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MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-523 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Section 9-523 - Information From Filing Office; Sale or License of Records

Section 9–523. (a) Acknowledgment of filing written record. If a person that files a written record requests an acknowledgment of the filing, the filing office shall send to the person an image of the record showing the number assigned to the record pursuant to Section 9–519(a)(1) and the date and time of the filing of the record. However, if the person furnishes a copy of the record to the filing office, the filing office may instead:  (1) note upon the copy the number assigned to the record pursuant to Section 9–519(a)(1) and the date and time of the filing of the record; and  (2) send the copy to the person.  (b) Acknowledgment of filing other record. If a person files a record other than a written record, the filing office shall communicate to the person an acknowledgment that provides:  (1) the information in the record;  (2) the number assigned to the record pursuant to Section 9–519(a)(1); and  (3) the date and time of the filing of the record.  (c) Communication of requested information. The filing office shall communicate or otherwise make available in a record the following information to any person that requests it:  (1) whether there is on file on a date and time specified by the filing office, but not a date earlier than 3 business days before the filing office receives the request, any financing statement that:  (A) designates a particular debtor;  (B) has not lapsed under Section 9–515 with respect to all secured parties of record; and  (C) if the request so states, has lapsed under Section 9–515 and a record of which is maintained by the filing office under Section 9–522(a);  (2) the date and time of filing of each financing statement; and  (3) the information provided in each financing statement.  (d) Medium for communicating information. In complying with its duty under subsection (c), the filing office may communicate information in any medium.However, if requested, the filing office shall communicate information by issuing a record that can be admitted into evidence in the courts of this state without extrinsic evidence of its authenticity.  (e) Timeliness of filing office performance. The filing office shall perform the acts required by subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, at the time and in the manner prescribed by filing-office rule, but, in the case of a filing office described in Section 9–501(a)(2), not later than 2 business days after the filing office receives the request.  (f) Public availability of records. At least weekly, the office of the state secretary shall offer to sell or license to the public on a nonexclusive basis, in bulk, copies of all records filed in it under this part, in every medium from time to time available to the filing office.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-524 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Section 9-524 - Delay by Filing Office

Section 9–524. 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.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-525 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Section 9-525 - Fees

Section 9–525. (a) Initial financing statement or other record: general rule. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the fee for filing and indexing a record under this part is the amount specified in subsection (b), if applicable, plus $20.  (b) Number of names. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), if a record is communicated in writing, the fee for each name more than 2 required to be indexed is $20. However, if a fee is required under this subsection for 1 debtor name, the fee otherwise required under this subsection for a second debtor name, communicated in writing with the first debtor name, is zero.  (c) Response to information request. The fee for responding to a request for information from the filing office, including for communicating whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor, is $30. However, the fee otherwise required under this subsection is $10 if the request is limited to communicating only whether there is on file any financing statement naming a particular debtor and the name of the secured party of record relating thereto. This subsection does not require that a fee be charged for remote access searching of the filing office data base.  (d) Record of mortgage. This section does not require a fee with respect to a record of a mortgage which is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut under Section 9–502(c). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise would be applicable to the record of the mortgage apply.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-526 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Section 9-526 - Filing&ndash;office Rules

Section 9–526. (a) Adoption of filing-office rules. The office of the state secretary shall adopt and publish rules to implement this article. The filing-office rules must be consistent with this article.  (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 office of the state secretary, 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.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-601 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Section 9-601 - Rights After Default; Judicial Enforcement; Consignor or Buyer of Accounts, Chattel Paper, Payment Intangibles, or Promissory Notes

Section 9–601. (a) Rights of secured party after default. After default, a secured party has the rights provided in this part and, except as otherwise provided in Section 9–602, 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 Sections 9–104, 9–105, 9–106, 9–107 or 7–106 has the rights and duties provided in Section 9–207.  (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 9–605, after default, a debtor and an obligor have the rights provided in this part 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 that 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 article.  (g) Consignor or buyer of certain rights to payment. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9–607(c), this part imposes no duties upon a secured party that is a consignor or is a buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-602 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Section 9-602 - Waiver and Variance of Rights and Duties

