reglab/housing_qa huggingface dataset:
13 PA Cons Stat § 9509 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE|Chapter 95 - Filing|Section 9509 - Persons entitled to file a record

§ 9509. Persons entitled to file a record.  (a) Person entitled to file record.--A person may file an initial financing statement, amendment which adds collateral covered by a financing statement or amendment which adds a debtor to a financing statement only if:  (1) the debtor authorizes the filing in an authenticated record or pursuant to subsection (b) or (c); or  (2) the person holds an agricultural lien which has become effective at the time of filing and the financing statement covers only collateral in which the person holds an agricultural lien.  (b) Security agreement as authorization.--By authenticating or becoming bound as debtor by a security agreement, a debtor or new debtor authorizes the filing of an initial financing statement and an amendment covering:  (1) the collateral described in the security agreement; and  (2) property which becomes collateral under section 9315(a)(2) (relating to secured party's rights on disposition of collateral and in proceeds), whether or not the security agreement expressly covers proceeds.  (c) Acquisition of collateral as authorization.--By acquiring collateral in which a security interest or agricultural lien continues under section 9315(a)(1), a debtor authorizes the filing of an initial financing statement and an amendment covering the collateral and property which becomes collateral under section 9315(a)(2).  (d) Person entitled to file certain amendments.--A person may file an amendment other than an amendment which adds collateral covered by a financing statement or an amendment which adds a debtor to a financing statement only if:  (1) the secured party of record authorizes the filing; or  (2) the amendment is a termination statement for a financing statement as to which the secured party of record has failed to file or send a termination statement as required by section 9513(a) or (c) (relating to termination statement), the debtor authorizes the filing and the termination statement indicates that the debtor authorized it to be filed.  (e) Multiple secured parties of record.--If there is more than one secured party of record for a financing statement, each secured party of record may authorize the filing of an amendment under subsection (d).  Cross References. Section 9509 is referred to in sections 9510, 9512, 9518, 9625 of this title.
13 PA Cons Stat § 9510 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE|Chapter 95 - Filing|Section 9510 - Effectiveness of filed record

§ 9510. Effectiveness of filed record.  (a) Filed record effective if authorized.--A filed record is effective only to the extent that it was filed by a person that may file it under section 9509 (relating to persons entitled to file a record).  (b) Authorization by one secured party of record.--A record authorized by one secured party of record does not affect the financing statement with respect to another secured party of record.  (c) Continuation statement not timely filed.--A continuation statement which is not filed within the six-month period prescribed by section 9515(d) (relating to when continuation statement may be filed) is ineffective.  Cross References. Section 9510 is referred to in sections 9513, 9515 of this title.
13 PA Cons Stat § 9511 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE|Chapter 95 - Filing|Section 9511 - Secured party of record

§ 9511. Secured party of record.  (a) Secured party of record.--A secured party of record with respect to a financing statement is a person whose name is provided as the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured party in an initial financing statement which has been filed. If an initial financing statement is filed under section 9514(a) (relating to assignment reflected on initial financing statement), the assignee named in the initial financing statement is the secured party of record with respect to the financing statement.  (b) Amendment naming secured party of record.--If an amendment of a financing statement which provides the name of a person as a secured party or a representative of a secured party is filed, the person named in the amendment is a secured party of record. If an amendment is filed under section 9514(b), the assignee named in the amendment is a secured party of record.  (c) Amendment deleting secured party of record.--A person remains a secured party of record until the filing of an amendment of the financing statement which deletes the person.
13 PA Cons Stat § 9512 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE|Chapter 95 - Filing|Section 9512 - Amendment of financing statement

§ 9512. Amendment of financing statement.  (a) Amendment of information in financing statement.-- Subject to section 9509 (relating to persons entitled to file a record), a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of or, subject to subsection (e), otherwise amend the information provided in a financing statement by filing an amendment which:  (1) identifies by its file number the initial financing statement to which the amendment relates; and  (2) if the amendment relates to an initial financing statement filed in a filing office described in section 9501(a)(1) (relating to filing offices), provides the information specified in section 9502(b) (relating to real- property-related financing statements).  (b) Period of effectiveness not affected.--Except as otherwise provided in section 9515 (relating to duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement), the filing of an amendment does not extend the period of effectiveness of the financing statement.  (c) Effectiveness of amendment adding collateral.--A financing statement which is amended by an amendment which adds collateral is effective as to the added collateral only from the date of the filing of the amendment.  (d) Effectiveness of amendment adding debtor.--A financing statement which is amended by an amendment which adds a debtor is effective as to the added debtor only from the date of the filing of the amendment.  (e) Certain amendments ineffective.--An amendment is ineffective to the extent it:  (1) purports to delete all debtors and fails to provide the name of a debtor to be covered by the financing statement; or  (2) purports to delete all secured parties of record and fails to provide the name of a new secured party of record.  Cross References. Section 9512 is referred to in sections 9109, 9516 of this title.
13 PA Cons Stat § 9513 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE|Chapter 95 - Filing|Section 9513 - Termination statement

