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TN Code § 47-9-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 5 - Filing|§ 47-9-502. Contents of Financing Statement — Record of Mortgage as Financing Statement — Time of Filing Financing Statement

  Sufficiency of financing statement.   Subject to subsection (b) a financing statement is sufficient only if it:  Provides the name of the debtor;   Provides the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured party; and   Indicates the collateral covered by the financing statement.     Real-property-related financing statements.   Except as otherwise provided in § 47-9-501(b), to be sufficient, a financing statement that covers as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, or which is filed as a fixture filing and covers goods that are or are to become fixtures, must satisfy subsection (a) and also:  Indicate that it covers this type of collateral;   Indicate that it is to be filed in the real property records;   Provide a description of the real property to which the collateral is related; and   If the debtor does not have an interest of record in the real property, provide the name of a record owner.     Record of mortgage as financing statement.   A record of a mortgage is effective, from the date of recording, as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut only if:  The record indicates the goods or accounts that it covers;   The goods are or are to become fixtures related to the real property described in the record or the collateral is related to the real property described in the record and is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut;   The record satisfies the requirements for a financing statement in this section, but:  The record need not indicate that it is to be filed in the real property records; and   The record sufficiently provides the name of a debtor who is an individual if it provides the individual name of the debtor or the surname and first personal name of the debtor, even if the debtor is an individual to whom § 47-9-503(a)(4) applies; and     The record is duly recorded.     Filing before security agreement or attachment.   A financing statement may be filed before a security agreement is made or a security interest otherwise attaches.
TN Code § 47-9-504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 5 - Filing|§ 47-9-504. Indication of Collateral

 A financing statement sufficiently indicates the collateral that it covers if the financing statement provides:   a description of the collateral pursuant to § 47-9-108; or   an indication that the financing statement covers all assets or all personal property.
TN Code § 47-9-505 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 5 - Filing|§ 47-9-505. Filing and Compliance With Other Statutes and Treaties for Consignments, Leases, Other Bailments, and Other Transactions

  Use of terms other than “debtor” and “secured party”.  A consignor, lessor, or other bailor of goods, a licensor, or a buyer of a payment intangible or promissory note may file a financing statement, or may comply with a statute or treaty described in § 47-9-311(a), using the terms “consignor”, “consignee”, “lessor”, “lessee”, “bailor”, “bailee”, “licensor”, “licensee”, “owner”, “registered owner”, “buyer”, “seller”, or words of similar import, instead of the terms “secured party” and “debtor”.   Effect of financing statement under subsection (a).  This part applies to the filing of a financing statement under subsection (a) and, as appropriate, to compliance that is equivalent to filing a financing statement under § 47-9-311(b), but the filing or compliance is not of itself a factor in determining whether the collateral secures an obligation. If it is determined for another reason that the collateral secures an obligation, a security interest held by the consignor, lessor, bailor, licensor, owner, or buyer which attaches to the collateral is perfected by the filing or compliance.
TN Code § 47-9-506 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 5 - Filing|§ 47-9-506. Effect of Errors or Omissions

  Minor errors and omissions.  A financing statement substantially satisfying the requirements of this part is effective, even if it has minor errors or omissions, unless the errors or omissions make the financing statement seriously misleading.   Financing statement seriously misleading.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a financing statement that fails sufficiently to provide the name of the debtor in accordance with § 47-9-503(a) is seriously misleading.   Financing statement not seriously misleading.  If a search of the records of the filing office under the debtor's correct name, using the filing office's standard search logic, if any, would disclose a financing statement that fails sufficiently to provide the name of the debtor in accordance with § 47-9-503(a), the name provided does not make the financing statement seriously misleading.   “Debtor's correct name”.  For purposes of § 47-9-508(b), the “debtor's correct name” in subsection (c) means the correct name of the new debtor.
TN Code § 47-9-507 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 5 - Filing|§ 47-9-507. Effect of Certain Events of Effectiveness of Financing Statement

  Disposition.   A filed financing statement remains effective with respect to collateral that is sold, exchanged, leased, licensed, or otherwise disposed of and in which a security interest or agricultural lien continues, even if the secured party knows of or consents to the disposition.   Information becoming seriously misleading.   Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) and § 47-9-508, a financing statement is not rendered ineffective if, after the financing statement is filed, the information provided in the financing statement becomes seriously misleading under § 47-9-506.   Change in debtor's name.   If the name that a filed financing statement provides for a debtor becomes insufficient as the name of the debtor under § 47-9-503(a) so that the financing statement becomes seriously misleading under § 47-9-506:  The financing statement is effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the debtor before, or within four (4) months after, the filed financing statement becomes seriously misleading; and   The financing statement is not effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the debtor more than four (4) months after the filed financing statement becomes seriously misleading, unless an amendment to the financing statement which renders the financing statement not seriously misleading is filed within four (4) months after the financing statement became seriously misleading.
TN Code § 47-9-508 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 5 - Filing|§ 47-9-508. Effectiveness of Financing Statement if New Debtor Becomes Bound by Security Agreement

