Chapter 79 — Secured
Transactions
ORS sections in this chapter were
amended or repealed by the Legislative Assembly during its 2012 regular
session. See the table of ORS sections amended or repealed during the 2012
regular session: 2012 A&R Tables
2011 EDITION
SECURED TRANSACTIONS
COMMERCIAL TRANSACTIONS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Short Title, Definitions and General
Concepts)
79.0101 UCC
9-101. Short title
79.0102 UCC
9-102. Definitions and index of definitions
79.0103 UCC
9-103. Purchase-money security interest; application of payments; burden of
establishing
79.0104 UCC
9-104. Control of deposit account
79.0105 UCC
9-105. Control of electronic chattel paper
79.0106 UCC
9-106. Control of investment property
79.0107 UCC
9-107. Control of letter-of-credit right
79.0108 UCC
9-108. Sufficiency of description
(Applicability of Chapter)
79.0109 UCC
9-109. Scope
79.0110 UCC
9-110. Security interests arising under ORS chapter 72 or 72A
EFFECTIVENESS OF SECURITY AGREEMENT; ATTACHMENT
OF SECURITY INTEREST; RIGHTS OF PARTIES TO SECURITY AGREEMENT
(Effectiveness and Attachment)
79.0201 UCC
9-201. General effectiveness of security agreement
79.0202 UCC
9-202. Title to collateral immaterial
79.0203 UCC
9-203. Attachment and enforceability of security interest; proceeds; supporting
obligations; formal requisites
79.0204 UCC
9-204. After-acquired property; future advances
79.0205 UCC
9-205. Use or disposition of collateral permissible
79.0206 UCC
9-206. Security interest arising in purchase or delivery of financial asset
(Rights and Duties)
79.0207 UCC
9-207. Rights and duties of secured party having possession or control of
collateral
79.0208 UCC
9-208. Additional duties of secured party having control of collateral
79.0209 UCC
9-209. Duties of secured party if account debtor has been notified of
assignment
79.0210 UCC
9-210. Request for accounting; request regarding list of collateral or
statement of account
PERFECTION AND PRIORITY
(Law Governing Perfection and Priority)
79.0301 UCC
9-301. Law governing perfection and priority of security interests
79.0302 UCC
9-302. Law governing perfection and priority of agricultural liens
79.0303 UCC
9-303. Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in goods
covered by a certificate of title
79.0304 UCC
9-304. Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in deposit
accounts
79.0305 UCC
9-305. Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in investment
property
79.0306 UCC
9-306. Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in
letter-of-credit rights
79.0307 UCC
9-307. Location of debtor
(Perfection)
79.0308 UCC
9-308. When security interest or agricultural lien is perfected; continuity of
perfection
79.0309 UCC
9-309. Security interest perfected upon attachment
79.0310 UCC
9-310. When filing required to perfect security interest or agricultural lien;
security interests and agricultural liens to which filing provisions do not
apply
79.0311 UCC
9-311. Perfection of security interests in property subject to certain
statutes, regulations and treaties
79.0312 UCC
9-312. Perfection of security interests in chattel paper, deposit accounts,
documents, goods covered by documents, instruments, investment property,
letter-of-credit rights and money; perfection by permissive filing; temporary
perfection without filing or transfer of possession
79.0313 UCC
9-313. When possession by or delivery to secured party perfects security
interest without filing
79.0314 UCC
9-314. Perfection by control
79.0315 UCC
9-315. Secured party’s rights on disposition of collateral and in proceeds
79.0316 UCC
9-316. Continued perfection of security interest following change in governing
law
(Priority)
79.0317 UCC
9-317. Interests that take priority over or take free of security interest or
agricultural lien
79.0318 UCC
9-318. No interest retained in right to payment that is sold; rights and title
of seller of account or chattel paper with respect to creditors and purchasers
79.0319 UCC
9-319. Rights and title of consignee with respect to creditors and purchasers
79.0320 UCC
9-320. Buyer of goods
79.0321 UCC
9-321. Licensee of general intangible and lessee of goods in ordinary course of
business
79.0322 UCC
9-322. Priorities among conflicting security interests in and agricultural
liens on same collateral
79.0323 UCC
9-323. Future advances
79.0324 UCC
9-324. Priority of purchase-money security interests
79.0325 UCC
9-325. Priority of security interests in transferred collateral
79.0326 UCC
9-326. Priority of security interests created by new debtor
79.0327 UCC
9-327. Priority of security interests in deposit account
79.0328 UCC
9-328. Priority of security interests in investment property
79.0329 UCC
9-329. Priority of security interests in letter-of-credit right
79.0330 UCC
9-330. Priority of purchaser of chattel paper or instrument
79.0331 UCC
9-331. Priority of rights of purchasers of instruments, documents and
securities under ORS chapters 73, 77 and 78; priority of interests in financial
assets and security entitlements under ORS chapter 78
79.0332 UCC
9-332. Transfer of money; transfer of funds from deposit account
79.0333 UCC
9-333. Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law
79.0334 UCC
9-334. Priority of security interests in fixtures and crops
79.0335 UCC
9-335. Accessions
79.0336 UCC
9-336. Commingled goods
79.0337 UCC
9-337. Priority of security interests in goods covered by certificate of title
79.0338 UCC
9-338. Priority of security interest or agricultural lien perfected by filed
financing statement providing certain incorrect information
79.0339 UCC
9-339. Priority subject to subordination
(Rights of Bank)
79.0340 UCC
9-340. Effectiveness of right of recoupment or setoff against deposit account
79.0341 UCC
9-341. Bank’s rights and duties with respect to deposit account
79.0342 UCC
9-342. Bank’s right to refuse to enter into or disclose existence of control
agreement
RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES
79.0401 UCC
9-401. Alienability of debtor’s rights
79.0402 UCC
9-402. Secured party not obligated on contract of debtor or in tort
79.0403 UCC
9-403. Agreement not to assert defenses against assignee
79.0404 UCC
9-404. Rights acquired by assignee; claims and defenses against assignee
79.0405 UCC
9-405. Modification of assigned contract
79.0406 UCC
9-406. Discharge of account debtor; notification of assignment; identification
and proof of assignment; restrictions on assignment of accounts, chattel paper,
payment intangibles and promissory notes ineffective
79.0407 UCC
9-407. Restrictions on creation or enforcement of security interest in
leasehold interest or in lessor’s residual interest
79.0408 UCC
9-408. Restrictions on assignment of promissory notes, health-care-insurance receivables,
and certain general intangibles ineffective
79.0409 UCC
9-409. Restrictions on assignment of letter-of-credit rights ineffective
FILING
(Filing Office; Contents and
Effectiveness of Financing Statement)
79.0501 UCC
9-501. Filing office
79.0502 UCC
9-502. Contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as financing
statement; time of filing financing statement
79.0503 UCC
9-503. Name of debtor and secured party
79.0504 UCC
9-504. Indication of collateral
79.0505 UCC
9-505. Filing and compliance with other statutes and treaties for consignments,
leases, other bailments and other transactions
79.0506 UCC
9-506. Effect of errors or omissions
79.0507 UCC
9-507. Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement
79.0508 UCC
9-508. Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes bound by
security agreement
79.0509 UCC
9-509. Persons entitled to file a record
79.0510 UCC
9-510. Effectiveness of filed record
79.0511 UCC
9-511. Secured party of record
79.0512 UCC
9-512. Amendment of financing statement
79.0513 UCC
9-513. Termination statement
79.0514 UCC
9-514. Assignment of powers of secured party of record
79.0515 UCC
9-515. Duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed
financing statement; renewal notice; rules
79.0516 UCC
9-516. What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing
79.0517 UCC
9-517. Effect of indexing errors
79.0518 UCC
9-518. Claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed record
(Duties and Operation of Filing Office)
79.0519 UCC
9-519. Numbering, maintaining and indexing records; communicating information
provided in records
79.0520 UCC
9-520. Acceptance and refusal to accept record
79.0521 UCC
9-521. Uniform form of written financing statement and amendment
79.0522 UCC
9-522. Maintenance and destruction of records
79.0523 UCC
9-523. Information from filing office; sale or license of records
79.0524 UCC
9-524. Delay by filing office
79.0525 UCC
9-525. Fees; rules
79.0526 UCC
9-526. Filing-office rules
79.0527 UCC
9-527. Duty to report
79.0528 Liability
of Secretary of State
DEFAULT
(Default and Enforcement of Security
Interest)
79.0601 UCC
9-601. Rights after default; judicial enforcement; consignor or buyer of
accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes
79.0602 UCC
9-602. Waiver and variance of rights and duties
79.0603 UCC
9-603. Agreement on standards concerning rights and duties
79.0604 UCC
9-604. Procedure if security agreement covers real property or fixtures
79.0605 UCC
9-605. Unknown debtor or secondary obligor
79.0606 UCC
9-606. Time of default for agricultural lien
79.0607 UCC
9-607. Collection and enforcement by secured party
79.0608 UCC
9-608. Application of proceeds of collection or enforcement; liability for
deficiency and right to surplus
79.0609 UCC
9-609. Secured party’s right to take possession after default
79.0610 UCC
9-610. Disposition of collateral after default
79.0611 UCC
9-611. Notification before disposition of collateral
79.0612 UCC
9-612. Timeliness of notification before disposition of collateral
79.0613 UCC
9-613. Contents and form of notification before disposition of collateral:
general
79.0614 UCC
9-614. Contents and form of notification before disposition of collateral:
consumer-goods transaction
79.0615 UCC
9-615. Application of proceeds of disposition; liability for deficiency and
right to surplus
79.0616 UCC
9-616. Explanation of calculation of surplus or deficiency
79.0617 UCC
9-617. Rights of transferee of collateral
79.0618 UCC
9-618. Rights and duties of certain secondary obligors
79.0619 UCC
9-619. Transfer of record or legal title
79.0620 UCC
9-620. Acceptance of collateral in full or partial satisfaction of obligation;
compulsory disposition of collateral
79.0621 UCC
9-621. Notification of proposal to accept collateral
79.0622 UCC
9-622. Effect of acceptance of collateral
79.0623 UCC
9-623. Right to redeem collateral
79.0624 UCC
9-624. Waiver
(Noncompliance With Chapter)
79.0625 UCC
9-625. Remedies for secured party’s failure to comply with article
79.0626 UCC
9-626. Action in which deficiency or surplus is in issue
79.0627 UCC
9-627. Determination of whether conduct was commercially reasonable
79.0628 UCC
9-628. Nonliability and limitation on liability of secured party; liability of
secondary obligor
79.010, 79.020, 79.030, 79.040
[Repealed by 1961 c.726 §427]
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
(Short
Title, Definitions and General Concepts)
