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WA Rev Code § 62A.9A-508 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 62A.9A - Secured Transactions; Sales of Accounts, Contract Rights and Chattel Paper.|62A.9A-508 - Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes bound by security agreement.

RCW 62A.9A-508 Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes bound by security agreement.(a) 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.(b) 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) of this section to be seriously misleading under RCW 62A.9A-506:(1) The financing statement is effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the new debtor before, and within four months after, the new debtor becomes bound under RCW 62A.9A-203(d); and(2) The financing statement is not effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the new debtor more than four months after the new debtor becomes bound under RCW 62A.9A-203(d) unless an initial financing statement providing the name of the new debtor is filed before the expiration of that time.(c) 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 RCW 62A.9A-507(a).[ 2011 c 74 § 719; 2000 c 250 § 9A-508.]NOTES:Application—Effective date—2011 c 74: See notes following RCW 62A.9A-102.
WA Rev Code § 62A.9A-509 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 62A.9A - Secured Transactions; Sales of Accounts, Contract Rights and Chattel Paper.|62A.9A-509 - Persons entitled to file a record.

RCW 62A.9A-509 Persons entitled to file a record.(a) 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:(1) The debtor authorizes the filing in an authenticated record or pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of this section; or(2) 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.(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 that becomes collateral under RCW 62A.9A-315(a)(2), 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 RCW 62A.9A-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 RCW 62A.9A-315(a)(2).(d) 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:(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 RCW 62A.9A-513 (a) or (c), 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) of this section.[ 2001 c 32 § 36; 2000 c 250 § 9A-509.]NOTES:Effective date—2001 c 32: See note following RCW 62A.9A-102.
WA Rev Code § 62A.9A-510 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 62A.9A - Secured Transactions; Sales of Accounts, Contract Rights and Chattel Paper.|62A.9A-510 - Effectiveness of filed record.

RCW 62A.9A-510 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 RCW 62A.9A-509.(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 that is not filed within the six-month period prescribed by RCW 62A.9A-515(d) is ineffective.[ 2011 c 74 § 720; 2000 c 250 § 9A-510.]NOTES:Application—Effective date—2011 c 74: See notes following RCW 62A.9A-102.
WA Rev Code § 62A.9A-511 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 62A.9A - Secured Transactions; Sales of Accounts, Contract Rights and Chattel Paper.|62A.9A-511 - Secured party of record.

RCW 62A.9A-511 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 that has been filed. If an initial financing statement is filed under RCW 62A.9A-514(a), 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 RCW 62A.9A-514(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.[2000 c 250 § 9A-511.]
WA Rev Code § 62A.9A-512 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 62A.9A - Secured Transactions; Sales of Accounts, Contract Rights and Chattel Paper.|62A.9A-512 - Amendment of financing statement.

RCW 62A.9A-512 Amendment of financing statement.(a) Amendment of information in financing statement. Subject to RCW 62A.9A-509, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or, subject to subsection (e) of this section, otherwise amend the information provided in, a financing statement by filing an amendment that:(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 or recorded in a filing office described in RCW 62A.9A-501(a)(1), provides the information specified in RCW 62A.9A-502(b).(b) Period of effectiveness not affected. Except as otherwise provided in RCW 62A.9A-515, 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 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.(d) 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.(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.[2000 c 250 § 9A-512.]
WA Rev Code § 62A.9A-513 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 62A.9A - Secured Transactions; Sales of Accounts, Contract Rights and Chattel Paper.|62A.9A-513 - Termination statement.

RCW 62A.9A-513 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) of this section. To comply with subsection (a) of this section, 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 twenty days after the secured party receives an authenticated demand from a debtor.(c) Other collateral. In cases not governed by subsection (a) of this section, within twenty 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 that has been sold or goods that 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 that has been sold but as to which the account debtor or other person obligated has discharged its obligation;(3) The financing statement covers goods that 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 RCW 62A.9A-510, 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 RCW 62A.9A-510, for purposes of RCW 62A.9A-519(g), 62A.9A-522(a), and 62A.9A-523(c), the filing with the filing office of a termination statement relating to a financing statement that indicates that the debtor is a transmitting utility also causes the effectiveness of the financing statement to lapse.[ 2001 c 32 § 37; 2000 c 250 § 9A-513.]NOTES:Effective date—2001 c 32: See note following RCW 62A.9A-102.
WA Rev Code § 62A.9A-514 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 62A.9A - Secured Transactions; Sales of Accounts, Contract Rights and Chattel Paper.|62A.9A-514 - Assignment of powers of secured party of record.

RCW 62A.9A-514 Assignment of powers of secured party of record.(a) Assignment reflected on initial financing statement. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, 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) of this section, 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 RCW 62A.9A-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.[2000 c 250 § 9A-514.]
WA Rev Code § 62A.9A-515 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 62A.9A - Secured Transactions; Sales of Accounts, Contract Rights and Chattel Paper.|62A.9A-515 - Duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement.

