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MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-105 (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 9-105 - Control of Electronic Chattel Paper

Section 9–105. (a) General rule: control of electronic chattel paper. A secured party has control of electronic chattel paper if a system employed for evidencing the transfer of interests in the chattel paper reliably establishes the secured party as the person to which the chattel paper was assigned.  (b) Specific facts giving control. A system satisfies subsection (a) if the record or records comprising the chattel paper are created, stored and assigned in such a manner that:  (1) a single authoritative copy of the record or records exists which is unique, identifiable and, except as otherwise provided in clauses (4), (5) and (6), unalterable;  (2) the authoritative copy identifies the secured party as the assignee of the record or records;  (3) the authoritative copy is communicated to and maintained by the secured party or its designated custodian;  (4) copies or amendments that add or change an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the consent of the secured party;  (5) each copy of the authoritative copy and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the authoritative copy; and  (6) any amendment of the authoritative copy is readily identifiable as authorized or unauthorized.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-104 (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 9-104 - Control of Deposit Account

Section 9–104. (a) Requirements for control. A secured party has control of a deposit account if:  (1) the secured party is the bank with which the deposit account is maintained;  (2) the debtor, secured party, and bank have agreed in an authenticated record that the bank will comply with instructions originated by the secured party directing disposition of the funds in the account without further consent by the debtor; or  (3) the secured party becomes the bank's customer with respect to the deposit account.  (b) Debtor's right to direct disposition. A secured party that has satisfied subsection (a) has control, even if the debtor retains the right to direct the disposition of funds from the deposit account.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-101 (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 9-101 - Short Title

Section 9–101. This article may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code - Secured Transactions.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-325 (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 9-325 - Priority of Security Interests in Transferred Collateral

Section 9–325. (a) Subordination of security interest in transferred collateral. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a security interest created by a debtor is subordinate to a security interest in the same collateral created by another person if:  (1) the debtor acquired the collateral subject to the security interest created by the other person;  (2) the security interest created by the other person was perfected when the debtor acquired the collateral; and  (3) there is no period thereafter when the security interest is unperfected.  (b) Limitation of subsection (a) subordination. Subsection (a) subordinates a security interest only if the security interest:  (1) otherwise would have priority solely under Section 9–322(a) or Section 9–324; or  (2) arose solely under Section 2–711(3) or Section 2A–508(5).
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-301 (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 9-301 - Law Governing Perfection and Priority of Security Interests

Section 9–301. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 9–303 to 9–306, inclusive, the following rules determine the law governing perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in collateral:  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, while a debtor is located in a jurisdiction, the local law of that jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in collateral.  (2) While collateral is located in a jurisdiction, the local law of that jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a possessory security interest in that collateral.  (3) Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (4), while tangible negotiable documents, goods, instruments, money, or tangible chattel paper is located in a jurisdiction, the local law of that jurisdiction governs:  (A) perfection of a security interest in the goods by filing a fixture filing;  (B) perfection of a security interest in timber to be cut; and  (C) the effect of perfection or nonperfection and the priority of a nonpossessory security interest in the collateral.  (4) The local law of the jurisdiction in which the wellhead or minehead is located governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in as-extracted collateral.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-303 (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 9-303 - Law Governing Perfection and Priority of Security Interests in Goods Covered by a Certificate of Title

Section 9–303. (a) Applicability of section. This section applies to goods covered by a certificate of title, even if there is no other relationship between the jurisdiction under whose certificate of title the goods are covered and the goods or the debtor.  (b) When goods covered by certificate of title. Goods become covered by a certificate of title when a valid application for the certificate of title and the applicable fee are delivered to the appropriate authority. Goods cease to be covered by a certificate of title at the earlier of the time the certificate of title ceases to be effective under the law of the issuing jurisdiction or the time the goods become covered subsequently by a certificate of title issued by another jurisdiction.  (c) Applicable law. The local law of the jurisdiction under whose certificate of title the goods are covered governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest in goods covered by a certificate of title from the time the goods become covered by the certificate of title until the goods cease to be covered by the certificate of title.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-323 (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 9-323 - Future Advances