  Financing statement naming original debtor.  Except as otherwise provided in this section, a filed financing statement naming an original debtor is effective to perfect a security interest in collateral in which a new debtor has or acquires rights to the extent that the financing statement would have been effective had the original debtor acquired rights in the collateral.   Financing statement becoming seriously misleading.  If the difference between the name of the original debtor and that of the new debtor causes a filed financing statement that is effective under subsection (a) to be seriously misleading under § 47-9-506:  the financing statement is effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the new debtor before, and within four (4) months after, the new debtor becomes bound under § 47-9-203(d); and   the financing statement is not effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the new debtor more than four (4) months after the new debtor becomes bound under § 47-9-203(d) unless an initial financing statement providing the name of the new debtor is filed before the expiration of that time.     When section not applicable.  This section does not apply to collateral as to which a filed financing statement remains effective against the new debtor under § 47-9-507(a).
TN Code § 47-9-509 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 5 - Filing|§ 47-9-509. Persons Entitled to File a Record

  Person entitled to file record.  A person may file an initial financing statement, amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing statement, or amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if:  the debtor authorizes the filing in an authenticated record or pursuant to subsection (b) or (c); or   the person holds an agricultural lien that has become effective at the time of filing and the financing statement covers only collateral in which the person holds an agricultural lien.     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:  the collateral described in the security agreement; and   property that becomes collateral under § 47-9-315(a)(2), whether or not the security agreement expressly covers proceeds.     Acquisition of collateral as authorization.  By acquiring collateral in which a security interest or agricultural lien continues under § 47-9-315(a)(1), a debtor authorizes the filing of an initial financing statement, and an amendment, covering the collateral and property that becomes collateral under § 47-9-315(a)(2).   Person entitled to file certain amendments.  A person may file an amendment other than an amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing statement or an amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if:  the secured party of record authorizes the filing; or   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 § 47-9-513(a) or (c), the debtor authorizes the filing, and the termination statement indicates that the debtor authorized it to be filed.     Multiple secured parties of record.  If there is more than one (1) secured party of record for a financing statement, each secured party of record may authorize the filing of an amendment under subsection (d).
TN Code § 47-9-510 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 5 - Filing|§ 47-9-510. Effectiveness of Filed Record

  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 § 47-9-509.   Authorization by one (1) 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.   Continuation statement not timely filed.  A continuation statement that is not filed within the six-month period prescribed by § 47-9-515(d) is ineffective.
TN Code § 47-9-511 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 5 - Filing|§ 47-9-511. Secured Party of Record

  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 that has been filed. If an initial financing statement is filed under § 47-9-514(a), the assignee named in the initial financing statement is the secured party of record with respect to the financing statement.   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 § 47-9-514(b), the assignee named in the amendment is a secured party of record.   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.
TN Code § 47-9-512 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 5 - Filing|§ 47-9-512. Amendment of Financing Statement

  Amendment of information in financing statement.  Subject to § 47-9-509, 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 that:  identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which the amendment relates; and   if the amendment relates to an initial financing statement filed or recorded in a filing office described in § 47-9-501(a)(1), provides the information specified in § 47-9-502(b).     Period of effectiveness not affected.  Except as otherwise provided in § 47-9-515, the filing of an amendment does not extend the period of effectiveness of the financing statement.   Effectiveness of amendment adding collateral.  A financing statement that is amended by an amendment that adds collateral is effective as to the added collateral only from the date of the filing of the amendment.   Effectiveness of amendment adding debtor.  A financing statement that is amended by an amendment that adds a debtor is effective as to the added debtor only from the date of the filing of the amendment.   Certain amendments ineffective.  An amendment is ineffective to the extent it:  purports to delete all debtors and fails to provide the name of a debtor to be covered by the financing statement; or   purports to delete all secured parties of record and fails to provide the name of a new secured party of record.
TN Code § 47-9-514 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 5 - Filing|§ 47-9-514. Assignment of Powers of Secured Party of Record

  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.   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:  identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which it relates;   provides the name of the assignor; and   provides the name and mailing address of the assignee.     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 § 47-9-502(c) may be made only by an assignment of record of the mortgage in the manner provided by law of this state other than the Uniform Commercial Code.
TN Code § 47-9-515 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 5 - Filing|§ 47-9-515. Duration and Effectiveness of Financing Statement; Effect of Lapsed Financing Statement