Section 9–602. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9–624, to the extent that they give rights to a debtor or obligor and impose duties on a secured party, the debtor or obligor may not waive or vary the rules stated in the following listed sections:  (1) Section 9–207(b)(4)(C), which deals with use and operation of the collateral by the secured party;  (2) Section 9–210, which deals with requests for an accounting and requests concerning a list of collateral and statement of account;  (3) Section 9–607(c), which deals with collection and enforcement of collateral;  (4) Sections 9–608(a) and (c) to the extent that they deal with application or payment of noncash proceeds of collection, enforcement, or disposition;  (5) Sections 9–608(a) and 9–615(d) to the extent that they require accounting for or payment of surplus proceeds of collateral;  (6) Section 9–609 to the extent that it imposes upon a secured party that takes possession of collateral without judicial process the duty to do so without breach of the peace;  (7) Sections 9–610(b), 9–611, 9–613, and 9–614, which deal with disposition of collateral;  (8) Section 9–615(f), which deals with calculation of a deficiency or surplus when a disposition is made to the secured party, a person related to the secured party, or a secondary obligor;  (9) Section 9–616, which deals with explanation of the calculation of a surplus or deficiency;  (10) Sections 9–620, 9–621, and 9–622, which deal with acceptance of collateral in satisfaction of obligation;  (11) Section 9–623, which deals with redemption of collateral;  (12) Section 9–624, which deals with permissible waivers; and  (13) Sections 9–625 and 9–626, which deal with the secured party's liability for failure to comply with this article.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-603 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Section 9-603 - Agreement on Standards Concerning Rights and Duties

Section 9–603. (a) Agreed standards. The parties may determine by agreement the standards measuring the fulfillment of the rights of a debtor or obligor and the duties of a secured party under a rule stated in Section 9–602 if the standards are not manifestly unreasonable.  (b) Agreed standards inapplicable to breach of peace. Subsection (a) does not apply to the duty under Section 9–609 to refrain from breaching the peace.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-604 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Section 9-604 - Procedure if Security Agreement Covers Real Property or Fixtures

Section 9–604. (a) Enforcement: personal and real property. If a security agreement covers both personal and real property, a secured party may proceed:  (1) under this part as to the personal property without prejudicing any rights with respect to the real property; or  (2) as to both the personal property and the real property in accordance with the rights with respect to the real property, in which case the other provisions of this part do not apply.  (b) Enforcement: fixtures. Subject to subsection (c), if a security agreement covers goods that are or become fixtures, a secured party may proceed:  (1) under this part; or  (2) in accordance with the rights with respect to real property, in which case the other provisions of this part do not apply.  (c) Removal of fixtures. Subject to the other provisions of this part, if a secured party holding a security interest in fixtures has priority over all owners and encumbrancers of the real property, the secured party, after default, may remove the collateral from the real property.  (d) Injury caused by removal. A secured party that removes collateral shall promptly reimburse any encumbrancer or owner of the real property, other than the debtor, for the cost of repair of any physical injury caused by the removal. The secured party need not reimburse the encumbrancer or owner for any diminution in value of the real property caused by the absence of the goods removed or by any necessity of replacing them. A person entitled to reimbursement may refuse permission to remove until the secured party gives adequate assurance for the performance of the obligation to reimburse.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-605 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Section 9-605 - Unknown Debtor or Secondary Obligor

Section 9–605. A secured party does not owe a duty based on its status as secured party:  (1) to a person that is a debtor or obligor, unless the secured party knows:  (A) that the person is a debtor or obligor;  (B) the identity of the person; and  (C) how to communicate with the person; or  (2) to a secured party or lienholder that has filed a financing statement against a person, unless the secured party knows:  (A) that the person is a debtor; and  (B) the identity of the person.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-606 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Section 9-606 - Time of Default for Agricultural Lien

Section 9–606. For purposes of this part, a default occurs in connection with an agricultural lien at the time the secured party becomes entitled to enforce the lien in accordance with the statute under which it was created.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-521 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Section 9-521 - Uniform Form of Written Financing Statement and Amendment

Section 9–521. Uniform Form of Written Financing Statement and Amendment.  (a) 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 section 9–516(b): (b) Amendment form. A filing office that accepts written records shall not refuse to accept a written record in the following form and format except for a reason set forth in section 9–516(b):
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-608 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Section 9-608 - Application of Proceeds of Collection or Enforcement; Liability for Deficiency and Right to Surplus