79.0101 UCC 9-101. Short title.
This chapter may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code–Secured Transactions. [2001
c.445 §1]
79.0102 UCC 9-102. Definitions and index
of definitions. (1) As used in this chapter:
(a)
“Accession” means goods that are physically united with other goods in such a
manner that the identity of the original goods is not lost.
(b)
“Account,” except as used in “account for”:
(A)
Means a right to payment of a monetary obligation, whether or not earned by
performance:
(i)
For property that has been or is to be sold, leased, licensed, assigned, or
otherwise disposed of;
(ii)
For services rendered or to be rendered;
(iii)
For a policy of insurance issued or to be issued;
(iv)
For a secondary obligation incurred or to be incurred;
(v)
For energy provided or to be provided;
(vi)
For the use or hire of a vessel under a charter or other contract;
(vii)
Arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or information contained on
or for use with the card; or
(viii)
As winnings in a lottery or other game of chance operated or sponsored by a
state, governmental unit of a state, or person licensed or authorized to
operate the game by a state or governmental unit of a state. The term includes
health-care-insurance receivables.
(B)
Does not include:
(i)
Rights to payment evidenced by chattel paper or an instrument;
(ii)
Commercial tort claims;
(iii)
Deposit accounts;
(iv)
Investment property;
(v)
Letter-of-credit rights or letters of credit; or
(vi)
Rights to payment for money or funds advanced or sold, other than rights
arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or information contained on
or for use with the card.
(c)(A)
“Account debtor” means a person obligated on an account, chattel paper or
general intangible.
(B)
The term does not include persons obligated to pay a negotiable instrument,
even if the instrument constitutes part of chattel paper.
(d)
“Accounting,” except as used in “accounting for,” means a record:
(A)
Authenticated by a secured party;
(B)
Indicating the aggregate unpaid secured obligations as of a date not more than
35 days earlier or 35 days later than the date of the record; and
(C)
Identifying the components of the obligations in reasonable detail.
(e)
“Agricultural lien” means an interest, other than a security interest or a lien
created under ORS 87.226, 87.228, 87.700 to 87.736 or 87.750 to 87.777, in farm
products:
(A)
Which secures payment or performance of an obligation for:
(i)
Goods or services furnished in connection with a debtor’s farming operation; or
(ii)
Rent on real property leased by a debtor in connection with its farming operation;
(B)
Which is created by statute in favor of a person that:
(i)
In the ordinary course of its business furnished goods or services to a debtor
in connection with a debtor’s farming operation; or
(ii)
Leased real property to a debtor in connection with the debtor’s farming
operation; and
(C)
Whose effectiveness does not depend on the person’s possession of the personal
property.
(f)
“As-extracted collateral” means:
(A)
Oil, gas or other minerals that are subject to a security interest that:
(i)
Is created by a debtor having an interest in the minerals before extraction;
and
(ii)
Attaches to the minerals as extracted; or
(B)
Accounts arising out of the sale at the wellhead or minehead of oil, gas or
other minerals in which the debtor had an interest before extraction.
(g)
“Authenticate” means:
(A)
To sign; or
(B)
To execute or otherwise adopt a symbol, or encrypt or similarly process a
record in whole or in part, with the present intent of the authenticating
person to identify the person and adopt or accept a record.
(h)
“Bank” means an organization that is engaged in the business of banking. The
term includes savings banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions and
trust companies.
(i)
“Cash proceeds” means proceeds that are money, checks, deposit accounts or the
like.
(j)
“Certificate of title” means a certificate of title with respect to which a
statute provides for the security interest in question to be indicated on the
certificate as a condition or result of the security interest’s obtaining
priority over the rights of a lien creditor with respect to the collateral.
(k)(A)
“Chattel paper” means a record or records that evidence both a monetary
obligation and a security interest in specific goods, a security interest in
specific goods and software used in the goods, a security interest in specific
goods and license of software used in the goods, a lease of specific goods, or
a lease of specific goods and license of software used in the goods. In this
paragraph, “monetary obligation” means a monetary obligation secured by the
goods or owed under a lease of the goods and includes a monetary obligation
with respect to software used in the goods.
(B)
The term does not include:
(i)
Charters or other contracts involving the use or hire of a vessel; or
(ii)
Records that evidence a right to payment arising out of the use of a credit or
charge card or information contained on or for use with the card. If a
transaction is evidenced by records that include an instrument or series of
instruments, the group of records taken together constitutes chattel paper.
(L)
“Collateral” means the property subject to a security interest or agricultural
lien. The term includes:
(A)
Proceeds to which a security interest attaches;
(B)
Accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles and promissory notes that have
been sold; and
(C)
Goods that are the subject of a consignment.
(m)
“Commercial tort claim” means a claim arising in tort with respect to which:
(A)
The claimant is an organization; or
(B)
The claimant is an individual and the claim:
(i)
Arose in the course of the claimant’s business or profession; and
(ii)
Does not include damages arising out of personal injury to or the death of an
individual.
(n)
“Commodity account” means an account maintained by a commodity intermediary in
which a commodity contract is carried for a commodity customer.
(o)
“Commodity contract” means a commodity futures contract, an option on a
commodity futures contract, a commodity option or another contract if the
contract or option is:
(A)
Traded on or subject to the rules of a board of trade that has been designated
as a contract market for such a contract pursuant to federal commodities laws;
or
(B)
Traded on a foreign commodity board of trade, exchange, or market, and is
carried on the books of a commodity intermediary for a commodity customer.
(p)
“Commodity customer” means a person for which a commodity intermediary carries
a commodity contract on its books.
(q)
“Commodity intermediary” means a person that:
(A)
Is registered as a futures commission merchant under federal commodities law;
or
(B)
In the ordinary course of its business provides clearance or settlement
services for a board of trade that has been designated as a contract market
pursuant to federal commodities law.
(r)
“Communicate” means:
(A)
To send a written or other tangible record;
(B)
To transmit a record by any means agreed upon by the persons sending and
receiving the record; or
(C)
In the case of transmission of a record to or by a filing office, to transmit a
record by any means prescribed by filing-office rule.