RCW 62A.9A-515 Duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement.(a) Five-year effectiveness. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b), (e), (f), and (g) of this section, a filed financing statement is effective for a period of five years after the date of filing.(b) [Reserved](c) 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) of this section. 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.(d) When continuation statement may be filed. A continuation statement may be filed only within six months before the expiration of the five-year period specified in subsection (a) of this section or the thirty-year period specified in subsection (b) of this section, whichever is applicable.(e) Effect of filing continuation statement. Except as otherwise provided in RCW 62A.9A-510, upon timely filing of a continuation statement, the effectiveness of the initial financing statement continues for a period of five 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) of this section, unless, before the lapse, another continuation statement is filed pursuant to subsection (d) of this section. Succeeding continuation statements may be filed in the same manner to continue the effectiveness of the initial financing statement.(f) 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.(g) Record of mortgage as financing statement. A record of a mortgage that is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing under RCW 62A.9A-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.[ 2011 c 74 § 403; 2000 c 250 § 9A-515.]NOTES:Application—Effective date—2011 c 74: See notes following RCW 62A.9A-102.
WA Rev Code § 62A.9A-517 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 62A.9A - Secured Transactions; Sales of Accounts, Contract Rights and Chattel Paper.|62A.9A-517 - Effect of indexing errors.

RCW 62A.9A-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.[2000 c 250 § 9A-517.]
WA Rev Code § 62A.9A-518 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 62A.9A - Secured Transactions; Sales of Accounts, Contract Rights and Chattel Paper.|62A.9A-518 - Claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed record.

RCW 62A.9A-518 Claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed record.(a) Statement with respect to recordindexed 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.(b) Contents of statement under subsection (a) of this section. An information statement under subsection (a) of this section must:(1) Identify the record to which it relates by the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates;(2) Indicate that it is an information statement; and(3) 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.(c) 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 RCW 62A.9A-509(d).(d) Contents of statement under subsection (e) of this section. An information statement under subsection (c) of this section must:(1) Identify the record to which it relates by the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates;(2) Indicate that it is an information statement; and(3) Provide the basis for the person's belief that the person that filed the record was not entitled to do so under RCW 62A.9A-509(d).(e) 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.[ 2011 c 74 § 405; 2000 c 250 § 9A-518.]NOTES:Application—Effective date—2011 c 74: See notes following RCW 62A.9A-102.
WA Rev Code § 62A.9A-520 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 62A.9A - Secured Transactions; Sales of Accounts, Contract Rights and Chattel Paper.|62A.9A-520 - Acceptance and refusal to accept record.

RCW 62A.9A-520 Acceptance and refusal to accept record.(a) Mandatory refusal to accept record. The filing office described in RCW 62A.9A-501(a)(2) shall refuse to accept a record for filing for a reason set forth in RCW 62A.9A-516(b). A filing office described in RCW 62A.9A-501(a)(1) shall refuse to accept a record for filing for a reason set forth in RCW 62A.9A-516(b) (1) through (4) and any filing office may refuse to accept a record for filing only for a reason set forth in RCW 62A.9A-516(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 RCW 62A.9A-501(a)(2), in no event more than two business days after the filing office receives the record.(c) When filed financing statement effective. A filed financing statement satisfying RCW 62A.9A-502 (a) and (b) is effective, even if the filing office is required to refuse to accept it for filing under subsection (a) of this section. However, RCW 62A.9A-338 applies to a filed financing statement providing information described in RCW 62A.9A-516(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 that relates to more than one debtor, this part applies as to each debtor separately.[ 2011 c 74 § 721; 2001 c 32 § 39; 2000 c 250 § 9A-520.]NOTES:Application—Effective date—2011 c 74: See notes following RCW 62A.9A-102.Effective date—2001 c 32: See note following RCW 62A.9A-102.
WA Rev Code § 62A.9A-522 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 62A.9A - Secured Transactions; Sales of Accounts, Contract Rights and Chattel Paper.|62A.9A-522 - Maintenance and destruction of records.

RCW 62A.9A-522 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 RCW 62A.9A-515 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) of this section.[2000 c 250 § 9A-522.]
WA Rev Code § 62A.9A-524 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 62A.9A - Secured Transactions; Sales of Accounts, Contract Rights and Chattel Paper.|62A.9A-524 - Delay by filing office.

RCW 62A.9A-524 Delay by filing office.Delay by the filing office beyond a time limit prescribed by this part 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.[2000 c 250 § 9A-524.]
WA Rev Code § 62A.9A-526 (2021)
2021 Revised Code of Washington|Title 62A - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 62A.9A - Secured Transactions; Sales of Accounts, Contract Rights and Chattel Paper.|62A.9A-526 - Filing-office rules.

RCW 62A.9A-526 Filing-office rules.(a) Adoption of filing-office rules. The department of licensing shall adopt and publish rules to implement this Article. The filing-office rules must be:(1) Consistent with this Article; and(2) Adopted and published in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW.(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 that enact substantially this part, and to keep the technology used by the filing office compatible with the technology used by filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this part, the department of licensing, so far as is consistent with the purposes, policies, and provisions of this Article, in adopting, amending, and repealing filing-office rules, shall:(1) Consult with filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially this part; and(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 that enact substantially this part.[2000 c 250 § 9A-526.]