Section 9–323. (a) When priority based on time of advance. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), for purposes of determining the priority of a perfected security interest under Section 9–322(a)(1), perfection of the security interest dates from the time an advance is made to the extent that the security interest secures an advance that:  (1) is made while the security interest is perfected only:  (A) under Section 9–309 when it attaches; or  (B) temporarily under Section 9–312(e), 9–312(f), or 9–312(g); and  (2) is not made pursuant to a commitment entered into before or while the security interest is perfected by a method other than under Section 9–309 or Section 9–312(e), (f), or (g).  (b) Lien creditor. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a security interest is subordinate to the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor to the extent that the security interest secures an advance made more than 45 days after the person becomes a lien creditor unless the advance is made:  (1) without knowledge of the lien; or  (2) pursuant to a commitment entered into without knowledge of the lien.  (c) Buyer of receivables. Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to a security interest held by a secured party that is a buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes or a consignor.  (d) Buyer of goods. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), a buyer of goods other than a buyer in ordinary course of business takes free of a security interest to the extent that it secures advances made after the earlier of:  (1) the time the secured party acquires knowledge of the buyer's purchase; or  (2) 45 days after the purchase.  (e) Advances made pursuant to commitment: priority of buyer of goods. Subsection (d) does not apply if the advance is made pursuant to a commitment entered into without knowledge of the buyer's purchase and before the expiration of the 45–day period.  (f) Lessee of goods. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g), a lessee of goods, other than a lessee in ordinary course of business, takes the leasehold interest free of a security interest to the extent that it secures advances made after the earlier of:  (1) the time the secured party acquires knowledge of the lease; or  (2) 45 days after the lease contract becomes enforceable.  (g) Advances made pursuant to commitment: priority of lessee of goods. Subsection (f) does not apply if the advance is made pursuant to a commitment entered into without knowledge of the lease and before the expiration of the 45–day period.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-321 (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 9-321 - License of General Intangible and Lessee of Goods in Ordinary Course of Business

Section 9–321. (a) ''Licensee in ordinary course of business.'' In this section, ''licensee in ordinary course of business'' means a person that becomes a licensee of a general intangible in good faith, without knowledge that the license violates the rights of another person in the general intangible, and in the ordinary course from a person in the business of licensing general intangibles of that kind. A person becomes a licensee in the ordinary course if the license to the person comports with the usual or customary practices in the kind of business in which the licensor is engaged or with the licensor's own usual or customary practices.  (b) Rights of licensee in ordinary course of business. A licensee in ordinary course of business takes its rights under a nonexclusive license free of a security interest in the general intangible created by the licensor, even if the security interest is perfected and the licensee knows of its existence.  (c) Rights of lessee in ordinary course of business. A lessee in ordinary course of business takes its leasehold interest free of a security interest in the goods created by the lessor, even if the security interest is perfected and the lessee knows of its existence.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-319 (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 9-319 - Rights and Title of Consignee With Respect to Creditors and Purchasers

Section 9–319. (a) Consignee has consignor's rights. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), for purposes of determining the rights of creditors of, and purchasers for value of goods from, a consignee, while the goods are in the possession of the consignee, the consignee is deemed to have rights and title to the goods identical to those the consignor had or had power to transfer.  (b) Applicability of other law. For purposes of determining the rights of a creditor of a consignee, law other than this article determines the rights and title of a consignee while goods are in the consignee's possession if, under this part, a perfected security interest held by the consignor would have priority over the rights of the creditor.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-318 (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 9-318 - No Interest Retained in Right to Payment That Is Sold; Rights and Title of Seller of Account or Chattel Paper With Respect to Creditors and Purchasers

Section 9–318. (a) Seller retains no interest. A debtor that has sold an account, chattel paper, payment intangible, or promissory note does not retain a legal or equitable interest in the collateral sold.  (b) Deemed rights of debtor if buyer's security interest unperfected. For purposes of determining the rights of creditors of, and purchasers for value of an account or chattel paper from, a debtor that has sold an account or chattel paper, while the buyer's security interest is unperfected, the debtor is deemed to have rights and title to the account or chattel paper identical to those the debtor sold.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-317 (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 9-317 - Interests That Take Priority Over or Take Free of Security Interest or Agricultural Lien

Section 9–317. (a) Conflicting security interests and rights of lien creditors. A security interest or agricultural lien is subordinate to the rights of:  (1) a person entitled to priority under Section 9–322; and  (2) except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), a person that becomes a lien creditor before the earlier of the time:  (A) the security interest or agricultural lien is perfected; or  (B) one of the conditions specified in Section 9–203(b)(3) is met and a financing statement covering the collateral is filed.  (b) Buyers that receive delivery. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), a buyer, other than a secured party, of tangible chattel paper, tangible documents, goods, instruments, or a certificated security takes free of a security interest or agricultural lien if the buyer gives value and receives delivery of the collateral without knowledge of the security interest or agricultural lien and before it is perfected.  (c) Lessees that receive delivery. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), a lessee of goods takes free of a security interest or agricultural lien if the lessee gives value and receives delivery of the collateral without knowledge of the security interest or agricultural lien and before it is perfected.  (d) Licensees and buyers of certain collateral. A licensee of a general intangible or a buyer, other than a secured party, of collateral other than tangible chattel paper, tangible documents, goods, instruments or a certificated security takes free of a security interest if the licensee or buyer gives value without knowledge of the security interest and before it is perfected.  (e) Purchase-money security interest. Except as otherwise provided in Sections 9–320 and 9–321, if a person files a financing statement with respect to a purchase-money security interest before or within 20 days after the debtor receives delivery of the collateral, the security interest takes priority over the rights of a buyer, lessee, or lien creditor which arise between the time the security interest attaches and the time of filing.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-315 (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 9-315 - Secured Party's Rights on Disposition of Collateral and in Proceeds

