Secured Transactions Flashcards
4 Types of Goods
- consumer goods
- inventory
- farm products
- equipment
3 Factors of Goods
- movable
- tangible
- personal property
Types of Collateral
GIDCDCAGI
- goods
- instruments
- documents
- chattel paper
- Deposit
Account - Commercial Tort Claim
- Accounts
- General Intangible
- investment property
who possess Documents
Person in possession is entitled to possess goods
Question to determine what kind of good an object is
What is it in the hands of the Debtor?
What are consumer goods?
items bought personal, family, household purposes
What are farm products?
born and unborn livestock, growing stuff, etc.
What is inventory?
goods held for sale or lease, materials used up, goods for service contracts
What is equipment?
any goods not consumer goods, farm products, or inventory. Used as part of business but not “used up”
What is an intangible?
valuable personal property that takes no physical form
What is a quasi-intangible?
valuable property that has physical form, but it is not the form that makes it valuable.
What are accounts?
(accounts recievable)
what is an instrument
checks, promissory notes, etc.
what are documents?
documents of title
what are general intangibles?
trademarks, licenses, patents, copyrights, tax refund claims
commercial tort claims
an intangible that must be a business claim and cannot be for a PI suit or death suit
3 requirements for attachment
- debtor has rights in collateral
- value has been given
- valid security agreement
When is value given?
this is very liberal, Debtor’s promise to pay can be the value, past consideration can also be value.
The question is usually did the creditor give value - by extending credit or giving a loan
Two ways a debtor has rights in collateral
- debtor has rights on his own
2. debtor has power to transfer rights in the collateral to a third party
is naked possession enough to justify rights in collateral?
no.
Estoppel re: rights to collateral
a true owner of property is estopped from claiming that a debtor does not have rights in collateral where the owner allows the debtor to appear as the owner and the appearance reasonably misleads a creditor.
(creditor has a duty to make reasonable efforts to determine the true owner)
Security Agreement PLUS
you need a written authenticated (by the debtor) agreement in all situations except when a creditor takes possession of the item, then an oral contract will suffice
What is sufficiency in a description for a security agreement?
it must “reasonably identify” the collateral
- specific listing
- category
- collateral specifically defined in UCC (all inventory)
- quantity
- plain language (tv, fridge)
what is insufficient in description for security agreement?
“all the debtors assets”
“all the debtors personal property”