is informaiton that is stored in either a tanfible medium or an inteandible medium. chattel paper is stored in an elevetonic medium is also called electornic chattle paper ie. promissort noes and security interest
Investment Property
investment property: Includes items such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and brokerage accoutns contianing such items
Accounts
Accounts: a right to payment [ not evidenced by an instrument or chattel paper] 1. for goods 2. for services etc. AKA accoutns receivable
Deposit Accounts
account maintained iwht a bank
NoteL Article 9 only applies to noncnsumer deposit accoutns and depost accoutns that ate claimes aproceeds of other collateral
Comemrcial tort claims
claim arising in rtort with respect to which the claimant is an organication OR where claimany is an inficudual and the claim arose in the climant’s bueinss and profession AND does not include damages for personal injury or the deat of an individual
General intangibles
accoutn debtor’s prinsipal oblication is a monetary on;ifaction is a payable intangible ie. IP
default intangible category
Classification of computer program colaleteral
if sold separatelt, general intangible. if embeddedi n computer, follows computer classification