Section 9–608. (a) Application of proceeds, surplus, and deficiency if obligation secured. If a security interest or agricultural lien secures payment or performance of an obligation, the following rules apply:  (1) A secured party shall apply or pay over for application the cash proceeds of collection or enforcement under Section 9–607 in the following order to:  (A) the reasonable expenses of collection and enforcement and, to the extent provided for by agreement and not prohibited by law, reasonable attorney's fees and legal expenses incurred by the secured party;  (B) the satisfaction of obligations secured by the security interest or agricultural lien under which the collection or enforcement is made; and  (C) the satisfaction of obligations secured by any subordinate security interest in or other lien on the collateral subject to the security interest or agricultural lien under which the collection or enforcement is made if the secured party receives an authenticated demand for proceeds before distribution of the proceeds is completed.  (2) If requested by a secured party, a holder of a subordinate security interest or other lien shall furnish reasonable proof of the interest or lien within a reasonable time. Unless the holder complies, the secured party need not comply with the holder's demand under paragraph (1)(C).  (3) A secured party need not apply or pay over for application noncash proceeds of collection and enforcement under Section 9–607 unless the failure to do so would be commercially unreasonable. A secured party that applies or pays over for application noncash proceeds shall do so in a commercially reasonable manner.  (4) A secured party shall account to and pay a debtor for any surplus, and the obligor is liable for any deficiency.  (b) No surplus or deficiency in sales of certain rights to payment. If the underlying transaction is a sale of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes, the debtor is not entitled to any surplus, and the obligor is not liable for any deficiency.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-607 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Section 9-607 - Collection and Enforcement by Secured Party

Section 9–607. (a) Collection and enforcement generally. If so agreed, and in any event after default, a secured party:  (1) may notify an account debtor or other person obligated on collateral to make payment or otherwise render performance to or for the benefit of the secured party;  (2) may take any proceeds to which the secured party is entitled under Section 9–315;  (3) may enforce the obligations of an account debtor or other person obligated on collateral and exercise the rights of the debtor with respect to the obligation of the account debtor or other person obligated on collateral to make payment or otherwise render performance to the debtor, and with respect to any property that secures the obligations of the account debtor or other person obligated on the collateral;  (4) if it holds a security interest in a deposit account perfected by control under Section 9–104(a)(1), may apply the balance of the deposit account to the obligation secured by the deposit account; and  (5) if it holds a security interest in a deposit account perfected by control under Section 9–104(a)(2) or (3), may instruct the bank to pay the balance of the deposit account to or for the benefit of the secured party.  (b) Nonjudicial enforcement of mortgage. If necessary to enable a secured party to exercise under subsection (a)(3) the right of a debtor to enforce a mortgage nonjudicially, the secured party may record in the office in which a record of the mortgage is recorded:  (1) a copy of the security agreement that creates or provides for a security interest in the obligation secured by the mortgage; and  (2) the secured party's sworn affidavit in recordable form stating that:  (A) a default has occurred with respect to the obligation secured by the mortgage; and  (B) the secured party is entitled to enforce the mortgage nonjudicially.  (c) Commercially reasonable collection and enforcement. A secured party shall proceed in a commercially reasonable manner if the secured party:  (1) undertakes to collect from or enforce an obligation of an account debtor or other person obligated on collateral; and  (2) is entitled to charge back uncollected collateral or otherwise to full or limited recourse against the debtor or a secondary obligor.  (d) Expenses of collection and enforcement. A secured party may deduct from the collections made pursuant to subsection (c) reasonable expenses of collection and enforcement, including reasonable attorney's fees and legal expenses incurred by the secured party.  (e) Duties to secured party not affected. This section does not determine whether an account debtor, bank, or other person obligated on collateral owes a duty to a secured party.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-618 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Section 9-618 - Rights and Duties of Certain Secondary Obligors

Section 9–618. (a) Rights and duties of secondary obligor. A secondary obligor acquires the rights and becomes obligated to perform the duties of the secured party after the secondary obligor:  (1) receives an assignment of a secured obligation from the secured party;  (2) receives a transfer of collateral from the secured party and agrees to accept the rights and assume the duties of the secured party; or  (3) is subrogated to the rights of a secured party with respect to collateral.  (b) Effect of assignment, transfer, or subrogation. An assignment, transfer, or subrogation described in subsection (a):  (1) is not a disposition of collateral under Section 9–610; and  (2) relieves the secured party of further duties under this article.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-617 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XV - Regulation of Trade|Chapter 106 - Uniform Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Section 9-617 - Rights of Transferee of Collateral

Section 9–617. (a) Effects of disposition. A secured party's disposition of collateral after default:  (1) transfers to a transferee for value all of the debtor's rights in the collateral;  (2) discharges the security interest under which the disposition is made; and  (3) discharges any subordinate security interest or other subordinate lien.  (b) Rights of good-faith transferee. A transferee that acts in good faith takes free of the rights and interests described in subsection (a), even if the secured party fails to comply with this article or the requirements of any judicial proceeding.  (c) Rights of other transferee. If a transferee does not take free of the rights and interests described in subsection (a), the transferee takes the collateral subject to:  (1) the debtor's rights in the collateral;  (2) the security interest or agricultural lien under which the disposition is made; and  (3) any other security interest or other lien.