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Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 11. COMMERCIAL CODE · Chapter 9. · Article 9. SECURED TRANSACTIONS · Part 7. 2001 TRANSITION

11-9-703. Security interest perfected before effective date.

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

  1. (a)

    Continuing priority over lien creditor; perfection requirements satisfied. A security interest that is enforceable immediately before July 1, 2001, and would have priority over the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor at that time is a perfected security interest under this article if, on July 1, 2001, the applicable requirements for enforceability and perfection under this article are satisfied without further action.#

  2. (b)

    Continuing priority over lien creditor; perfection requirements not satisfied. Except as otherwise provided in Code Section 11-9-705, if, immediately before July 1, 2001, a security interest is enforceable and would have priority over the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor at that time, but the applicable requirements for enforceability or perfection under this article are not satisfied on July 1, 2001, the security interest:#

    1. (1)

      Is a perfected security interest on and for one year after July 1, 2001;#

    2. (2)

      Remains enforceable thereafter only if the security interest becomes enforceable under Code Section 11-9-203 before the year expires; and#

    3. (3)

      Remains perfected thereafter only if the applicable requirements for perfection under this article are satisfied before the year expires.#

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, § 11-9-703, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 362, § 1.

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Text read from t11-(v9)-2022-pdf.pdf, Volume V9, 2022 edition, pages 967 to 968; merge action: carried; file SHA-256 ad397fccbf21.