(s)
“Consignee” means a merchant to which goods are delivered in a consignment.
(t)
“Consignment” means a transaction, regardless of its form, in which a person
delivers goods to a merchant for the purpose of sale and:
(A)
The merchant:
(i)
Deals in goods of that kind under a name other than the name of the person
making delivery;
(ii)
Is not an auctioneer; and
(iii)
Is not generally known by its creditors to be substantially engaged in selling
the goods of others;
(B)
With respect to each delivery, the aggregate value of the goods is $1,000 or
more at the time of delivery;
(C)
The goods are not consumer goods immediately before delivery; and
(D)
The transaction does not create a security interest that secures an obligation.
(u)
“Consignor” means a person that delivers goods to a consignee in a consignment.
(v)
“Consumer debtor” means a debtor in a consumer transaction.
(w)
“Consumer goods” means goods that are used or bought for use primarily for
personal, family or household purposes.
(x)
“Consumer-goods transaction” means a consumer transaction in which:
(A)
An individual incurs an obligation primarily for personal, family or household
purposes; and
(B)
A security interest in consumer goods secures the obligation.
(y)
“Consumer obligor” means an obligor who is an individual and who incurred the
obligation as part of a transaction entered into primarily for personal, family
or household purposes.
(z)(A)
“Consumer transaction” means a transaction in which:
(i)
An individual incurs an obligation primarily for personal, family or household
purposes;
(ii)
A security interest secures the obligation; and
(iii)
The collateral is held or acquired primarily for personal, family or household
purposes.
(B)
The term includes consumer-goods transactions.
(aa)
“Continuation statement” means an amendment of a financing statement which:
(A)
Identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which it
relates; and
(B)
Indicates that it is a continuation statement for, or that it is filed to
continue the effectiveness of, the identified financing statement.
(bb)
“Debtor” means:
(A)
A person having an interest, other than a security interest or other lien, in
the collateral, whether or not the person is an obligor;
(B)
A seller of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes;
or
(C)
A consignee.
(cc)(A)
“Deposit account” means a demand, time, savings, passbook or similar account
maintained with a bank.
(B)
The term does not include investment property or accounts evidenced by an
instrument.
(dd)
“Document” means a document of title or a receipt of the type described in ORS
77.2010 (2).
(ee)
“Electronic chattel paper” means chattel paper evidenced by a record or records
consisting of information stored in an electronic medium.
(ff)
“Encumbrance” means a right, other than an ownership interest, in real
property. The term includes mortgages and other liens on real property.
(gg)
“Equipment” means goods other than inventory, farm products or consumer goods.
(hh)
“Farm products” means goods, other than standing timber, with respect to which
the debtor is engaged in a farming operation and which are:
(A)
Crops grown, growing, or to be grown, including:
(i)
Crops produced on trees, vines and bushes; and
(ii)
Aquatic goods produced in aquacultural operations;
(B)
Livestock, born or unborn, including aquatic goods produced in aquacultural
operations;
(C)
Supplies used or produced in a farming operation; or
(D)
Products of crops or livestock in their unmanufactured states.
(ii)
“Farming operation” means raising, cultivating, propagating, fattening, grazing
or any other farming, livestock or aquacultural operation.
(jj)
“File number” means the number assigned to an initial financing statement
pursuant to ORS 79.0519 (1).
(kk)
“Filing office” means an office designated in ORS 79.0501 as the place to file
a financing statement.
(LL)
“Filing-office rule” means a rule adopted pursuant to ORS 79.0526.
(mm)
“Financing statement” means a record or records composed of an initial
financing statement and any filed record relating to the initial financing
statement.
(nn)
“Fixture filing” means the filing of a financing statement covering goods that
are or are to become fixtures and satisfying ORS 79.0502 (1) and (2). The term
includes the filing of a financing statement covering goods of a transmitting
utility which are or are to become fixtures.
(oo)(A)
“Fixtures” means goods that have become so related to particular real property
that an interest in them arises under real property law.
(B)
The term does not include portable irrigation equipment including movable pipe,
pumps, electrical pump panels, pump columns, electrical wire, wheel lines,
center pivots and handlines.
(C)
The term includes domestic pumps, domestic pump wire, domestic pump panels,
domestic pump columns and buried irrigation equipment including buried pipe,
buried electrical wire and all buried well casings.
(pp)
“General intangible” means any personal property, including things in action,
other than accounts, chattel paper, commercial tort claims, deposit accounts,
documents, goods, instruments, investment property, letter-of-credit rights,
letters of credit, money and oil, gas or other minerals before extraction. The
term includes payment intangibles and software.
(qq)(A)
“Goods” means all things that are movable when a security interest attaches.
(B)
The term includes:
(i)
Fixtures;
(ii)
Standing timber that is to be cut and removed under a conveyance or contract
for sale;
(iii)
The unborn young of animals;
(iv)
Crops grown, growing or to be grown, even if the crops are produced on trees,
vines or bushes; and
(v)
Manufactured structures.
(C)
The term also includes a computer program embedded in goods and any supporting
information provided in connection with a transaction relating to the program
if:
(i)
The program is associated with the goods in such a manner that it customarily
is considered part of the goods; or
(ii)
By becoming the owner of the goods, a person acquires a right to use the
program in connection with the goods.
(D)
The term does not include a computer program embedded in goods that consist
solely of the medium in which the program is embedded. The term also does not
include accounts, chattel paper, commercial tort claims, deposit accounts,
documents, general intangibles, instruments, investment property,
letter-of-credit rights, letters of credit, money or oil, gas or other minerals
before extraction.
(rr)
“Governmental unit” means a subdivision, agency, department, county, parish,
municipality or other unit of the government of the United States, a state or a
foreign country. The term includes an organization having a separate corporate
existence if the organization is eligible to issue debt on which interest is
exempt from income taxation under the laws of the United States.
(ss)
“Health-care-insurance receivable” means an interest in or claim under a policy
of insurance which is a right to payment of a monetary obligation for
health-care goods or services provided.
(tt)(A)
“Instrument” means a negotiable instrument or any other writing that evidences
a right to the payment of a monetary obligation, is not itself a security
agreement or lease, and is of a type that in ordinary course of business is
transferred by delivery with any necessary indorsement or assignment.
(B)
The term does not include:
(i)
Investment property;
(ii)
Letters of credit; or
(iii)
Writings that evidence a right to payment arising out of the use of a credit or
charge card or information contained on or for use with the card.
(uu)
“Inventory” means goods, other than farm products, which:
(A)
Are leased by a person as lessor;
(B)
Are held by a person for sale or lease or to be furnished under a contract of
service;
(C)
Are furnished by a person under a contract of service; or
(D)
Consist of raw materials, work in process, or materials used or consumed in a
business.
(vv)
“Investment property” means a security, whether certificated or uncertificated,
security entitlement, securities account, commodity contract or commodity
account.
(ww)
“Jurisdiction of organization,” with respect to a registered organization,
means the jurisdiction under whose law the organization is organized.
(xx)(A)
“Letter-of-credit right” means a right to payment or performance under a letter
of credit, whether or not the beneficiary has demanded or is at the time
entitled to demand payment or performance.
(B)
The term does not include the right of a beneficiary to demand payment or
performance under a letter of credit.
(yy)
“Lien creditor” means:
(A)
A creditor that has acquired a lien on the property involved by attachment,
levy or the like;
(B)
An assignee for benefit of creditors from the time of assignment;
(C)
A trustee in bankruptcy from the date of the filing of the petition; or
(D)
A receiver in equity from the time of appointment.
(zz)
“Manufactured structure” has the meaning given that term in ORS 446.561.
(aaa)
“Manufactured-structure transaction” means a secured transaction:
(A)
That creates a purchase-money security interest in a manufactured structure,
other than a manufactured structure held as inventory; or
(B)
In which a manufactured structure, other than a manufactured structure held as
inventory, is the primary collateral.
(bbb)
“Mortgage” means a consensual interest in real property, including fixtures,
which secures payment or performance of an obligation.
(ccc)
“New debtor” means a person that becomes bound as debtor under ORS 79.0203 (4)
by a security agreement previously entered into by another person.
(ddd)(A)
“New value” means:
(i)
Money;
(ii)
Money’s worth in property, services or new credit; or
(iii)
Release by a transferee of an interest in property previously transferred to
the transferee.
