2023 Texas Statutes › Business and Commerce Code › Title 1 - Uniform Commercial Code › Chapter 9 - Secured Transactions › Subchapter F. Default › Section 9.620. Acceptance of Collateral in Full or Partial Satisfaction of Obligation; Compulsory Disposition of Collateral

Sec. 9.620.  ACCEPTANCE OF COLLATERAL IN FULL OR PARTIAL SATISFACTION OF OBLIGATION;  COMPULSORY DISPOSITION OF COLLATERAL.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (g), a secured party may accept collateral in full or partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures only if:
(1)  the debtor consents to the acceptance under Subsection (c);
(2)  the secured party does not receive, within the time set forth in Subsection (d), a notification of objection to the proposal authenticated by:
(A)  a person to which the secured party was required to send a proposal under Section 9.621;  or
(B)  any other person, other than the debtor, holding an interest in the collateral subordinate to the security interest that is the subject of the proposal;
(3)  if the collateral is consumer goods, the collateral is not in the possession of the debtor when the debtor consents to the acceptance;  and
(4)  Subsection (e) does not require the secured party to dispose of the collateral or the debtor waives the requirement pursuant to Section 9.624.
(b)  A purported or apparent acceptance of collateral under this section is ineffective unless:
(1)  the secured party consents to the acceptance in an authenticated record or sends a proposal to the debtor;  and
(2)  the conditions of Subsection (a) are met.
(c)  For purposes of this section:
(1)  a debtor consents to an acceptance of collateral in partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures only if the debtor agrees to the terms of the acceptance in a record authenticated after default;  and
(2)  a debtor consents to an acceptance of collateral in full satisfaction of the obligation it secures only if the debtor agrees to the terms of the acceptance in a record authenticated after default or the secured party:
(A)  sends to the debtor after default a proposal that is unconditional or subject only to a condition that collateral not in the possession of the secured party be preserved or maintained;
(B)  in the proposal, proposes to accept collateral in full satisfaction of the obligation it secures;  and
(C)  does not receive a notification of objection authenticated by the debtor within 20 days after the proposal is sent.
(d)  To be effective under Subsection (a)(2), a notification of objection must be received by the secured party:
(1)  in the case of a person to which the proposal was sent pursuant to Section 9.621, within 20 days after notification was sent to that person;  and
(2)  in other cases:
(A)  within 20 days after the last notification was sent pursuant to Section 9.621;  or
(B)  if a notification was not sent, before the debtor consents to the acceptance under Subsection (c).
(e)  A secured party that has taken possession of collateral shall dispose of the collateral pursuant to Section 9.610 within the time specified in Subsection (f) if:
(1)  60 percent of the cash price has been paid in the case of a purchase-money security interest in consumer goods;  or
(2)  60 percent of the principal amount of the obligation secured has been paid in the case of a non-purchase-money security interest in consumer goods.
(f)  To comply with Subsection (e), the secured party shall dispose of the collateral:
(1)  within 90 days after taking possession;  or
(2)  within any longer period to which the debtor and all secondary obligors have agreed in an agreement to that effect entered into and authenticated after default.
(g)  In a consumer transaction, a secured party may not accept collateral in partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.