GA Code § 11-9-504 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 11 - Commercial Code|Article 9 - Secured Transactions|Part 5 - Filing|§ 11-9-504. Indication of Collateral

 A financing statement sufficiently indicates the collateral that it covers if the financing statement provides:    A description of the collateral pursuant to Code Section 11-9-108; or   An indication that the financing statement covers all assets or all personal property.     (Code 1981, §11-9-504, enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 362, § 1.)   Law reviews.   - For article discussing Uniform Commercial Code provisions establishing a security interest in fixtures as a means of protecting sellers, see 16 Mercer L. Rev. 404 (1965). For article discussing the Uniform Commercial Code provisions regarding the sufficiency of "The Description of Collateral in Security Agreements and Financing Statements," see 28 Mercer L. Rev. 611 (1977). For article, "The Revisions to Article IX of the Uniform Commercial Code," see 15 Ga. St. B.J. 120 (1977). For article, "Fixture Financing Under Georgia's New Article 9," see 16 Ga. St. B.J. 110 (1980). For article, "H.B. 712: New Requirements for Financing Statements and Continuation Statements Filed in Georgia," see 22 Ga. St. B.J. 6 (1985). For article, "H.B. 1364: Revised Requirements for Financing Statements and Continuation Statements Filed in Georgia," see 23 Ga. St. B.J. 50 (1986). For annual survey of law of real property, see 38 Mercer L. Rev. 319 (1986). For annual survey article on commercial law, see 50 Mercer L. Rev. 193 (1998). For comment on United States v. Crittenden, 563, F.2d 678 (5th Cir. 1977), appearing below, see 12 Ga. L. Rev. 692 (1977).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Editor's notes.   - In the light of the similarity of the provisions, decisions under former Article 9 are included in the annotations for this Code section. For a table of comparable provisions, see the table at the beginning of the Article.    Construction with O.C.G.A. § 10-1-36. - Trial court properly granted judgment to a debtor, finding that a repossessor failed to comply with O.C.G.A. § 10-1-36, and therefore was precluded from collecting a deficiency from the debtor following the sale of the debtor's vehicle, as the repossessor waived strict compliance with § 10-1-36 by admitting that it received a facsimile notice sent by the debtor, and raised no issue as to the timeliness of the notice or whether it was received by the proper person, and failed to send the required notice thereunder to the debtor's address shown on the contract or later designated by the debtor, opting instead to send said notice to a post office box. Consumer Portfolio Servs. v. Rouse, 282 Ga. App. 314, 638 S.E.2d 442 (2006).   Applicability to financing statements, not security agreements.    - Requirement that identification of collateral indicate type of collateral is applicable to financing statements, not security agreements. Personal Thrift Plan of Perry, Inc. v. Georgia Power Co., 242 Ga. 388, 249 S.E.2d 72 (1978) (decided under former Code Section11-9-402).   "Type" of collateral construed.   - This section allows a secured party to file a financing statement which describes the property only by its "type." A type of collateral is, for example, goods, accounts, chattel paper, general intangibles, etc. Woodrum v. Ford Motor Credit Co., 940 F.2d 1507 (11th Cir. 1991) (decided under former Code Section 11-9-402).    Serial number alone does not "indicate the type" of collateral. Personal Thrift Plan of Perry, Inc. v. Georgia Power Co., 242 Ga. 388, 249 S.E.2d 72 (1978) (decided under former Code Section11-9-402).   Notice not required to lessee of vehicle.    - Lessor was not required to comply with the notice provisions of O.C.G.A. §§ 10-1-36 and11-9-504 because the motor vehicle lease agreement the lessor entered into with the lessee was intended to be a true lease and not to evince a secured transaction; the lessor retained a meaningful reversionary interest in the car because the option price was more than nominal since the purchase option price was approximately one-third of the car's value, and the agreement contained no provision purporting to grant the lessee equity in the vehicle prior to exercise of the purchase option. Aniebue v. Jaguar Credit Corp., 308 Ga. App. 1, 708 S.E.2d 4 (2011).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Duty of superior court clerks.   - Clerks of superior court are not required to determine that property subject to a U.C.C. financing statement is properly described before recording the statement. 1982 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U82-38.(decided under former Code Section 11-9-402).   RESEARCH REFERENCES   Am. Jur. 2d.   - 68A Am. Jur. 2d, Secured Transactions, §§ 32, 192 et seq., 310, 311, 329 et seq., 352-354, 365, 395.   C.J.S.   - 76 C.J.S., Records, § 4.   U.L.A.   - Uniform Commercial Code (U.L.A.) § 9-504.   ALR.    - What amounts to a conditional sale, 17 A.L.R. 1421; 43 A.L.R. 1247; 92 A.L.R. 304; 175 A.L.R. 1366.    Violation of statute as to form of, or terms to be included in, conditional sale contract, as invalidating entire transaction or merely its effect to reserve title in vendor, 144 A.L.R. 1103.   Priority as between federal tax lien and mortgage to secure future advances or expenditures by mortgagee, 90 A.L.R.2d 1179.   Sufficiency of description of crops under UCC §§ 9-203(1)(b) and 9-402(1), 67 A.L.R.3d 308; 100 A.L.R.3d 10; 100 A.L.R.3d 940.   Sufficiency of designation of debtor or secured party in security agreement or financing statement under UCC § 9-402, 99 A.L.R.3d 478.   Sufficiency of address of debtor in financing statement required by UCC § 9-402(1), 99 A.L.R.3d 807.   Sufficiency of address of secured party in financing statement required under UCC § 9-402(1), 99 A.L.R.3d 1080.   Effectiveness of original financing statement under UCC Article 9 after change in debtor's name, identity, or business structure, 99 A.L.R.3d 1194.   Sufficiency of secured party's signature on financing statement or security agreement under UCC § 9-402, 100 A.L.R.3d 390.   Sufficiency of debtor's signature on security agreement or financing statement under UCC §§ 9-203 and 9-402, 3 A.L.R.4th 502.