Section 9–315. (a) Disposition of collateral: continuation of security interest or agricultural lien; proceeds. Except as otherwise provided in this article and in Section 2–403(2):  (1) a security interest or agricultural lien continues in collateral notwithstanding sale, lease, license, exchange, or other disposition thereof unless the secured party authorized the disposition free of the security interest or agricultural lien; and  (2) a security interest attaches to any identifiable proceeds of collateral.  (b) When commingled proceeds identifiable. Proceeds that are commingled with other property are identifiable proceeds:  (1) if the proceeds are goods, to the extent provided by Section 9–336; and  (2) if the proceeds are not goods, to the extent that the secured party identifies the proceeds by a method of tracing, including application of equitable principles, that is permitted under law other than this article with respect to commingled property of the type involved.  (c) Perfection of security interest in proceeds. A security interest in proceeds is a perfected security interest if the security interest in the original collateral was perfected.  (d) Continuation of perfection. A perfected security interest in proceeds becomes unperfected on the twenty-first day after the security interest attaches to the proceeds unless:  (1) the following conditions are satisfied:  (A) a filed financing statement covers the original collateral;  (B) the proceeds are collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing in the office in which the financing statement has been filed; and  (C) the proceeds are not acquired with cash proceeds;  (2) the proceeds are identifiable cash proceeds; or  (3) the security interest in the proceeds is perfected other than under subsection (c) when the security interest attaches to the proceeds or within 20 days thereafter.  (e) When perfected security interest in proceeds becomes unperfected. If a filed financing statement covers the original collateral, a security interest in proceeds which remains perfected under subsection (d)(1) becomes unperfected at the later of:  (1) when the effectiveness of the filed financing statement lapses under Section 9–515 or is terminated under Section 9–513; or  (2) the twenty-first day after the security interest attaches to the proceeds.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-314 (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 9-314 - Perfection by Control

Section 9–314. (a) Perfection by control. A security interest in investment property, deposit accounts, letter-of-credit rights, electronic chattel paper or electronic documents may be perfected by control of the collateral under Sections 9–104, 9–105, 9–106, 9–107 or 7–106.  (b) Specified collateral: time of perfection by control; continuation of perfection. A security interest in deposit accounts, electronic chattel paper, letter-of-credit rights or electronic documents is perfected by control under Sections 9–104, 9–105, 9–107 or 7–106 when the secured party obtains control and remains perfected by control only while the secured party retains control.  (c) Investment property: time of perfection by control; continuation of perfection. A security interest in investment property is perfected by control under Section 9–106 from the time the secured party obtains control and remains perfected by control until:  (1) the secured party does not have control; and  (2) one of the following occurs:  (A) if the collateral is a certificated security, the debtor has or acquires possession of the security certificate;  (B) if the collateral is an uncertificated security, the issuer has registered or registers the debtor as the registered owner; or  (C) if the collateral is a security entitlement, the debtor is or becomes the entitlement holder.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-517 (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 9-517 - Effect of Indexing Errors

Section 9–517. The failure of the filing office to index a record correctly does not affect the effectiveness of the filed record.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-311 (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 9-311 - Perfection of Security Interests in Property Subject to Certain Statutes, Regulations, and Treaties

Section 9–311. (a) Security interest subject to other law. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the filing of a financing statement is not necessary or effective to perfect a security interest in property subject to:  (1) a statute, regulation, or treaty of the United States whose requirements for a security interest's obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor with respect to the property preempt Section 9–310(a);  (2) chapter 90B or chapter 90D; or  (3) a statute of another jurisdiction which provides for a security interest to be indicated on a certificate of title as a condition or result of the security interest's obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor with respect to the property.  (b) Compliance with other law. Compliance with the requirements of a statute, regulation, or treaty described in subsection (a) for obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor is equivalent to the filing of a financing statement under this article. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and Sections 9–313 and 9–316(d) and (e) for goods covered by a certificate of title, a security interest in property subject to a statute, regulation, or treaty described in subsection (a) may be perfected only by compliance with those requirements, and a security interest so perfected remains perfected notwithstanding a change in the use or transfer of possession of the collateral.  (c) Duration and renewal of perfection. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and Section 9–316(d) and (e), duration and renewal of perfection of a security interest perfected by compliance with the requirements prescribed by a statute, regulation, or treaty described in subsection (a) are governed by the statute, regulation, or treaty. In other respects, the security interest is subject to this article.  (d) Inapplicability to certain inventory. During any period in which collateral subject to a statute specified in subsection (a)(2) is inventory held for sale or lease by a person or leased by that person as lessor and that person is in the business of selling goods of that kind, this section does not apply to a security interest in that collateral created by that person.