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MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-704 (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 9-704 - Security Interest Unperfected Before Effective Date

Section 9–704. A security interest that is enforceable immediately before this act takes effect but which would be subordinate to the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor at that time:  (1) remains an enforceable security interest for 1 year after this act takes effect;  (2) remains enforceable thereafter if the security interest becomes enforceable under Section 9–203 when this act takes effect or within 1 year thereafter; and  (3) becomes perfected:  (A) without further action, when this act takes effect if the applicable requirements for perfection under this act are satisfied before or at that time; or  (B) when the applicable requirements for perfection are satisfied if the requirements are satisfied after that time.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-706 (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 9-706 - When Initial Financing Statement Suffices to Continue Effectiveness of Financing Statement

Section 9–706. (a) Initial financing statement in lieu of continuation statement. The filing of an initial financing statement in the office specified in Section 9–501 continues the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before this act takes effect if:  (1) the filing of an initial financing statement in that office would be effective to perfect a security interest under this act;  (2) the pre-effective-date financing statement was filed in an office in another state or another office in the commonwealth; and  (3) the initial financing statement satisfies subsection (c).  (b) Period of continued effectiveness. The filing of an initial financing statement under subsection (a) continues the effectiveness of the pre-effective-date financing statement:  (1) if the initial financing statement is filed before this act takes effect, for the period provided in Section 9–403 of former Article 9 with respect to a financing statement; and  (2) if the initial financing statement is filed after this act takes effect, for the period provided in Section 9–515 with respect to an initial financing statement.  (c) Requirements for initial financing statement under subsection (a). To be effective for purposes of subsection (a), an initial financing statement must:  (1) satisfy the requirements of Part 5 for an initial financing statement;  (2) identify the pre-effective-date financing statement by indicating the office in which the financing statement was filed and providing the dates of filing and file numbers, if any, of the financing statement and of the most recent continuation statement filed with respect to the financing statement; and  (3) indicate that the pre-effective-date financing statement remains effective.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-707 (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 9-707 - Amendment of Pre-Effective-Date Financing Statement

Section 9–707. (a) ''Pre-effective-date financing statement''. In this section, ''pre-effective-date financing statement'' means a financing statement filed before this act takes effect.  (b) Applicable law. After this act takes effect, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or otherwise amend the information provided in, a pre-effective-date financing statement only in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in Part 3. However, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement also may be terminated in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction in which the financing statement is filed.  (c) Method of amending: general rule. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), if the law of this state governs perfection of a security interest, the information in a pre-effective-date financing statement may be amended after this act takes effect only if:  (1) the pre-effective-date financing statement and an amendment are filed in the office specified in Section 9–501;  (2) an amendment is filed in the office specified in Section 9–501 concurrently with, or after the filing in that office of, an initial financing statement that satisfies Section 9–706(c); or  (3) an initial financing statement that provides the information as amended and satisfies Section 9–706(c) is filed in the office specified in Section 9–501.  (d) Method of amending: continuation. If the law of the commonwealth governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement may be continued only under Section 9–705(d) and (f) or 9–706.  (e) Method of amending: additional termination rule. Whether or not the law of the commonwealth governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement filed in the commonwealth may be terminated after this act takes effect by filing a termination statement in the office in which the pre-effective-date financing statement is filed, unless an initial financing statement that satisfies Section 9–706(c) has been filed in the office specified by the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in Part 3 as the office in which to file a financing statement.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-708 (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 9-708 - Persons Entitled to File Initial Financing Statement or Continuation Statement

Section 9–708. A person may file an initial financing statement or a continuation statement under this part if:  (1) the secured party of record authorizes the filing; and  (2) the filing is necessary under this part:  (A) to continue the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before this act takes effect; or  (B) to perfect or continue the perfection of a security interest.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-709 (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 9-709 - Priority

Section 9–709. (a) Law governing priority. This act determines the priority of conflicting claims to collateral. However, if the relative priorities of the claims were established before this act takes effect, former Article 9 determines priority.  (b) Priority if security interest becomes enforceable under Section 9–203. For purposes of Section 9–322(a), the priority of a security interest that becomes enforceable under Section 9–203 of this act dates from the time this act takes effect if the security interest is perfected under this act by the filing of a financing statement before this act takes effect which would not have been effective to perfect the security interest under former Article 9. This subsection does not apply to conflicting security interests each of which is perfected by the filing of such a financing statement.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-801 (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 9-801 - Effective Date

Section 9–801. References in this Part to the amendatory act shall mean those changes made to this Article that take effect on July 1, 2013.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-802 (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 9-802 - Savings Clause

