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TX Bus & Com Code § 9.404 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter D. Rights of Third Parties|Section 9.404. Rights Acquired by Assignee; Claims and Defenses Against Assignee

Sec. 9.404.  RIGHTS ACQUIRED BY ASSIGNEE;  CLAIMS AND DEFENSES AGAINST ASSIGNEE.  (a)  Unless an account debtor has made an enforceable agreement not to assert defenses or claims, and subject to Subsections (b)-(e), the rights of an assignee are subject to:(1)  all terms of the agreement between the account debtor and assignor and any defense or claim in recoupment arising from the transaction that gave rise to the contract;  and(2)  any other defense or claim of the account debtor against the assignor that accrues before the account debtor receives a notification of the assignment authenticated by the assignor or the assignee.(b)  Subject to Subsection (c) and except as otherwise provided in Subsection (d), the claim of an account debtor against an assignor may be asserted against an assignee under Subsection (a) only to reduce the amount the account debtor owes.(c)  This section is subject to law other than this chapter that establishes a different rule for an account debtor who is an individual and who incurred the obligation primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.(d)  In a consumer transaction, if a record evidences the account debtor's obligation, law other than this chapter requires that the record include a statement to the effect that the account debtor's recovery against an assignee with respect to claims and defenses against the assignor may not exceed amounts paid by the account debtor under the record, and the record does not include such a statement, the extent to which a claim of an account debtor against the assignor may be asserted against an assignee is determined as if the record included such a statement.(e)  This section does not apply to an assignment of a health-care-insurance receivable.|Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.405 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter D. Rights of Third Parties|Section 9.405. Modification of Assigned Contract

Sec. 9.405.  MODIFICATION OF ASSIGNED CONTRACT.  (a)  A modification of or substitution for an assigned contract is effective against an assignee if made in good faith.  The assignee acquires corresponding rights under the modified or substituted contract.  The assignment may provide that the modification or substitution is a breach of contract by the assignor.  This subsection is subject to Subsections (b)-(d).(b)  Subsection (a) applies to the extent that:(1)  the right to payment or a part thereof under an assigned contract has not been fully earned by performance;  or(2)  the right to payment or a part thereof has been fully earned by performance and the account debtor has not received notification of the assignment under Section 9.406(a).(c)  This section is subject to law other than this chapter that establishes a different rule for an account debtor who is an individual and who incurred the obligation primarily for personal, family, or household purposes.(d)  This section does not apply to an assignment of a health-care-insurance receivable.|Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.407 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter D. Rights of Third Parties|Section 9.407. Restrictions on Creation or Enforcement of Security Interest in Leasehold Interest or in Lessor's Residual Interest

Sec. 9.407.  RESTRICTIONS ON CREATION OR ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN LEASEHOLD INTEREST OR IN LESSOR'S RESIDUAL INTEREST.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (b), a term in a lease agreement is ineffective to the extent that it:(1)  prohibits, restricts, or requires the consent of a party to the lease to the assignment or transfer of, or the creation, attachment, perfection, or enforcement of a security interest in, an interest of a party under the lease contract or in the lessor's residual interest in the goods;  or(2)  provides that the assignment or transfer or the creation, attachment, perfection, or enforcement of the security interest may give rise to a default, breach, right of recoupment, claim, defense, termination, right of termination, or remedy under the lease.(b)  Except as otherwise provided in Section 2A.303(g), a term described in Subsection (a)(2) is effective to the extent that there is:(1)  a transfer by the lessee of the lessee's right of possession or use of the goods in violation of the term;  or(2)  a delegation of a material performance of either party to the lease contract in violation of the term.(c)  The creation, attachment, perfection, or enforcement of a security interest in the lessor's interest under the lease contract or the lessor's residual interest in the goods is not a transfer that materially impairs the lessee's prospect of obtaining return performance or materially changes the duty of or materially increases the burden or risk imposed on the lessee within the purview of Section 2A.303(d) unless, and then only to the extent that, enforcement actually results in a delegation of material performance of the lessor.|Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 705, Sec. 12, eff. June 13, 2001.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.409 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter D. Rights of Third Parties|Section 9.409. Restrictions on Assignment of Letter-of-Credit Rights Ineffective