(B)
The term does not include an obligation substituted for another obligation.
(eee)
“Noncash proceeds” means proceeds other than cash proceeds.
(fff)(A)
“Obligor” means a person that, with respect to an obligation secured by a security
interest in or an agricultural lien on the collateral:
(i)
Owes payment or other performance of the obligation;
(ii)
Has provided property other than the collateral to secure payment or other
performance of the obligation; or
(iii)
Is otherwise accountable in whole or in part for payment or other performance
of the obligation.
(B)
The term does not include issuers or nominated persons under a letter of
credit.
(ggg)
“Original debtor,” except as used in ORS 79.0310 (3), means a person that, as debtor,
entered into a security agreement to which a new debtor has become bound under
ORS 79.0203 (4).
(hhh)
“Payment intangible” means a general intangible under which the account debtor’s
principal obligation is a monetary obligation.
(iii)
“Person related to,” with respect to an individual, means:
(A)
The spouse of the individual;
(B)
A brother, brother-in-law, sister or sister-in-law of the individual;
(C)
An ancestor or lineal descendant of the individual or the individual’s spouse;
or
(D)
Any other relative, by blood or marriage, of the individual or the individual’s
spouse who shares the same home with the individual.
(jjj)
“Person related to,” with respect to an organization, means:
(A)
A person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common
control with the organization;
(B)
An officer or director of, or a person performing similar functions with
respect to, the organization;
(C)
An officer or director of, or a person performing similar functions with
respect to, a person described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph;
(D)
The spouse of an individual described in subparagraph (A), (B) or (C) of this
paragraph; or
(E)
An individual who is related by blood or marriage to an individual described in
subparagraph (A), (B), (C) or (D) of this paragraph and shares the same home
with the individual.
(kkk)
“Proceeds,” except as used in ORS 79.0609 (2), means the following property:
(A)
Whatever is acquired upon the sale, lease, license, exchange or other
disposition of collateral;
(B)
Whatever is collected on, or distributed on account of, collateral;
(C)
Rights arising out of collateral;
(D)
To the extent of the value of collateral, claims arising out of the loss,
nonconformity or interference with the use of, defects or infringement of
rights in, or damage to, the collateral; or
(E)
To the extent of the value of collateral and to the extent payable to the
debtor or the secured party, insurance payable by reason of the loss or
nonconformity of, defects or infringement of rights in, or damage to, the
collateral.
(LLL)
“Promissory note” means an instrument that evidences a promise to pay a
monetary obligation, does not evidence an order to pay, and does not contain an
acknowledgment by a bank that the bank has received for deposit a sum of money
or funds.
(mmm)
“Proposal” means a record authenticated by a secured party which includes the
terms on which the secured party is willing to accept collateral in full or
partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures pursuant to ORS 79.0620,
79.0621 and 79.0622.
(nnn)
“Public-finance transaction” means a secured transaction in connection with
which:
(A)
Debt securities are issued;
(B)
All or a portion of the securities issued have an initial stated maturity of at
least 20 years; and
(C)
The debtor, obligor, secured party, account debtor or other person obligated on
collateral, assignor or assignee of a secured obligation, or assignor or
assignee of a security interest is a state or a governmental unit of a state.
(ooo)
“Pursuant to commitment,” with respect to an advance made or other value given
by a secured party, means pursuant to the secured party’s obligation, whether
or not a subsequent event of default or other event not within the secured
party’s control has relieved or may relieve the secured party from its
obligation.
(ppp)
“Record,” except as used in “for record,” “of record,” “record or legal title”
and “record owner,” means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or
which is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in
perceivable form.
(qqq)
“Registered organization” means an organization organized solely under the law
of a single state or the United States and as to which the state or the United
States is required by statute or regulation to maintain a public record showing
the organization to have been organized.
(rrr)
“Secondary obligor” means an obligor to the extent that:
(A)
The obligor’s obligation is secondary; or
(B)
The obligor has a right of recourse with respect to an obligation secured by
collateral against the debtor, another obligor, or property of either.
(sss)
“Secured party” means:
(A)
A person in whose favor a security interest is created or provided for under a
security agreement, whether or not any obligation to be secured is outstanding;
(B)
A person that holds an agricultural lien;
(C)
A consignor;
(D)
A person to which accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory
notes have been sold;
(E)
A trustee, indenture trustee, agent, collateral agent or other representative
in whose favor a security interest or agricultural lien is created or provided
for; or
(F)
A person that holds a security interest arising under ORS 72.4010, 72.5050,
72.7110 (3), 72A.5080 (5), 74.2100 or 75.1180.
(ttt)
“Security agreement” means an agreement that creates or provides for a security
interest.
(uuu)
“Send,” in connection with a record or notification, means:
(A)
To deposit in the mail, deliver for transmission, or transmit by any other
usual means of communication, with postage or cost of transmission provided
for, addressed to any address reasonable under the circumstances; or
(B)
To cause the record or notification to be received within the time that it
would have been received if properly sent under subparagraph (A) of this
paragraph.
(vvv)(A)
“Software” means a computer program and any supporting information provided in
connection with a transaction relating to the program.
(B)
The term does not include a computer program that is included in the definition
of goods.
(www)
“State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, the United States Virgin Islands or any territory or insular possession
subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.
(xxx)
“Supporting obligation” means a letter-of-credit right or secondary obligation
that supports the payment or performance of an account, chattel paper, a
document, a general intangible, an instrument or investment property.
(yyy)
“Tangible chattel paper” means chattel paper evidenced by a record or records
consisting of information that is inscribed on a tangible medium.
(zzz)
“Termination statement” means an amendment of a financing statement which:
(A)
Identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which it
relates; and
(B)
Indicates either that it is a termination statement or that the identified
financing statement is no longer effective.
(aaaa)
“Transmitting utility” means an organization primarily engaged in the business
of:
(A)
Operating a railroad, subway, street railway or trolley bus;
(B)
Transmitting communications electrically, electromagnetically or by light;
(C)
Transmitting goods by pipeline or sewer; or
(D)
Transmitting or producing and transmitting electricity, steam, gas or water.
(2)
“Control” as provided in ORS 77.1060 and the following definitions in other
sections apply to this chapter:
“Applicant” ORS 75.1020
“Beneficiary” ORS 75.1020
“Broker” ORS 78.1020
“Certificated security” ORS 78.1020
“Check” ORS 73.0104
“Clearing corporation” ORS 78.1020
“Contract for sale” ORS 72.1060
“Customer” ORS 74.1040
“Entitlement holder” ORS 78.1020
“Financial asset” ORS 78.1020
“Holder in due course” ORS 73.0302
“Issuer” (with respect to a letter of credit
or letter-of-credit right) ORS
75.1020
“Issuer” (with respect to a security) ORS 78.2010
“Issuer” (with respect to documents of
title) ORS
77.1020
“Lease” ORS 72A.1030
“Lease agreement” ORS 72A.1030
“Lease contract” ORS 72A.1030
“Leasehold interest” ORS 72A.1030
“Lessee” ORS 72A.1030
“Lessee in ordinary course of business” ORS 72A.1030
“Lessor” ORS 72A.1030
“Lessor’s residual interest” ORS
72A.1030
“Letter of credit” ORS 75.1020
“Merchant” ORS 72.1040
“Negotiable instrument” ORS 73.0104
“Nominated person” ORS 75.1020
“Note” ORS 73.0104
“Proceeds of a letter of credit” ORS 75.1140
“Prove” ORS 73.0103
“Sale” ORS 72.1060
“Securities account” ORS 78.5010
“Securities intermediary” ORS 78.1020
“Security” ORS 78.1020
“Security certificate” ORS 78.1020
“Security entitlement” ORS 78.1020
“Uncertificated security” ORS 78.1020
(3) ORS chapter 71 contains general
definitions and principles of construction and interpretation applicable
throughout this chapter. [2001 c.445 §2; 2003 c.267 §1; 2003 c.655 §49; 2007
c.32 §1; 2009 c.181 §91]
79.0103
UCC 9-103. Purchase-money security interest; application of payments; burden of
establishing. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Purchase-money collateral” means
goods or software that secures a purchase-money obligation incurred with
respect to that collateral; and
(b) “Purchase-money obligation” means an
obligation of an obligor incurred as all or part of the price of the collateral
or for value given to enable the debtor to acquire rights in or the use of the
collateral if the value is in fact so used.
