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# O.C.G.A. § 11-9-504. Indication of collateral.

A financing statement sufficiently indicates the collateral that it covers if the financing statement provides:

(1) A description of the collateral pursuant to Code Section 11-9-108; or

(2) An indication that the financing statement covers all assets or all personal property.

## History

Code 1981, § 11-9-504, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 362, § 1.

## Law Reviews

For article discussing Uniform Commercial Code provisions establishing a security interest in fixtures as a means of protecting sellers, see 16 Mercer L. Rev. 404 (1965).

For comment on United States v. Crittenden, 563, F.2d 678 (5th Cir. 1977), see 12 Ga. L. Rev. 692 (1977).

For article, “The Revisions to Article IX of the Uniform Commercial Code,” see 15 Ga. St. B.J. 120 (1977).

For article discussing the Uniform Commercial Code provisions regarding the sufficiency of “The Description of Collateral in Security Agreements and Financing Statements,” see 28 Mercer L. Rev. 611 (1977).

For article, “Fixture Financing Under Georgia’s New Article 9,” see 16 Ga. St. B.J. 110 (1980).

For article, “H.B. 712: New Requirements for Financing Statements and Continuation Statements Filed in Georgia,” see 22 Ga. St. B.J. 6 (1985).

For article, “H.B. 1364: Revised Requirements for Financing Statements and Continuation Statements Filed in Georgia,” see 23 Ga. St. B.J. 50 (1986).

For annual survey of law of real property, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 319 (1986).

For annual survey article on commercial law, see 50 Mercer L. Rev. 193 (1998).