§ 9513. Termination statement.  (a) Consumer goods.--A secured party shall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement to file a termination statement for the financing statement if the financing statement covers consumer goods and:  (1) there is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation or otherwise give value; or  (2) the debtor did not authorize the filing of the initial financing statement.  (b) Time for compliance with subsection (a).--To comply with subsection (a), a secured party shall cause the secured party of record to file the termination statement:  (1) within one month after there is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation or otherwise give value; or  (2) if earlier, within 20 days after the secured party receives an authenticated demand from a debtor.  (c) Other collateral.--In cases not governed by subsection (a), within 20 days after a secured party receives an authenticated demand from a debtor, the secured party shall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement to send to the debtor a termination statement for the financing statement or file the termination statement in the filing office if:  (1) except in the case of a financing statement covering accounts or chattel paper which has been sold or goods which are the subject of a consignment, there is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation or otherwise give value;  (2) the financing statement covers accounts or chattel paper which has been sold but as to which the account debtor or other person obligated has discharged its obligation;  (3) the financing statement covers goods which were the subject of a consignment to the debtor but are not in the debtor's possession; or  (4) the debtor did not authorize the filing of the initial financing statement.  (d) Effect of filing termination statement.--Except as otherwise provided in section 9510 (relating to effectiveness of filed record), upon the filing of a termination statement with the filing office, the financing statement to which the termination statement relates ceases to be effective. Except as otherwise provided in section 9510, for purposes of sections 9519(g) (relating to removal of debtor's name), 9522(a) (relating to post-lapse maintenance and retrieval of information) and 9523(c) (relating to communication of requested information), the filing with the filing office of a termination statement relating to a financing statement which indicates that the debtor is a transmitting utility also causes the effectiveness of the financing statement to lapse.  Cross References. Section 9513 is referred to in sections 9315, 9509, 9518, 9625 of this title.
13 PA Cons Stat § 9514 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE|Chapter 95 - Filing|Section 9514 - Assignment of powers of secured party of record

§ 9514. Assignment of powers of secured party of record.  (a) Assignment reflected on initial financing statement.-- Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), an initial financing statement may reflect an assignment of all of the secured party's power to authorize an amendment to the financing statement by providing the name and mailing address of the assignee as the name and address of the secured party.  (b) Assignment of filed financing statement.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a secured party of record may assign of record all or part of its power to authorize an amendment to a financing statement by filing in the filing office an amendment of the financing statement which:  (1) identifies by its file number the initial financing statement to which it relates;  (2) provides the name of the assignor; and  (3) provides the name and mailing address of the assignee.  (c) Assignment of record of mortgage.--An assignment of record of a security interest in a fixture covered by a record of a mortgage which is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing under section 9502(c) (relating to record of mortgage as financing statement) may be made only by an assignment of record of the mortgage in the manner provided by law of this Commonwealth other than this title.  Cross References. Section 9514 is referred to in sections 9511, 9516, 9519 of this title.
13 PA Cons Stat § 9517 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE|Chapter 95 - Filing|Section 9517 - Effect of indexing errors

§ 9517. Effect of indexing errors. The failure of the filing office to index a record correctly does not affect the effectiveness of the filed record.
13 PA Cons Stat § 9520 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE|Chapter 95 - Filing|Section 9520 - Acceptance and refusal to accept record

§ 9520. Acceptance and refusal to accept record.  (a) Mandatory refusal to accept record.--A filing office shall refuse to accept a record for filing for a reason set forth in section 9516(b) (relating to refusal to accept record; filing does not occur) and may refuse to accept a record for filing only for a reason set forth in section 9516(b).  (b) Communication concerning refusal.--If a filing office refuses to accept a record for filing, it shall communicate to the person that presented the record the fact of and reason for the refusal and the date and time the record would have been filed had the filing office accepted it. The communication must be made at the time and in the manner prescribed by filing- office rule but, in the case of a filing office described in section 9501(a)(2) (relating to filing offices), in no event more than five business days after the filing office receives the record.  (c) When filed financing statement effective.--A filed financing statement satisfying section 9502(a) and (b) (relating to contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as financing statement; time of filing financing statement) is effective even if the filing office is required to refuse to accept it for filing under subsection (a). However, section 9338 (relating to priority of security interest or agricultural lien perfected by filed financing statement providing certain incorrect information) applies to a filed financing statement providing information described in section 9516(b)(5) which is incorrect at the time the financing statement is filed.  (d) Separate application to multiple debtors.--If a record communicated to a filing office provides information which relates to more than one debtor, this chapter applies as to each debtor separately.  Cross References. Section 9520 is referred to in section 154 of Title 15 (Corporations and Unincorporated Associations).
13 PA Cons Stat § 9521 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE|Chapter 95 - Filing|Section 9521 - Uniform form of written financing statement and amendment

§ 9521. Uniform form of written financing statement and  amendment.  (a) Initial financing statement form.--A filing office which accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written initial financing statement in the form and format set forth in the final official text of the 1999 revisions to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code promulgated by The American Law Institute and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, except for a reason set forth in section 9516(b) (relating to refusal to accept record; filing does not occur).  (b) Amendment form.--A filing office which accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written record in the form and format set forth in the final official text of the 1999 revisions to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code promulgated by The American Law Institute and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, except for a reason set forth in section 9516(b).
13 PA Cons Stat § 9522 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE|Chapter 95 - Filing|Section 9522 - Maintenance and destruction of records