(2) A security interest in goods is a
purchase-money security interest:
(a) To the extent that the goods are
purchase-money collateral with respect to that security interest;
(b) If the security interest is in
inventory that is or was purchase-money collateral, also to the extent that the
security interest secures a purchase-money obligation incurred with respect to
other inventory in which the secured party holds or held a purchase-money
security interest; and
(c) Also to the extent that the security
interest secures a purchase-money obligation incurred with respect to software
in which the secured party holds or held a purchase-money security interest.
(3) A security interest in software is a
purchase-money security interest to the extent that the security interest also
secures a purchase-money obligation incurred with respect to goods in which the
secured party holds or held a purchase-money security interest if:
(a) The debtor acquired its interest in
the software in an integrated transaction in which it acquired an interest in
the goods; and
(b) The debtor acquired its interest in
the software for the principal purpose of using the software in the goods.
(4) The security interest of a consignor
in goods that are the subject of a consignment is a purchase-money security
interest in inventory.
(5) In a transaction other than a
consumer-goods transaction, if the extent to which a security interest is a
purchase-money security interest depends on the application of a payment to a
particular obligation, the payment must be applied:
(a) In accordance with any reasonable
method of application to which the parties agree;
(b) In the absence of the parties’
agreement to a reasonable method, in accordance with any intention of the
obligor manifested at or before the time of payment; or
(c) In the absence of an agreement to a
reasonable method and a timely manifestation of the obligor’s intention, in the
following order:
(A) To obligations that are not secured;
and
(B) If more than one obligation is
secured, to obligations secured by purchase-money security interests in the
order in which those obligations were incurred.
(6) In a transaction other than a
consumer-goods transaction, a purchase-money security interest does not lose
its status as such, even if:
(a) The purchase-money collateral also
secures an obligation that is not a purchase-money obligation;
(b) Collateral that is not purchase-money
collateral also secures the purchase-money obligation; or
(c) The purchase-money obligation has been
renewed, refinanced, consolidated, or restructured.
(7) In a transaction other than a
consumer-goods transaction, a secured party claiming a purchase-money security
interest has the burden of establishing the extent to which the security
interest is a purchase-money security interest.
(8) The limitation of the rules in
subsections (5), (6) and (7) of this section to transactions other than
consumer-goods transactions is intended to leave to the court the determination
of the proper rules in consumer-goods transactions. The court may not infer
from that limitation the nature of the proper rule in consumer-goods
transactions and may continue to apply established approaches. [2001 c.445 §3]
79.0104
UCC 9-104. Control of deposit account. (1) A secured
party has control of a deposit account if:
(a) The secured party is the bank with
which the deposit account is maintained;
(b) The debtor, secured party and bank
have agreed in an authenticated record that the bank will comply with
instructions originated by the secured party directing disposition of the funds
in the deposit account without further consent by the debtor; or
(c) The secured party becomes the bank’s
customer with respect to the deposit account.
(2) A secured party that has satisfied
subsection (1) of this section has control, even if the debtor retains the
right to direct the disposition of funds from the deposit account. [2001 c.445 §4]
79.0105
UCC 9-105. Control of electronic chattel paper.
A secured party has control of electronic chattel paper if the record or records
comprising the chattel paper are created, stored and assigned in such a manner
that:
(1) A single authoritative copy of the
record or records exists which is unique, identifiable and, except as otherwise
provided in subsections (4), (5) and (6) of this section, unalterable;
(2) The authoritative copy identifies the
secured party as the assignee of the record or records;
(3) The authoritative copy is communicated
to and maintained by the secured party or its designated custodian;
(4) Copies or revisions that add or change
an identified assignee of the authoritative copy can be made only with the
participation of the secured party;
(5) Each copy of the authoritative copy
and any copy of a copy is readily identifiable as a copy that is not the
authoritative copy; and
(6) Any revision of the authoritative copy
is readily identifiable as an authorized or unauthorized revision. [2001 c.445 §5]
79.0106
UCC 9-106. Control of investment property. (1) A
person has control of a certificated security, uncertificated security or
security entitlement as provided in ORS 78.1060.
(2) A secured party has control of a
commodity contract if:
(a) The secured party is the commodity
intermediary with which the commodity contract is carried; or
(b) The commodity customer, secured party
and commodity intermediary have agreed that the commodity intermediary will
apply any value distributed on account of the commodity contract as directed by
the secured party without further consent by the commodity customer.
(3) A secured party having control of all
security entitlements or commodity contracts carried in a securities account or
commodity account has control over the securities account or commodity account.
[2001 c.445 §6]
79.0107
UCC 9-107. Control of letter-of-credit right. A
secured party has control of a letter-of-credit right to the extent of any
right to payment or performance by the issuer or any nominated person if the
issuer or nominated person has consented to an assignment of proceeds of the
letter of credit under ORS 75.1140 (3) or otherwise applicable law or practice.
[2001 c.445 §7]
79.0108
UCC 9-108. Sufficiency of description. (1) Except as
otherwise provided in subsections (3), (4) and (5) of this section, a
description of personal or real property is sufficient, whether or not it is
specific, if it reasonably identifies what is described.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (4) of this section, a description of collateral reasonably
identifies the collateral if it identifies the collateral by:
(a) Specific listing;
(b) Category;
(c) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (5) of this section, a type of collateral defined in the Uniform
Commercial Code;
(d) Quantity;
(e) Computational or allocational formula
or procedure; or
(f) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (3) of this section, any other method, if the identity of the
collateral is objectively determinable.
(3) A description of collateral as “all
the debtor’s assets” or “all the debtor’s personal property” or using words of
similar import does not reasonably identify the collateral.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (5) of this section, a description of a security entitlement,
securities account or commodity account is sufficient if it describes:
(a) The collateral by those terms or as
investment property; or
(b) The underlying financial asset or
commodity contract.
(5) A description only by type of
collateral defined in the Uniform Commercial Code is an insufficient
description of:
(a) A commercial tort claim; or
(b) In a consumer transaction, consumer
goods, a security entitlement, a securities account or a commodity account. [2001
c.445 §8]
(Applicability
of Chapter)
79.0109
UCC 9-109. Scope. (1) Except as otherwise provided
in subsections (3) and (4) of this section, this chapter applies to:
(a) A transaction, regardless of its form,
that creates a security interest in personal property or fixtures by contract;
(b) An agricultural lien;
(c) A sale of accounts, chattel paper,
payment intangibles or promissory notes;
(d) A consignment;
(e) A security interest arising under ORS
72.4010, 72.5050, 72.7110 (3), or 72A.5080 (5), as provided in ORS 79.0110; and
(f) A security interest arising under ORS
74.2100 or 75.1180.
(2) The application of this chapter to a
security interest in a secured obligation is not affected by the fact that the
obligation is itself secured by a transaction or interest to which this chapter
does not apply.
(3) This chapter does not apply to the
extent that:
(a) A statute, regulation or treaty of the
United States preempts this chapter;
(b) Another statute of this state
expressly governs the creation, perfection, priority or enforcement of a
security interest created by this state or a governmental unit of this state;
(c) A statute of another state, a foreign
country, or a governmental unit of another state or a foreign country, other
than a statute generally applicable to security interests, expressly governs
creation, perfection, priority, or enforcement of a security interest created
by the state, country, or governmental unit;
(d) The rights of a transferee beneficiary
or nominated person under a letter of credit are independent and superior under
ORS 75.1140; or
(e) A provision of this chapter conflicts
with a provision of ORS 359.200 to 359.255.
