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title: O.C.G.A. § 11-8-603. Savings clause.
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# O.C.G.A. § 11-8-603. Savings clause.

(a) This Act does not affect an action or proceeding commenced before this Act takes effect.

(b) If a security interest in a security is perfected at the date this Act takes effect, and the action by which the security interest was perfected would suffice to perfect a security interest under this Act, no further action is required to continue perfection. If a security interest in a security is perfected at the date this Act takes effect but the action by which the security interest was perfected would not suffice to perfect a security interest under this Act, the security interest remains perfected for a period of four months after the effective date and continues perfected thereafter if appropriate action to perfect under this Act is taken within that period. If a security interest is perfected at the date this Act takes effect and the security interest can be perfected by filing under this Act, a financing statement signed by the secured party instead of the debtor may be filed within that period to continue perfection or thereafter to perfect.

## History

Code 1981, § 11-8-603, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1323, § 1.