2023 New York Laws › UCC - Uniform Commercial Code › Article 9 - Secured Transactions › Part 5 - Filing › Sub Part 1 - Filing Office; Contents and Effectiveness of Financing Statement › 9-503 - Name of Debtor and Secured Party.

Section 9--503. Name of Debtor and Secured Party.
(a) Sufficiency  of  debtor's name. A financing statement sufficiently
provides the name of the debtor:
(1) except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3), if the  debtor
is  a  registered organization or the collateral is held in a
trust  that  is  a  registered  organization,  only  if   the
financing  statement  provides  the name that is stated to be
the registered organization's  name  on  the  public  organic
record  most  recently filed with or issued or enacted by the
registered organization's jurisdiction of organization  which
purports   to   state,   amend,  or  restate  the  registered
organization's name;
(2) subject  to  subsection  (f),  if  the  collateral  is  being
administered  by  the  personal representative of a decedent,
only if the financing statement provides, as the name of  the
debtor,  the  name of the decedent and, in a separate part of
the financing statement, indicates  that  the  collateral  is
being administered by a personal representative;
(3) if the collateral is held in a trust that is not a registered
organization, only if the financing statement:
(A)  provides, as the name of the debtor:
(i)  if  the organic record of the trust specifies a name
for the trust, the name specified; or
(ii) if the organic record of the trust does not  specify
a  name  for  the  trust, the name of the settlor or
testator; and
(B)  in a separate part of the financing statement:
(i)  if  the  name  is  provided   in   accordance   with
subparagraph (A)(i), indicates that the collateral is
held in a trust; or
(ii)   if   the  name  is  provided  in  accordance  with
subparagraph
(A)(ii),     provides     additional
information sufficient to distinguish the trust from
other trusts having one or more of the same settlors
or   the   same  testator  and  indicates  that  the
collateral is held in a trust, unless the additional
information so indicates;
(4) subject to subsection (g), if the debtor is an individual  to
whom  this  State has issued a driver's license or non-driver
photo identification card that has not expired, only  if  the
financing statement provides the name of the individual which
is  indicated  on  the  driver's  license or non-driver photo
identification card;
(5) if the debtor is an individual to whom paragraph (4) does not
apply,  only  if  the  financing   statement   provides   the
individual  name  of  the  debtor  or  the  surname and first
personal name of the debtor; and
(6) in other cases:
(A) if the debtor has a name, only if the financing statement
provides the organizational name of the debtor; and
(B) if the debtor does not have a name, only if  it  provides
the  names of the partners, members, associates, or other
persons comprising the debtor, in a manner that each name
provided would be sufficient if the person named were the
debtor.
(b) Additional debtor-related information. A financing statement  that
provides the name of the debtor in accordance with subsection (a) is not
rendered ineffective by the absence of:
(1) a trade name or other name of the debtor; or
(2) unless   required   under   subsection  (a)(6)(B),  names  of
partners, members, associates, or  other  persons  comprising
the debtor.
(c) Debtor's  trade  name  insufficient.  A  financing  statement that
provides only the debtor's trade name does not sufficiently provide  the
name of the debtor.
(d) Representative  capacity.  Failure  to indicate the representative
capacity of a secured party or representative of a  secured  party  does
not affect the sufficiency of a financing statement.
(e) Multiple  debtors  and  secured parties. A financing statement may
provide the name of more than one debtor and the name of more  than  one
secured party.
(f)  Name of decedent. The name of the decedent indicated on the order
appointing the personal representative of the  decedent  issued  by  the
court having jurisdiction over the collateral is sufficient as the "name
of the decedent" under subsection (a)(2).
(g)  Multiple  driver's  licenses.  If  this  State  has  issued to an
individual  more  than  one  driver's  license   or   non-driver   photo
identification  card  of  a kind described in subsection (a)(4), the one
that was issued most recently is the  one  to  which  subsection  (a)(4)
refers.
(h) Definition. In this section, the "name of the settlor or testator"
means:
(1) if the settlor is a registered organization, the name that is
stated  to be the settlor's name on the public organic record
most  recently  filed  with  or  issued  or  enacted  by  the
settlor's  jurisdiction  of  organization  which  purports to
state, amend, or restate the settlor's name; or
(2) in other cases, the name of the settlor or testator indicated
in the trust's organic record.