(4) This chapter does not apply to:
(a) A landlord’s lien, other than an
agricultural lien;
(b) A lien, other than an agricultural
lien, given by statute or other rule of law for services or materials, but ORS
79.0333 applies with respect to priority of the lien;
(c) An assignment of a claim for wages,
salary or other compensation of an employee;
(d) A sale of accounts, chattel paper,
payment intangibles or promissory notes as part of a sale of the business out
of which they arose;
(e) An assignment of accounts, chattel
paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes which is for the purpose of
collection only;
(f) An assignment of a right to payment
under a contract to an assignee that is also obligated to perform under the
contract;
(g) An assignment of a single account,
payment intangible or promissory note to an assignee in full or partial
satisfaction of a preexisting indebtedness;
(h) A transfer of an interest in or an
assignment of a claim under a policy of insurance, other than an assignment by
or to a health-care provider of a health-care-insurance receivable and any
subsequent assignment of the right to payment, but ORS 79.0315 and 79.0322
apply with respect to proceeds and priorities in proceeds;
(i) An assignment of a right represented
by a judgment, other than a judgment taken on a right to payment that was
collateral;
(j) A right of recoupment or setoff, but:
(A) ORS 79.0340 applies with respect to
the effectiveness of rights of recoupment or setoff against deposit accounts;
and
(B) ORS 79.0404 applies with respect to
defenses or claims of an account debtor;
(k) The creation or transfer of an
interest in or lien on real property, including a lease or rents thereunder, or
a seller’s or purchaser’s interest in a land sale contract and the proceeds
thereof, except to the extent that provision is made for:
(A) Liens on real property in ORS 79.0203
and 79.0308;
(B) Fixtures in ORS 79.0334;
(C) Fixture filings in ORS 79.0501,
79.0502, 79.0512, 79.0516 and 79.0519; and
(D) Security agreements covering personal
and real property in ORS 79.0604;
(L) An assignment of a claim arising in
tort, other than a commercial tort claim, but ORS 79.0315 and 79.0322 apply
with respect to proceeds and priorities in proceeds; or
(m) An assignment, in a consumer
transaction, of a deposit account from which, under the terms of the account
agreement, third party payments may be made by means of a check, draft,
negotiable order of withdrawal or other order, but ORS 79.0315 and 79.0322
apply with respect to proceeds and priorities in proceeds. [2001 c.445 §9; 2011
c.230 §9]
79.0110
UCC 9-110. Security interests arising under ORS chapter 72 or 72A.
A security interest arising under ORS 72.4010, 72.5050, 72.7110 (3) or 72A.5080
(5) is subject to this chapter. However, until the debtor obtains possession of
the goods:
(1) The security interest is enforceable,
even if ORS 79.0203 (2)(c) has not been satisfied;
(2) Filing is not required to perfect the
security interest;
(3) The rights of the secured party after
default by the debtor are governed by ORS chapter 72 or 72A; and
(4) The security interest has priority
over a conflicting security interest created by the debtor. [2001 c.445 §10]
EFFECTIVENESS
OF SECURITY AGREEMENT; ATTACHMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST; RIGHTS OF PARTIES TO
SECURITY AGREEMENT
(Effectiveness
and Attachment)
79.0201
UCC 9-201. General effectiveness of security agreement.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in the Uniform Commercial Code, a security
agreement is effective according to its terms between the parties, against
purchasers of the collateral, and against creditors.
(2) A transaction subject to this chapter
is subject to any applicable rule of law which establishes a different rule for
consumers and is also subject to ORS 83.510 to 83.680 on retail installment
contracts and ORS chapter 725 on small loans.
(3) In case of conflict between this
chapter and a rule of law, statute or rule described in subsection (2) of this
section, the rule of law, statute or rule controls. Failure to comply with a
statute or rule described in subsection (2) of this section has only the effect
the statute or rule specifies.
(4) This chapter does not:
(a) Validate any rate, charge, agreement
or practice that violates a rule of law, statute or regulation described in
subsection (2) of this section; or
(b) Extend the application of the rule of
law, statute, or rule to a transaction not otherwise subject to it. [2001 c.445
§11]
79.0202
UCC 9-202. Title to collateral immaterial. Except
as otherwise provided with respect to consignments or sales of accounts,
chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes, the provisions of this
chapter with regard to rights and obligations apply whether title to collateral
is in the secured party or the debtor. [2001 c.445 §12]
79.0203
UCC 9-203. Attachment and enforceability of security interest; proceeds;
supporting obligations; formal requisites. (1) A
security interest attaches to collateral when it becomes enforceable against
the debtor with respect to the collateral, unless an agreement expressly
postpones the time of attachment.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in
subsections (3) to (9) of this section, a security interest is enforceable
against the debtor and third parties with respect to the collateral only if:
(a) Value has been given;
(b) The debtor has rights in the
collateral or the power to transfer rights in the collateral to a secured
party; and
(c) One of the following conditions is
met:
(A) The debtor has authenticated a
security agreement that provides a description of the collateral and, if the
security interest covers timber to be cut, a description of the land concerned;
(B) The collateral is not a certificated
security and is in the possession of the secured party under ORS 79.0313
pursuant to the debtor’s security agreement;
(C) The collateral is a certificated
security in registered form and the security certificate has been delivered to
the secured party under ORS 78.3010 pursuant to the debtor’s security agreement;
or
(D) The collateral is deposit accounts,
electronic chattel paper, investment property, letter-of-credit rights or
electronic documents, and the secured party has control under ORS 77.1060,
79.0104, 79.0105, 79.0106 or 79.0107 pursuant to the debtor’s security
agreement.
(3) Subsection (2) of this section is
subject to ORS 74.2100 on the security interest of a collecting bank, ORS
75.1180 on the security interest of a letter-of-credit issuer or nominated
person, ORS 79.0110 on a security interest arising under ORS chapter 72 or 72A
and ORS 79.0206 on security interests in investment property.
(4) A person becomes bound as debtor by a
security agreement entered into by another person if, by operation of law other
than this chapter or by contract:
(a) The security agreement becomes
effective to create a security interest in the person’s property; or
(b) The person becomes generally obligated
for the obligations of the other person, including the obligation secured under
the security agreement, and acquires or succeeds to all or substantially all of
the assets of the other person.
(5) If a new debtor becomes bound as
debtor by a security agreement entered into by another person:
(a) The agreement satisfies subsection
(2)(c) of this section with respect to existing or after-acquired property of
the new debtor to the extent the property is described in the agreement; and
(b) Another agreement is not necessary to
make a security interest in the property enforceable.
(6) The attachment of a security interest
in collateral gives the secured party the rights to proceeds provided by ORS
79.0315 and is also attachment of a security interest in a supporting
obligation for the collateral.
(7) The attachment of a security interest
in a right to payment or performance secured by a security interest or other
lien on personal or real property is also attachment of a security interest in
the security interest, mortgage or other lien.
(8) The attachment of a security interest
in a securities account is also attachment of a security interest in the
security entitlements carried in the securities account.
(9) The attachment of a security interest
in a commodity account is also attachment of a security interest in the
commodity contracts carried in the commodity account. [2001 c.445 §13; 2009
c.181 §92]
79.0204
UCC 9-204. After-acquired property; future advances.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a security
agreement may create or provide for a security interest in after-acquired collateral.
(2) A security interest does not attach
under a term constituting an after-acquired property clause to:
(a) Consumer goods, other than an
accession when given as additional security, unless the debtor acquires rights
in them within 10 days after the secured party gives value; or
(b) A commercial tort claim.
(3) A security agreement may provide that
collateral secures, or that accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or
promissory notes are sold in connection with, future advances or other value,
whether or not the advances or value are given pursuant to commitment. [2001
c.445 §14]
79.0205
UCC 9-205. Use or disposition of collateral permissible.
(1) A security interest is not invalid or fraudulent against creditors solely
because:
(a) The debtor has the right or ability
to:
(A) Use, commingle or dispose of all or
part of the collateral, including returned or repossessed goods;
(B) Collect, compromise, enforce or
otherwise deal with collateral;
(C) Accept the return of collateral or make
repossessions; or
(D) Use, commingle or dispose of proceeds;
or
(b) The secured party fails to require the
debtor to account for proceeds or replace collateral.
(2) This section does not relax the
requirements of possession if attachment, perfection or enforcement of a
security interest depends upon possession of the collateral by the secured
party. [2001 c.445 §15]
79.0206
UCC 9-206. Security interest arising in purchase or delivery of financial
asset. (1) A security interest in favor of a
securities intermediary attaches to a person’s security entitlement if:
(a) The person buys a financial asset
through the securities intermediary in a transaction in which the person is
obligated to pay the purchase price to the securities intermediary at the time
of the purchase; and
(b) The securities intermediary credits
the financial asset to the buyer’s securities account before the buyer pays the
securities intermediary.
(2) The security interest described in
subsection (1) of this section secures the person’s obligation to pay for the
financial asset.
(3) A security interest in favor of a
person that delivers a certificated security or other financial asset
represented by a writing attaches to the security or other financial asset if:
(a) The security or other financial asset:
(A) In the ordinary course of business is
transferred by delivery with any necessary indorsement or assignment; and
(B) Is delivered under an agreement
between persons in the business of dealing with such securities or financial assets;
and
(b) The agreement calls for delivery
against payment.