Section 9–802. (a) Pre-effective-date transactions or liens. Except as otherwise provided in this Part, the amendatory act shall apply to a transaction or lien within its scope even if the transaction or lien was entered into or created before the effective date of the amendatory act.  (b) Pre-effective-date proceedings. This amendatory act shall not affect an action, case or proceeding commenced before the effective date of the amendatory act.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-803 (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 9-803 - Security Interest Perfected Before Effective Date

Section 9–803. (a) Continuing perfection: perfection requirements satisfied. A security interest that is a perfected security interest immediately before the effective date of the amendatory act is a perfected security interest under this Article if, on the effective date of the amendatory act, the applicable requirements for attachment and perfection under this Article as amended by the amendatory act are satisfied without further action.  (b) Continuing perfection: perfection requirements not satisfied. Except as otherwise provided in Section 9–805, if immediately before the effective date of the amendatory act, a security interest is a perfected security interest, but the applicable requirements for perfection under this Article as amended by the act are not satisfied on such effective date, the security interest remains perfected thereafter only if the applicable requirements for perfection under this Article as amended by the amendatory act are satisfied within 1 year after the effective date of the amendatory act.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-804 (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 9-804 - Security Interest Unperfected Before Effective Date

Section 9–804. A security interest that is an unperfected security interest immediately before the effective date of the amendatory act becomes a perfected security interest:  (1) without further action, on the effective date of the amendatory act if the applicable requirements for perfection under this Article as amended by the amendatory act are satisfied before or at that time; or  (2) when the applicable requirements for perfection are satisfied if the requirements are satisfied after that time.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-806 (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 9-806 - When Initial Financing Statement Suffices to Continue Effectiveness of Financing Statement

Section 9–806. (a) Initial financing statement in lieu of continuation statement. The filing of an initial financing statement in the office specified in section 9–501 continues the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before the effective date of the amendatory act if:  (1) the filing of an initial financing statement in that office would be effective to perfect a security interest under this Article as amended by the amendatory act;  (2) the pre-effective-date financing statement was filed in an office in another state; and  (3) the initial financing statement satisfies subsection (c).  (b) Period of continued effectiveness. The filing of an initial financing statement under subsection (a) continues the effectiveness of the pre-effective-date financing statement if:  (1) the initial financing statement is filed before the effective date of the amendatory act, for the period provided in section 9–515 before the effective date of the amendatory act took effect with respect to an initial financing statement; and  (2) the initial financing statement is filed after the effective date of the amendatory act for the period provided in section 9–515 as amended by the amendatory act with respect to an initial financing statement.  (c) Requirements for initial financing statement under subsection (a). To be effective for purposes of subsection (a), an initial financing statement shall:  (1) satisfy the requirements of Part 5 as amended by the amendatory act for an initial financing statement;  (2) identify the pre-effective-date financing statement by indicating the office in which the financing statement was filed and providing the dates of filing and file numbers, if any, of the financing statement and of the most recent continuation statement filed with respect to the financing statement; and  (3) indicate that the pre-effective-date financing statement remains effective.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-807 (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 9-807 - Amendment of Pre&ndash;effective Date Financing Statement

Section 9–807. (a) ''Pre-effective-date financing statement''. In this section, ''pre-effective-date financing statement'' means a financing statement filed before the effective date of the amendatory act.  (b) Applicable law. After the effective date of the amendatory act, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or otherwise amend the information provided in, a pre-effective-date financing statement only in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in this Article as amended by the amendatory act. However, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement may also be terminated in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction in which the financing statement is filed.  (c) Method of amending: general rule. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), if the law of the commonwealth governs perfection of a security interest, the information in a pre-effective-date financing statement may be amended after the effective date of the amendatory act only if:  (1) the pre-effective-date financing statement and an amendment are filed in the office specified in section 9–501;  (2) an amendment is filed in the office specified in section 9–501 concurrently with, or after the filing in that office of, an initial financing statement that satisfies section 9–806(c); or  (3) an initial financing statement that provides the information as amended and satisfies section 9–806(c) is filed in the office specified in section 9–501.  (d) Method of amending: continuation. If the law of the commonwealth governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement may be continued only under section 9–805(c), 9–805(e) or 9–806.  (e) Method of amending: additional termination rule. Whether or not the law of the commonwealth governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement filed in the commonwealth may be terminated after the effective date of the amendatory act by filing a termination statement in the office in which the pre-effective-date financing statement is filed, unless an initial financing statement that satisfies section 9–806(c) has been filed in the office specified by the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in this Article 9 as amended by the amendatory act as the office in which to file a financing statement.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-808 (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 9-808 - Person Entitled to File Initial Financing Statement or Continuation Statement