§ 9522. Maintenance and destruction of records.  (a) Post-lapse maintenance and retrieval of information.-- The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a filed financing statement for at least one year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under section 9515 (relating to duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement) with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates.  (b) Destruction of written records.--Except to the extent that a statute governing disposition of public records provides otherwise, the filing office immediately may destroy any written record evidencing a financing statement. However, if the filing office destroys a written record, it shall maintain another record of the financing statement which complies with subsection (a).  Cross References. Section 9522 is referred to in sections 9513, 9523 of this title.
13 PA Cons Stat § 9524 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE|Chapter 95 - Filing|Section 9524 - Delay by filing office

§ 9524. Delay by filing office. Delay by the filing office beyond a time limit prescribed by this chapter is excused if:  (1) the delay is caused by interruption of communication or computer facilities, war, emergency conditions, failure of equipment or other circumstances beyond control of the filing office; and  (2) the filing office exercises reasonable diligence under the circumstances.
13 PA Cons Stat § 9526 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE|Chapter 95 - Filing|Section 9526 - Filing-office rules

§ 9526. Filing-office rules.  (a) Adoption of filing-office rules.--The Department of State shall promulgate rules to implement this division. The filing-office rules must be consistent with this division.  (b) Harmonization of rules.--To keep the filing-office rules and practices of the filing office in harmony with the rules and practices of filing offices in other jurisdictions which enact substantially this chapter and to keep the technology used by the filing office compatible with the technology used by filing offices in other jurisdictions which enact substantially this chapter, the department, so far as is consistent with the purposes, policies and provisions of this division, in promulgating filing-office rules, shall:  (1) consult with filing offices in other jurisdictions which enact substantially this chapter;  (2) consult the most recent version of the Model Rules promulgated by the International Association of Corporate Administrators or any successor organization; and  (3) take into consideration the rules and practices of and the technology used by filing offices in other jurisdictions which enact substantially this chapter.  Cross References. Section 9526 is referred to in section 9102 of this title.
13 PA Cons Stat § 9527 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE|Chapter 95 - Filing|Section 9527 - Duty to report

§ 9527. Duty to report. The Department of State shall report by October 31 of every even-numbered year to the Governor and the General Assembly on the operation of the filing office. The report must contain a statement of the extent to which:  (1) the filing-office rules are not in harmony with the rules of filing offices in other jurisdictions which enact substantially this chapter and the reasons for these variations; and  (2) the filing-office rules are not in harmony with the most recent version of the Model Rules promulgated by the International Association of Corporate Administrators or any successor organization and the reasons for these variations.
13 PA Cons Stat § 9601 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 13 - COMMERCIAL CODE|Chapter 96 - Default|Section 9601 - Rights after default; judicial enforcement; consignor or buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes

 § 9601. Rights after default; judicial enforcement; consignor or buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes.   (a) Rights of secured party after default.--After default, a secured party has the rights provided in this chapter and, except as otherwise provided in section 9602 (relating to waiver and variance of rights and duties), those provided by agreement of the parties. A secured party: (1) may reduce a claim to judgment, foreclose or otherwise enforce the claim, security interest or agricultural lien by any available judicial procedure; and (2) if the collateral is documents, may proceed either as to the documents or as to the goods they cover.  (b) Rights and duties of secured party in possession or control.--A secured party in possession of collateral or control of collateral under section 7106 (relating to control of electronic document of title), 9104 (relating to control of deposit account), 9105 (relating to control of electronic chattel paper), 9106 (relating to control of investment property) or 9107 (relating to control of letter-of-credit right) has the rights and duties provided in section 9207 (relating to rights and duties of secured party having possession or control of collateral).  (c) Rights cumulative; simultaneous exercise.--The rights under subsections (a) and (b) are cumulative and may be exercised simultaneously.  (d) Rights of debtor and obligor.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) and section 9605 (relating to unknown debtor or secondary obligor), after default, a debtor and an obligor have the rights provided in this chapter and by agreement of the parties.  (e) Lien of levy after judgment.--If a secured party has reduced its claim to judgment, the lien of any levy which may be made upon the collateral by virtue of an execution based upon the judgment relates back to the earliest of: (1) the date of perfection of the security interest or agricultural lien in the collateral; (2) the date of filing a financing statement covering the collateral; or (3) any date specified in a statute under which the agricultural lien was created.  (f) Execution sale.--A sale pursuant to an execution is a foreclosure of the security interest or agricultural lien by judicial procedure within the meaning of this section. A secured party may purchase at the sale and thereafter hold the collateral free of any other requirements of this division.  (g) Consignor or buyer of certain rights to payment.--Except as otherwise provided in section 9607(c) (relating to commercially reasonable collection and enforcement), this chapter imposes no duties upon a secured party that is a consignor or is a buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes.  (Apr. 16, 2008, P.L.57, No.13, eff. 60 days)    2008 Amendment. Act 13 amended subsec. (b).