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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 11. COMMERCIAL CODE · Chapter 9. · Article 9. SECURED TRANSACTIONS · Part 3. PERFECTION AND PRIORITY

11-9-306B. Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in controllable accounts, controllable electronic records, and controllable payment intangibles.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    Governing law: general rules. Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Code section, the local law of the controllable electronic record’s jurisdiction specified in subsections (c) and (d) of Code Section 11-12-107 governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in a controllable electronic record and a security interest in a controllable account or controllable payment intangible evidenced by the controllable electronic record.#

  2. (b)

    When perfection governed by law of jurisdiction where debtor located. The local law of the jurisdiction in which the debtor is located governs:#

    1. (1)

      Perfection of a security interest in a controllable account, controllable electronic record, or controllable payment intangible by filing; and#

    2. (2)

      Automatic perfection of a security interest in a controllable payment intangible created by a sale of the controllable payment intangible.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 11-9-306B, enacted by Ga. L. 2024, p. 817, § 5-55/HB 1240, effective July 1, 2024.

Effective date

This Code section became effective July 1, 2024.

Editor's notes

Ga. L. 2024, p. 817, § 1-1/HB 1240, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “This Act shall be known and may be cited as the ‘Uniform Commercial Code Modernization Act of 2024.’” Ga. L. 2024, p. 817, § 1-2/HB 1240, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “Nothing in this Act shall be construed to support, endorse, create, or implement a national digital currency.”

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

Text read from t11-(v9)-pdf.pdf, Volume V9, 2022 edition, 2025 supplement, page 107; merge action: added; file SHA-256 df9393c4ba3b.