(4) The security interest described in
subsection (3) of this section secures the obligation to make payment for the
delivery. [2001 c.445 §16]
(Rights
and Duties)
79.0207
UCC 9-207. Rights and duties of secured party having possession or control of
collateral. (1) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (4) of this section, a secured party shall use reasonable care in
the custody and preservation of collateral in the secured party’s possession.
In the case of chattel paper or an instrument, reasonable care includes taking
necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties unless otherwise
agreed.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (4) of this section, if a secured party has possession of
collateral:
(a) Reasonable expenses, including the
cost of insurance and payment of taxes or other charges, incurred in the
custody, preservation, use or operation of the collateral are chargeable to the
debtor and are secured by the collateral;
(b) The risk of accidental loss or damage
is on the debtor to the extent of a deficiency in any effective insurance
coverage;
(c) The secured party shall keep the
collateral identifiable, but fungible collateral may be commingled; and
(d) The secured party may use or operate
the collateral:
(A) For the purpose of preserving the
collateral or its value;
(B) As permitted by an order of a court
having competent jurisdiction; or
(C) Except in the case of consumer goods,
in the manner and to the extent agreed by the debtor.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (4) of this section, a secured party having possession of collateral
or control of collateral under ORS 77.1060, 79.0104, 79.0105, 79.0106 or
79.0107:
(a) May hold as additional security any
proceeds, except money or funds, received from the collateral;
(b) Shall apply money or funds received
from the collateral to reduce the secured obligation, unless remitted to the
debtor; and
(c) May create a security interest in the
collateral.
(4) If the secured party is a buyer of
accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes or a
consignor:
(a) Subsection (1) of this section does
not apply unless the secured party is entitled under an agreement:
(A) To charge back uncollected collateral;
or
(B) Otherwise to full or limited recourse
against the debtor or a secondary obligor based on the nonpayment or other
default of an account debtor or other obligor on the collateral; and
(b) Subsections (2) and (3) of this section
do not apply. [2001 c.445 §17; 2009 c.181 §93]
79.0208
UCC 9-208. Additional duties of secured party having control of collateral.
(1) This section applies to cases in which there is no outstanding secured
obligation and the secured party is not committed to make advances, incur
obligations or otherwise give value.
(2) Within 10 days after receiving an
authenticated demand by the debtor:
(a) A secured party having control of a
deposit account under ORS 79.0104 (1)(b) shall send to the bank with which the
deposit account is maintained an authenticated statement that releases the bank
from any further obligation to comply with instructions originated by the
secured party;
(b) A secured party having control of a
deposit account under ORS 79.0104 (1)(c) shall:
(A) Pay the debtor the balance on deposit
in the deposit account; or
(B) Transfer the balance on deposit into a
deposit account in the debtor’s name;
(c) A secured party, other than a buyer,
having control of electronic chattel paper under ORS 79.0105 shall:
(A) Communicate the authoritative copy of
the electronic chattel paper to the debtor or its designated custodian;
(B) If the debtor designates a custodian
that is the designated custodian with which the authoritative copy of the
electronic chattel paper is maintained for the secured party, communicate to
the custodian an authenticated record releasing the designated custodian from
any further obligation to comply with instructions originated by the secured
party and instructing the custodian to comply with instructions originated by
the debtor; and
(C) Take appropriate action to enable the
debtor or its designated custodian to make copies of or revisions to the
authoritative copy which add or change an identified assignee of the
authoritative copy without the consent of the secured party;
(d) A secured party having control of
investment property under ORS 78.1060 (4)(b) or 79.0106 (2) shall send to the
securities intermediary or commodity intermediary with which the security
entitlement or commodity contract is maintained an authenticated record that
releases the securities intermediary or commodity intermediary from any further
obligation to comply with entitlement orders or directions originated by the
secured party;
(e) A secured party having control of a
letter-of-credit right under ORS 79.0107 shall send to each person having an
unfulfilled obligation to pay or deliver proceeds of the letter of credit to
the secured party an authenticated release from any further obligation to pay
or deliver proceeds of the letter of credit to the secured party; and
(f) A secured party having control of an
electronic document shall:
(A) Give control of the electronic
document to the debtor or a designated custodian;
(B) If the debtor designates a custodian
that is the designated custodian with which the authoritative copy of the
electronic document is maintained for the secured party, communicate to the
custodian an authenticated record releasing the designated custodian from any
further obligation to comply with instructions originated by the secured party
and instructing the custodian to comply with instructions originated by the
debtor; and
(C) Take appropriate action to enable the
debtor or its designated custodian to make copies of or revisions to the
authoritative copy that add or change an identified assignee of the
authoritative copy without the consent of the secured party. [2001 c.445 §18;
2009 c.181 §94]
79.0209
UCC 9-209. Duties of secured party if account debtor has been notified of assignment.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, this
section applies if:
(a) There is no outstanding secured
obligation; and
(b) The secured party is not committed to
make advances, incur obligations, or otherwise give value.
(2) Within 10 days after receiving an
authenticated demand by the debtor, a secured party shall send to an account
debtor that has received notification of an assignment to the secured party as
assignee under ORS 79.0406 (1) an authenticated record that releases the
account debtor from any further obligation to the secured party.
(3) This section does not apply to an
assignment constituting the sale of an account, chattel paper or payment
intangible. [2001 c.445 §19]
79.0210
UCC 9-210. Request for accounting; request regarding list of collateral or
statement of account. (1) As used in this section:
(a) “Request” means a record of a type
described in paragraph (b), (c) or (d) of this subsection.
(b) “Request for an accounting” means a
record authenticated by a debtor requesting that the recipient provide an
accounting of the unpaid obligations secured by collateral and reasonably
identifying the transaction or relationship that is the subject of the request.
(c) “Request regarding a list of
collateral” means a record authenticated by a debtor requesting that the
recipient approve or correct a list of what the debtor believes to be the
collateral securing an obligation and reasonably identifying the transaction or
relationship that is the subject of the request.
(d) “Request regarding a statement of
account” means a record authenticated by a debtor requesting that the recipient
approve or correct a statement indicating what the debtor believes to be the
aggregate amount of unpaid obligations secured by collateral as of a specified
date and reasonably identifying the transaction or relationship that is the
subject of the request.
(2) Subject to subsections (3), (4), (5)
and (6) of this section, a secured party, other than a buyer of accounts,
chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes or a consignor, shall
comply with a request within 14 days after receipt:
(a) In the case of a request for an
accounting, by authenticating and sending to the debtor an accounting; and
(b) In the case of a request regarding a
list of collateral or a request regarding a statement of account, by
authenticating and sending to the debtor an approval or correction.
(3) A secured party that claims a security
interest in all of a particular type of collateral owned by the debtor may
comply with a request regarding a list of collateral by sending to the debtor
an authenticated record including a statement to that effect within 14 days
after receipt.
(4) A person that receives a request
regarding a list of collateral, claims no interest in the collateral when it
receives the request, and claimed an interest in the collateral at an earlier
time shall comply with the request within 14 days after receipt by sending to
the debtor an authenticated record:
(a) Disclaiming any interest in the
collateral; and
(b) If known to the recipient, providing
the name and mailing address of any assignee of or successor to the recipient’s
interest in the collateral.
(5) A person that receives a request for
an accounting or a request regarding a statement of account, claims no interest
in the obligations when it receives the request, and claimed an interest in the
obligations at an earlier time shall comply with the request within 14 days
after receipt by sending to the debtor an authenticated record:
(a) Disclaiming any interest in the
obligations; and
(b) If known to the recipient, providing
the name and mailing address of any assignee of or successor to the recipient’s
interest in the obligations.
(6) A debtor is entitled without charge to
one response to a request under this section during any six-month period. The
secured party may require payment of a charge not exceeding $25 for each
additional response. [2001 c.445 §20]
PERFECTION
AND PRIORITY
(Law
Governing Perfection and Priority)
79.0301
UCC 9-301. Law governing perfection and priority of security interests.
Except as otherwise provided in ORS 79.0303 to 79.0306, the following rules
determine the law governing perfection, the effect of perfection or
nonperfection and the priority of a security interest in collateral:
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this
section, while a debtor is located in a jurisdiction, the local law of that
jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection and
the priority of a security interest in collateral.