Sec. 9.409.  RESTRICTIONS ON ASSIGNMENT OF LETTER-OF-CREDIT RIGHTS INEFFECTIVE.  (a)  A term in a letter of credit or a rule of law, statute, regulation, custom, or practice applicable to the letter of credit that prohibits, restricts, or requires the consent of an applicant, issuer, or nominated person to a beneficiary's assignment of or creation of a security interest in a letter-of-credit right is ineffective to the extent that the term or rule of law, statute, regulation, custom, or practice:(1)  would impair the creation, attachment, or perfection of a security interest in the letter-of-credit right;  or(2)  provides that the assignment or the creation, attachment, or perfection of the security interest may give rise to a default, breach, right of recoupment, claim, defense, termination, right of termination, or remedy under the letter-of-credit right.(b)  To the extent that a term in a letter of credit is ineffective under Subsection (a) but would be effective under law other than this chapter or a custom or practice applicable to the letter of credit, to the transfer of a right to draw or otherwise demand performance under the letter of credit, or to the assignment of a right to proceeds of the letter of credit, the creation, attachment, or perfection of a security interest in the letter-of-credit right:(1)  is not enforceable against the applicant, issuer, nominated person, or transferee beneficiary;(2)  imposes no duties or obligations on the applicant, issuer, nominated person, or transferee beneficiary;  and(3)  does not require the applicant, issuer, nominated person, or transferee beneficiary to recognize the security interest, pay or render performance to the secured party, or accept payment or other performance from the secured party.|Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 705, Sec. 14, eff. June 13, 2001.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.501 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.501. Filing Office

Sec. 9.501.  FILING OFFICE.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (b), if the local law of this state governs perfection of a security interest or agricultural lien, the office in which to file a financing statement to perfect the security interest or agricultural lien is:(1)  the office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if:(A)  the collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut;  or(B)  the financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures;  or(2)  the office of the Secretary of State, in all other cases, including a case in which the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures and the financing statement is not filed as a fixture filing.(b)  The office in which to file a financing statement to perfect a security interest in collateral, including fixtures, of a transmitting utility is the office of the Secretary of State.  The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in the financing statement that is or is to become fixtures.|Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.502 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.502. Contents of Financing Statement; Record of Mortgage as Financing Statement; Time of Filing Financing Statement

Sec. 9.502.  CONTENTS OF FINANCING STATEMENT;  RECORD OF MORTGAGE AS FINANCING STATEMENT;  TIME OF FILING FINANCING STATEMENT.  (a)  Subject to Subsection (b), a financing statement is sufficient only if it:(1)  provides the name of the debtor;(2)  provides the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured party;  and(3)  indicates the collateral covered by the financing statement.(b)  Except as otherwise provided in Section 9.501(b), to be sufficient, a financing statement that covers as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, or that is filed as a fixture filing and covers goods that are or are to become fixtures, must satisfy Subsection (a) and also:(1)  indicate that it covers this type of collateral;(2)  indicate that it is to be filed for record in the real property records;(3)  provide a description of the real property to which the collateral is related sufficient to give constructive notice of a mortgage under the law of this state if the description were contained in a record of the mortgage of the real property;  and(4)  if the debtor does not have an interest of record in the real property, provide the name of a record owner.(c)  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:(1)  the record indicates the goods or accounts that it covers;(2)  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;(3)  the record satisfies the requirements for a financing statement in this section, but:(A)  the record need not indicate that it is to be filed in the real property records; and(B)  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 Section 9.503(a)(4) or (5) applies; and(4)  the record is duly recorded.(d)  A financing statement may be filed before a security agreement is made or a security interest otherwise attaches.|Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 67 (S.B. 782), Sec. 11, eff. July 1, 2013.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.504 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.504. Indication of Collateral

Sec. 9.504.  INDICATION OF COLLATERAL.  A financing statement sufficiently indicates the collateral that it covers if the financing statement provides:(1)  a description of the collateral pursuant to Section 9.108;  or(2)  an indication that the financing statement covers all assets or all personal property.|Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 705, Sec. 15, eff. June 13, 2001.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.505 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.505. Filing and Compliance With Other Statutes and Treaties for Consignments, Leases, Other Bailments, and Other Transactions