Section 9–808. A person may file an initial financing statement or a continuation statement under this part if:  (1) the secured party of record authorizes the filing; and  (2) the filing is necessary under this part:  (A) to continue the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before the effective date of the act; or  (B) to perfect or continue the perfection of a security interest.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-809 (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 9-809 - Priority

Section 9–809. The amendatory act shall determine the priority of conflicting claims to collateral. However, if the relative priorities of the claims were established before the effective date of the amendatory act, this article in effect before the effective date of the amendatory act shall determine priority.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-622 (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 9-622 - Effect of Acceptance of Collateral

Section 9–622. (a) Effect of acceptance. A secured party's acceptance of collateral in full or partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures:  (1) discharges the obligation to the extent consented to by the debtor;  (2) transfers to the secured party all of a debtor's rights in the collateral;  (3) discharges the security interest or agricultural lien that is the subject of the debtor's consent and any subordinate security interest or other subordinate lien; and  (4) terminates any other subordinate interest.  (b) Discharge of subordinate interest notwithstanding noncompliance. A subordinate interest is discharged or terminated under subsection (a), even if the secured party fails to comply with this article.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-621 (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 9-621 - Notification of Proposal to Accept Collateral

Section 9–621. (a) Persons to which proposal to be sent. A secured party that desires to accept collateral in full or partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures shall send its proposal to:  (1) any person from which the secured party has received, before the debtor consented to the acceptance, an authenticated notification of a claim of an interest in the collateral;  (2) any other secured party or lienholder that, 10 days before the debtor consented to the acceptance, held a security interest in or other lien on the collateral perfected by the filing of a financing statement that:  (A) identified the collateral;  (B) was indexed under the debtor's name as of that date; and  (C) was filed in the office or offices in which to file a financing statement against the debtor covering the collateral as of that date; and  (3) any other secured party that, 10 days before the debtor consented to the acceptance, held a security interest in the collateral perfected by compliance with a statute, regulation, or treaty described in Section 9–311(a).  (b) Proposal to be sent to secondary obligor in partial satisfaction. A secured party that desires to accept collateral in partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures shall send its proposal to any secondary obligor in addition to the persons described in subsection (a).
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-339 (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 9-339 - Priority Subject to Subordination

Section 9–339. This article does not preclude subordination by agreement by a person entitled to priority.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-619 (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 9-619 - Transfer of Record or Legal Title

Section 9–619. (a) ''Transfer statement.'' In this section, ''transfer statement'' means a record authenticated by a secured party stating:  (1) that the debtor has defaulted in connection with an obligation secured by specified collateral;  (2) that the secured party has exercised its post-default remedies with respect to the collateral;  (3) that, by reason of the exercise, a transferee has acquired the rights of the debtor in the collateral; and  (4) the name and mailing address of the secured party, debtor, and transferee.  (b) Effect of transfer statement. A transfer statement entitles the transferee to the transfer of record of all rights of the debtor in the collateral specified in the statement in any official filing, recording, registration, or certificate-of-title system covering the collateral. If a transfer statement is presented with the applicable fee and request form to the official or office responsible for maintaining the system, the official or office shall:  (1) accept the transfer statement;  (2) promptly amend its records to reflect the transfer; and  (3) if applicable, issue a new appropriate certificate of title in the name of the transferee.  (c) Transfer not a disposition; no relief of secured party's duties. A transfer of the record or legal title to collateral to a secured party under subsection (b) or otherwise is not of itself a disposition of collateral under this article and does not of itself relieve the secured party of its duties under this article.
MA Gen L ch 9 § 9-522 (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 9-522 - Maintenance and Destruction of Records

Section 9–522. (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 1 year after the effectiveness of the financing statement has lapsed under Section 9–515 with respect to all secured parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the debtor and:  (1) if the record was filed or recorded in the filing office described in Section 9–501(a)(1), by using:  (A) in the case of unregistered land governed by chapter 36, the book and page number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates, or if a book and page number has not yet been assigned to the initial financing statement, the instrument number of the initial financing statement and the date on which the initial financing statement was originally filed, and, in the case of registered land governed by chapter 185, the document number of the initial financing statement to which the record relates; and  (B) the information specified in Section 9–502(b); or  (2) if the record was filed in the filing office described in Section 9–501(a)(2), 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).