  Five-year effectiveness.   Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b), (e), (f) and (g), a filed financing statement is effective for a period of five (5) years after the date of filing.   Public-finance or manufactured-home transaction.   Except as otherwise provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), an initial financing statement filed in connection with a public-finance transaction or manufactured-home transaction is effective for a period of thirty (30) years after the date of filing if it indicates that it is filed in connection with a public-finance transaction or manufactured-home transaction.   Lapse and continuation of financing statement.   The effectiveness of a filed financing statement lapses on the expiration of the period of its effectiveness unless before the lapse a continuation statement is filed pursuant to subsection (d). Upon lapse, a financing statement ceases to be effective and any security interest or agricultural lien that was perfected by the financing statement becomes unperfected, unless the security interest is perfected otherwise. If the security interest or agricultural lien becomes unperfected upon lapse, it is deemed never to have been perfected as against a purchaser of the collateral for value.   When continuation statement may be filed.   A continuation statement may be filed only within six (6) months before the expiration of the five-year period specified in subsection (a) or the 30-year period specified in subsection (b), whichever is applicable.   Effect of filing continuation statement.   Except as otherwise provided in § 47-9-510, upon timely filing of a continuation statement, the effectiveness of the initial financing statement continues for a period of five (5) years commencing on the day on which the financing statement would have become ineffective in the absence of the filing. Upon the expiration of the five-year period, the financing statement lapses in the same manner as provided in subsection (c), unless, before the lapse, another continuation statement is filed pursuant to subsection (d). Succeeding continuation statements may be filed in the same manner to continue the effectiveness of the initial financing statement.   Transmitting utility financing statement.   If a debtor is a transmitting utility and a filed initial financing statement so indicates, the financing statement is effective until a termination statement is filed.   Record of mortgage as financing statement.   A record of a mortgage that is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing under § 47-9-502(c) remains effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing until the mortgage is released or satisfied of record or its effectiveness otherwise terminates as to the real property.
TN Code § 47-9-517 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 5 - Filing|§ 47-9-517. Effect of Indexing Errors

 The failure of the filing office to index a record correctly does not affect the effectiveness of the filed record.
TN Code § 47-9-518 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 5 - Filing|§ 47-9-518. Claim Concerning Inaccurate or Wrongfully Filed Record

  Statement with respect to record indexed under person's name.   A person may file in the filing office an information statement with respect to a record indexed there under the person's name if the person believes that the record is inaccurate or was wrongfully filed.   Contents of statement under subsection (a):   An information statement under subsection (a) must:  Identify the record to which it relates by the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates;   Indicate that it is an information statement; and   Provide the basis for the person's belief that the record is inaccurate and indicate the manner in which the person believes the record should be amended to cure any inaccuracy or provide the basis for the person's belief that the record was wrongfully filed.     Statement by secured party of record.   A person may file in the filing office an information statement with respect to a record filed there if the person is a secured party of record with respect to the financing statement to which the record relates and believes that the person that filed the record was not entitled to do so under § 47-9-509(d).   Contents of statement under subsection (c).   An information statement under subsection (c) must:  Identify the record to which it relates by the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates;   Indicate that it is an information statement; and   Provide the basis for the person's belief that the person that filed the record was not entitled to do so under § 47-9-509(d).     Record not affected by information statement.   The filing of an information statement does not affect the effectiveness of an initial financing statement or other filed record.
TN Code § 47-9-520 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 5 - Filing|§ 47-9-520. Acceptance and Refusal to Accept Record

  Mandatory refusal to accept record.  A filing office described in § 47-9-501(a)(2) shall refuse to accept a record for filing for a reason set forth in § 47-9-516(b), and a filing office may refuse to accept a record for filing only for a reason set forth in § 47-9-516(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 § 47-9-501(a)(2), in no event more than two (2) business days after the filing office receives the record.   When filed financing statement effective.  A filed financing statement satisfying § 47-9-502(a) and (b) is effective, even if the filing office is required to refuse to accept it for filing under subsection (a). However, § 47-9-338 applies to a filed financing statement providing information described in § 47-9-516(b)(5) which is incorrect at the time the financing statement is filed.   Separate application to multiple debtors.  If a record communicated to a filing office provides information that relates to more than one (1) debtor, this part applies as to each debtor separately.
TN Code § 47-9-521 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 47 - Commercial Instruments and Transactions|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 5 - Filing|§ 47-9-521. Uniform Form of Written Financing Statement and Amendment

  Initial Financing Statement Form.  A filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written initial financing statement in the following form and format except for a reason set forth in § 47-9-516(b):  Click to view   Click to view    Amendment form.  A filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written record in the following form and format except for a reason set forth in § 47-9-516(b):  Click to view   Click to view