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MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  9-320 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 9 - Secured Transactions|Subtitle 3 - Perfection and Priority|Section 9-320 - Buyer of Goods

    (a)    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), a buyer in ordinary course of business, other than a person buying farm products from a person engaged in farming operations, takes free of a security interest created by the buyer’s seller, even if the security interest is perfected and the buyer knows of its existence.    (b)    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), a buyer of goods from a person who used or bought the goods for use primarily for personal, family, or household purposes takes free of a security interest, even if perfected, if the buyer buys:        (1)    Without knowledge of the security interest;        (2)    For value;        (3)    Primarily for the buyer’s personal, family, or household purposes; and        (4)    Before the filing of a financing statement covering the goods.    (c)    To the extent that it affects the priority of a security interest over a buyer of goods under subsection (b), the period of effectiveness of a filing made in the jurisdiction in which the seller is located is governed by § 9-316(a) and (b).    (d)    A buyer in ordinary course of business buying oil, gas, or other minerals at the wellhead or minehead or after extraction takes free of an interest arising out of an encumbrance.    (e)    Subsections (a) and (b) do not affect a security interest in goods in the possession of the secured party under § 9-313.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  9-321 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 9 - Secured Transactions|Subtitle 3 - Perfection and Priority|Section 9-321 - Licensee of General Intangible and Lessee of Goods in Ordinary Course of Business

    (a)    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)    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)    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.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  9-323 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 9 - Secured Transactions|Subtitle 3 - Perfection and Priority|Section 9-323 - Future Advances

    (a)    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), for purposes of determining the priority of a perfected security interest under § 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 § 9-309 when it attaches; or            (B)    Temporarily under § 9-312(e), (f), or (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 § 9-309 or § 9-312(e), (f), or (g).    (b)    Subsection (a) does 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.    (c)    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), 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.    (d)    Subsection (c) 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.    (e)    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f), 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.    (f)    Subsection (e) 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.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  9-325 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 9 - Secured Transactions|Subtitle 3 - Perfection and Priority|Section 9-325 - Priority of Security Interests in Transferred Collateral

    (a)    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)    Subsection (a) subordinates a security interest only if the security interest:        (1)    Otherwise would have priority solely under § 9-322(a) or § 9-324; or        (2)    Arose solely under § 2-711(3) or § 2A-508(5) of this article.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  9-326 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 9 - Secured Transactions|Subtitle 3 - Perfection and Priority|Section 9-326 - Priority of Security Interests Created by New Debtor

    (a)    Subject to subsection (b), a security interest that is created by a new debtor in collateral in which the new debtor has or acquires rights and is perfected solely by a filed financing statement that would be ineffective to perfect the security interest but for the application of § 9–316(i)(1) or § 9–508 is subordinate to a security interest in the same collateral which is perfected other than by such a filed financing statement.    (b)    The other provisions of this subtitle determine the priority among conflicting security interests in the same collateral perfected by filed financing statements described in subsection (a). However, if the security agreements to which a new debtor became bound as debtor were not entered into by the same original debtor, the conflicting security interests rank according to priority in time of the new debtor’s having become bound.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  9-327 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 9 - Secured Transactions|Subtitle 3 - Perfection and Priority|Section 9-327 - Priority of Security Interests in Deposit Account

    The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests in the same deposit account:         (1)    A security interest held by a secured party having control of the deposit account under § 9-104 has priority over a conflicting security interest held by a secured party that does not have control.        (2)    Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), security interests perfected by control under § 9-314 rank according to priority in time of obtaining control.        (3)    Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (4), a security interest held by the bank with which the deposit account is maintained has priority over a conflicting security interest held by another secured party.        (4)    A security interest perfected by control under § 9-104(a)(3) has priority over a security interest held by the bank with which the deposit account is maintained.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  9-328 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 9 - Secured Transactions|Subtitle 3 - Perfection and Priority|Section 9-328 - Priority of Security Interests in Investment Property

    The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests in the same investment property:         (1)    A security interest held by a secured party having control of investment property under § 9-106 has priority over a security interest held by a secured party that does not have control of the investment property.        (2)    Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), conflicting security interests held by secured parties each of which has control under § 9-106 rank according to priority in time of:            (A)    If the collateral is a security, obtaining control;            (B)    If the collateral is a security entitlement carried in a securities account and:                (i)    If the secured party obtained control under § 8-106(d)(1) of this article, the secured party’s becoming the person for which the securities account is maintained;                (ii)    If the secured party obtained control under § 8-106(d)(2) of this article, the securities intermediary’s agreement to comply with the secured party’s entitlement orders with respect to security entitlements carried or to be carried in the securities account; or                (iii)    If the secured party obtained control through another person under § 8-106(d)(3) of this article, the time on which priority would be based under this paragraph if the other person were the secured party; or            (C)    If the collateral is a commodity contract carried with a commodity intermediary, the satisfaction of the requirement for control specified in § 9-106(b)(2) with respect to commodity contracts carried or to be carried with the commodity intermediary.        (3)    A security interest held by a securities intermediary in a security entitlement or a securities account maintained with the securities intermediary has priority over a conflicting security interest held by another secured party.        (4)    A security interest held by a commodity intermediary in a commodity contract or a commodity account maintained with the commodity intermediary has priority over a conflicting security interest held by another secured party.        (5)    A security interest in a certificated security in registered form which is perfected by taking delivery under § 9-313(a) and not by control under § 9-314 has priority over a conflicting security interest perfected by a method other than control.        (6)    Conflicting security interests created by a broker, securities intermediary, or commodity intermediary which are perfected without control under § 9-106 rank equally.        (7)    In all other cases, priority among conflicting security interests in investment property is governed by §§ 9-322 and 9-323.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  9-329 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 9 - Secured Transactions|Subtitle 3 - Perfection and Priority|Section 9-329 - Priority of Security Interests in Letter-of-Credit