Sec. 9.505.  FILING AND COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER STATUTES AND TREATIES FOR CONSIGNMENTS, LEASES, OTHER BAILMENTS, AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS.  (a)  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 Section 9.311(a), using the terms "consignor," "consignee," "lessor," "lessee," "bailor," "bailee," "licensor," "licensee," "owner," "registered owner," "buyer," or "seller," or words of similar import, instead of the terms "secured party" and "debtor."(b)  This subchapter 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 Section 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 that attaches to the collateral is perfected by the filing or compliance.|Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.506 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.506. Effect of Errors or Omissions

Sec. 9.506.  EFFECT OF ERRORS OR OMISSIONS.  (a)  A financing statement substantially satisfying the requirements of this subchapter is effective, even if it has minor errors or omissions, unless the errors or omissions make the financing statement seriously misleading.(b)  Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (c), a financing statement that fails sufficiently to provide the name of the debtor in accordance with Section 9.503(a) is seriously misleading.(c)  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 Section 9.503(a), the name provided does not make the financing statement seriously misleading.(d)  For purposes of Section 9.508(b), the "debtor's correct name" in Subsection (c) means the correct name of the new debtor.|Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.507 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.507. Effect of Certain Events on Effectiveness of Financing Statement

Sec. 9.507.  EFFECT OF CERTAIN EVENTS ON EFFECTIVENESS OF FINANCING STATEMENT.  (a)  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.(b)  Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (c) and Section 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 Section 9.506.(c)  If the name that a filed financing statement provides for a debtor becomes insufficient as the name of the debtor under Section 9.503(a) so that the financing statement becomes seriously misleading under Section 9.506:(1)  the financing statement is effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the debtor before, or within four months after, the filed financing statement becomes seriously misleading; and(2)  the financing statement is not effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the debtor more than four months after the filed financing statement becomes seriously misleading, unless an amendment to the financing statement that renders the financing statement not seriously misleading is filed within four months after that event.|Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 67 (S.B. 782), Sec. 13, eff. July 1, 2013.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.508 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.508. Effectiveness of Financing Statement if New Debtor Becomes Bound by Security Agreement

Sec. 9.508.  EFFECTIVENESS OF FINANCING STATEMENT IF NEW DEBTOR BECOMES BOUND BY SECURITY AGREEMENT.  (a)  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)  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 Section 9.506:(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 Section 9.203(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 Section 9.203(d) unless an initial financing statement providing the name of the new debtor is filed before the expiration of that time.(c)  This section does not apply to collateral as to which a filed financing statement remains effective against the new debtor under Section 9.507(a).|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.509 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.509. Persons Entitled to File a Record

Sec. 9.509.  PERSONS ENTITLED TO FILE A RECORD.  (a)  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);  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)  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 Section 9.315(a)(2), whether or not the security agreement expressly covers proceeds.(c)  By acquiring collateral in which a security interest or agricultural lien continues under Section 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 Section 9.315(a)(2).(d)  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 Section 9.513(a) or (c), the debtor authorizes the filing, and the termination statement indicates that the debtor authorized it to be filed.(e)  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).|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 705, Sec. 16, eff. June 13, 2001.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.510 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.510. Effectiveness of Filed Record

Sec. 9.510.  EFFECTIVENESS OF FILED RECORD.  (a)  A filed record is effective only to the extent that it was filed by a person that may file it under Section 9.509.(b)  A record authorized by one secured party of record does not affect the financing statement with respect to another secured party of record.(c)  A continuation statement that is not filed within the six-month period prescribed by Section 9.515(d) is ineffective.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.|
TX Bus & Com Code § 9.511 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Business and Commerce Code|Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code|Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions|Subchapter E. Filing|Section 9.511. Secured Party of Record

Sec. 9.511.  SECURED PARTY OF RECORD.  (a)  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 Section 9.514(a), the assignee named in the initial financing statement is the secured party of record with respect to the financing statement.(b)  If an amendment of a financing statement that provides the name of a person as a secured party or a representative of a secured party is filed, the person named in the amendment is a secured party of record.  If an amendment is filed under Section 9.514(b), the assignee named in the amendment is a secured party of record.(c)  A person remains a secured party of record until the filing of an amendment of the financing statement that deletes the person.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.|