    The following rules govern priority among conflicting security interests in the same letter-of-credit right:         (1)    A security interest held by a secured party having control of the letter-of-credit right under § 9-107 has priority to the extent of its control over a conflicting security interest held by a secured party that does not have control.        (2)    Security interests perfected by control under § 9-314 rank according to priority in time of obtaining control.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  9-330 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 9 - Secured Transactions|Subtitle 3 - Perfection and Priority|Section 9-330 - Priority of Purchaser of Chattel Paper or Instrument

    (a)    A purchaser of chattel paper has priority over a security interest in the chattel paper which is claimed merely as proceeds of inventory subject to a security interest if:        (1)    In good faith and in the ordinary course of the purchaser’s business, the purchaser gives new value and takes possession of the chattel paper or obtains control of the chattel paper under § 9-105; and        (2)    The chattel paper does not indicate that it has been assigned to an identified assignee other than the purchaser.    (b)    A purchaser of chattel paper has priority over a security interest in the chattel paper which is claimed other than merely as proceeds of inventory subject to a security interest if the purchaser gives new value and takes possession of the chattel paper or obtains control of the chattel paper under § 9-105 in good faith, in the ordinary course of the purchaser’s business, and without knowledge that the purchase violates the rights of the secured party.    (c)    Except as otherwise provided in § 9-327, a purchaser having priority in chattel paper under subsection (a) or (b) also has priority in proceeds of the chattel paper to the extent that:        (1)    § 9-322 provides for priority in the proceeds; or        (2)    The proceeds consist of the specific goods covered by the chattel paper or cash proceeds of the specific goods, even if the purchaser’s security interest in the proceeds is unperfected.    (d)    Except as otherwise provided in § 9-331(a), a purchaser of an instrument has priority over a security interest in the instrument perfected by a method other than possession if the purchaser gives value and takes possession of the instrument in good faith and without knowledge that the purchase violates the rights of the secured party.    (e)    For purposes of subsections (a) and (b), the holder of a purchase-money security interest in inventory gives new value for chattel paper constituting proceeds of the inventory.    (f)    For purposes of subsections (b) and (d), if chattel paper or an instrument indicates that it has been assigned to an identified secured party other than the purchaser, a purchaser of the chattel paper or instrument has knowledge that the purchase violates the rights of the secured party.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  9-331 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 9 - Secured Transactions|Subtitle 3 - Perfection and Priority|Section 9-331 - Priority of Rights of Purchasers of Instruments, Documents, and Securities Under Other Articles; Priority of Interests in Financial Assets and Security Entitlements Under Title 8

    (a)    This title does not limit the rights of a holder in due course of a negotiable instrument, a holder to which a negotiable document of title has been duly negotiated, or a protected purchaser of a security. These holders or purchasers take priority over an earlier security interest, even if perfected, to the extent provided in Titles 3, 7, and 8 of this article.    (b)    This title does not limit the rights of or impose liability on a person to the extent that the person is protected against the assertion of a claim under Title 8 of this article.    (c)    Filing under this title does not constitute notice of a claim or defense to the holders, or purchasers, or persons described in subsections (a) and (b).
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  9-332 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 9 - Secured Transactions|Subtitle 3 - Perfection and Priority|Section 9-332 - Transfer of Money; Transfer of Funds From Deposit Account

    (a)    A transferee of money takes the money free of a security interest unless the transferee acts in collusion with the debtor in violating the rights of the secured party.    (b)    A transferee of funds from a deposit account takes the funds free of a security interest in the deposit account unless the transferee acts in collusion with the debtor in violating the rights of the secured party.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  9-333 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 9 - Secured Transactions|Subtitle 3 - Perfection and Priority|Section 9-333 - Priority of Certain Liens Arising by Operation of Law

    (a)    In this section, “possessory lien” means an interest, other than a security interest or an agricultural lien:        (1)    Which secures payment or performance of an obligation for services or materials furnished with respect to goods by a person in the ordinary course of the person’s business;        (2)    Which is created by statute or rule of law in favor of the person; and        (3)    Whose effectiveness depends on the person’s possession of the goods.    (b)    A possessory lien on goods has priority over a security interest in the goods unless the lien is created by a statute that expressly provides otherwise.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  9-335 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 9 - Secured Transactions|Subtitle 3 - Perfection and Priority|Section 9-335 - Accessions

    (a)    A security interest may be created in an accession and continues in collateral that becomes an accession.    (b)    If a security interest is perfected when the collateral becomes an accession, the security interest remains perfected in the collateral.    (c)    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the other provisions of this part determine the priority of a security interest in an accession.    (d)    A security interest in an accession is subordinate to a security interest in the whole which is perfected by compliance with the requirements of a certificate-of-title statute under § 9-311(b).    (e)    After default, subject to Subtitle 6, a secured party may remove an accession from other goods if the security interest in the accession has priority over the claims of every person having an interest in the whole.    (f)    A secured party that removes an accession from other goods under subsection (e) shall promptly reimburse any holder of a security interest or other lien on, or owner of the whole or of the other goods, other than the debtor, for the cost of repair of any physical injury to the whole or the other goods. The secured party need not reimburse the holder or owner for any diminution in value of the whole or the other goods caused by the absence of the accession removed or by any necessity for replacing it. 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.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  9-336 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 9 - Secured Transactions|Subtitle 3 - Perfection and Priority|Section 9-336 - Commingled Goods

    (a)    In this section, “commingled goods” means goods that are physically united with other goods in such a manner that their identity is lost in a product or mass.    (b)    A security interest does not exist in commingled goods as such. However, a security interest may attach to a product or mass that results when goods become commingled goods.    (c)    If collateral becomes commingled goods, a security interest attaches to the product or mass.    (d)    If a security interest in collateral is perfected before the collateral becomes commingled goods, the security interest that attaches to the product or mass under subsection (c) is perfected.    (e)    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (f), the other provisions of this part determine the priority of a security interest that attaches to the product or mass under subsection (c).    (f)    If more than one security interest attaches to the product or mass under subsection (c), the following rules determine priority:        (1)    A security interest that is perfected under subsection (d) has priority over a security interest that is unperfected at the time the collateral becomes commingled goods.        (2)    If more than one security interest is perfected under subsection (d), the security interests rank equally in proportion to the value of the collateral at the time it became commingled goods.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  9-337 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 9 - Secured Transactions|Subtitle 3 - Perfection and Priority|Section 9-337 - Priority of Security Interests in Goods Covered by Certificate of Title

    If, while a security interest in goods is perfected by any method under the law of another jurisdiction, this State issues a certificate of title that does not show that the goods are subject to the security interest or contain a statement that they may be subject to security interests not shown on the certificate:         (1)    A buyer of the goods, other than a person in the business of selling goods of that kind, takes free of the security interest if the buyer gives value and receives delivery of the goods after issuance of the certificate and without knowledge of the security interest; and        (2)    The security interest is subordinate to a conflicting security interest in the goods that attaches, and is perfected under § 9-311(b), after issuance of the certificate and without the conflicting secured party’s knowledge of the security interest.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  9-338 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 9 - Secured Transactions|Subtitle 3 - Perfection and Priority|Section 9-338 - Priority of Security Interest or Agricultural Lien Perfected by Filed Financing Statement Providing Certain Incorrect Information

    If a security interest or agricultural lien is perfected by a filed financing statement providing information described in § 9-516(b)(5) which is incorrect at the time the financing statement is filed:         (1)    The security interest or agricultural lien is subordinate to a conflicting perfected security interest in the collateral to the extent that the holder of the conflicting security interest gives value in reasonable reliance upon the incorrect information; and        (2)    A purchaser, other than a secured party, of the collateral takes free of the security interest or agricultural lien to the extent that, in reasonable reliance upon the incorrect information, the purchaser gives value and, in the case of tangible chattel paper, tangible documents, goods, instruments, or a security certificate, receives delivery of the collateral.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  9-339 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 9 - Secured Transactions|Subtitle 3 - Perfection and Priority|Section 9-339 - Priority Subject to Subordination

    This title does not preclude subordination by agreement by a person entitled to priority.
MD. Commercial Law Code Ann. §  9-340 (2021)
2021 Maryland Statutes|Commercial Law|Title 9 - Secured Transactions|Subtitle 3 - Perfection and Priority|Section 9-340 - Effectiveness of Right of Recoupment or Set-Off Against Deposit Account

    (a)    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a bank with which a deposit account is maintained may exercise any right of recoupment or set-off against a secured party that holds a security interest in the deposit account.    (b)    Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), the application of this article to a security interest in a deposit account does not affect a right of recoupment or set-off of the secured party as to a deposit account maintained with the secured party.    (c)    The exercise by a bank of a set-off against a deposit account is ineffective against a secured party that holds a security interest in the deposit account which is perfected by control under § 9-104(a)(3), if the set-off is based on a claim against the debtor.