(2) While collateral is located in a
jurisdiction, the local law of that jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect
of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a possessory security
interest in that collateral.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (4) of this section, while tangible negotiable documents, goods,
instruments, money or tangible chattel paper is located in a jurisdiction, the
local law of that jurisdiction governs:
(a) Perfection of a security interest in
the goods by filing a fixture filing;
(b) Perfection of a security interest in
timber to be cut; and
(c) The effect of perfection or
nonperfection and the priority of a nonpossessory security interest in the
collateral.
(4) The local law of the jurisdiction in
which the wellhead or minehead is located governs perfection, the effect of
perfection or nonperfection and the priority of a security interest in
as-extracted collateral. [2001 c.445 §21; 2009 c.181 §95]
79.0302
UCC 9-302. Law governing perfection and priority of agricultural liens.
While farm products are located in a jurisdiction, the local law of that
jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection and
the priority of an agricultural lien on the farm products. [2001 c.445 §22]
79.0303
UCC 9-303. Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in goods
covered by a certificate of title. (1) This
section applies to goods covered by a certificate of title, even if there is no
other relationship between the jurisdiction under whose certificate of title
the goods are covered and the goods or the debtor.
(2) Goods become covered by a certificate
of title when a valid application for the certificate of title and the
applicable fee are delivered to the appropriate authority. Goods cease to be
covered by a certificate of title at the earlier of the time the certificate of
title ceases to be effective under the law of the issuing jurisdiction or the
time the goods become covered subsequently by a certificate of title issued by
another jurisdiction.
(3) The local law of the jurisdiction
under whose certificate of title the goods are covered governs perfection, the
effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of a security interest
in goods covered by a certificate of title from the time the goods become
covered by the certificate of title until the goods cease to be covered by the
certificate of title. [2001 c.445 §23]
79.0304
UCC 9-304. Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in deposit
accounts. (1) The local law of a bank’s
jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection and
the priority of a security interest in a deposit account maintained with that
bank.
(2) The following rules determine a bank’s
jurisdiction for purposes of ORS 79.0301 to 79.0342:
(a) If an agreement between the bank and
the debtor governing the deposit account expressly provides that a particular
jurisdiction is the bank’s jurisdiction for purposes of ORS 79.0301 to 79.0342,
this chapter or the Uniform Commercial Code, that jurisdiction is the bank’s
jurisdiction.
(b) If paragraph (a) of this subsection
does not apply and an agreement between the bank and its customer governing the
deposit account expressly provides that the agreement is governed by the law of
a particular jurisdiction, that jurisdiction is the bank’s jurisdiction.
(c) If neither paragraph (a) nor paragraph
(b) of this subsection applies and an agreement between the bank and its
customer governing the deposit account expressly provides that the deposit
account is maintained at an office in a particular jurisdiction, that
jurisdiction is the bank’s jurisdiction.
(d) If paragraphs (a) to (c) of this
subsection do not apply, the bank’s jurisdiction is the jurisdiction in which
the office identified in an account statement as the office serving the
customer’s account is located.
(e) If paragraphs (a) to (d) of this
subsection do not apply, the bank’s jurisdiction is the jurisdiction in which
the chief executive office of the bank is located. [2001 c.445 §24]
79.0305
UCC 9-305. Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in
investment property. (1) Except as otherwise provided
in subsection (3) of this section, the following rules apply:
(a) While a security certificate is
located in a jurisdiction, the local law of that jurisdiction governs
perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection and the priority of a
security interest in the certificated security represented thereby.
(b) The local law of the issuer’s
jurisdiction as specified in ORS 78.1100 (4) governs perfection, the effect of
perfection or nonperfection and the priority of a security interest in an
uncertificated security.
(c) The local law of the securities
intermediary’s jurisdiction as specified in ORS 78.1100 (5) governs perfection,
the effect of perfection or nonperfection and the priority of a security
interest in a security entitlement or securities account.
(d) The local law of the commodity
intermediary’s jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or
nonperfection and the priority of a security interest in a commodity contract
or commodity account.
(2) The following rules determine a
commodity intermediary’s jurisdiction for purposes of ORS 79.0301 to 79.0342:
(a) If an agreement between the commodity
intermediary and commodity customer governing the commodity account expressly
provides that a particular jurisdiction is the commodity intermediary’s
jurisdiction for purposes of ORS 79.0301 to 79.0342, this chapter or the
Uniform Commercial Code, that jurisdiction is the commodity intermediary’s
jurisdiction.
(b) If paragraph (a) of this subsection
does not apply and an agreement between the commodity intermediary and
commodity customer governing the commodity account expressly provides that the
agreement is governed by the law of a particular jurisdiction, that
jurisdiction is the commodity intermediary’s jurisdiction.
(c) If neither paragraph (a) nor paragraph
(b) of this subsection applies and an agreement between the commodity
intermediary and commodity customer governing the commodity account expressly
provides that the commodity account is maintained at an office in a particular
jurisdiction, that jurisdiction is the commodity intermediary’s jurisdiction.
(d) If paragraphs (a) to (c) of this
subsection do not apply, the commodity intermediary’s jurisdiction is the
jurisdiction in which the office identified in an account statement as the
office serving the commodity customer’s account is located.
(e) If paragraphs (a) to (d) of this
subsection do not apply, the commodity intermediary’s jurisdiction is the
jurisdiction in which the chief executive office of the commodity intermediary
is located.
(3) The local law of the jurisdiction in
which the debtor is located governs:
(a) Perfection of a security interest in
investment property by filing;
(b) Automatic perfection of a security
interest in investment property created by a broker or securities intermediary;
and
(c) Automatic perfection of a security
interest in a commodity contract or commodity account created by a commodity
intermediary. [2001 c.445 §25]
79.0306
UCC 9-306. Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in
letter-of-credit rights. (1) Subject to subsection (3) of
this section, the local law of the issuer’s jurisdiction or a nominated person’s
jurisdiction governs perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection and
the priority of a security interest in a letter-of-credit right if the issuer’s
jurisdiction or nominated person’s jurisdiction is a state.
(2) For purposes of ORS 79.0301 to
79.0342, an issuer’s jurisdiction or nominated person’s jurisdiction is the
jurisdiction whose law governs the liability of the issuer or nominated person
with respect to the letter-of-credit right as provided in ORS 75.1160.
(3) This section does not apply to a
security interest that is perfected only under ORS 79.0308 (4). [2001 c.445 §26]
79.0307
UCC 9-307. Location of debtor. (1) As used
in this section, “place of business” means a place where a debtor conducts its
affairs.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this
section, the following rules determine a debtor’s location:
(a) A debtor who is an individual is
located at the individual’s principal residence.
(b) A debtor that is an organization and
has only one place of business is located at its place of business.
(c) A debtor that is an organization and
has more than one place of business is located at its chief executive office.
(3) Subsection (2) of this section applies
only if a debtor’s residence, place of business or chief executive office, as
applicable, is located in a jurisdiction whose law generally requires
information concerning the existence of a nonpossessory security interest to be
made generally available in a filing, recording or registration system as a
condition or result of the security interest’s obtaining priority over the
rights of a lien creditor with respect to the collateral. If subsection (2) of
this section does not apply, the debtor is located in the District of Columbia.
(4) A person that ceases to exist, have a
residence or have a place of business continues to be located in the
jurisdiction specified by subsections (2) and (3) of this section.
(5) A registered organization that is organized
under the law of a state is located in that state.
(6) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (9) of this section, a registered organization that is organized
under the law of the United States and a branch or agency of a bank that is not
organized under the law of the United States or a state are located:
(a) In the state that the law of the
United States designates, if the law designates a state of location;
(b) In the state that the registered
organization, branch or agency designates, if the law of the United States
authorizes the registered organization, branch or agency to designate its state
of location; or
(c) In the District of Columbia, if
neither paragraph (a) nor paragraph (b) of this subsection applies.
(7) A registered organization continues to
be located in the jurisdiction specified by subsection (5) or (6) of this
section notwithstanding:
(a) The suspension, revocation, forfeiture
or lapse of the registered organization’s status as such in its jurisdiction of
organization; or
(b) The dissolution, winding up or
cancellation of the existence of the registered organization.
(8) The United States is located in the
District of Columbia.
(9) A branch or agency of a bank that is
not organized under the law of the United States or a state is located in the
state in which the branch or agency is licensed, if all branches and agencies
of the bank are licensed in only one state.
(10) A foreign air carrier under the
Federal Aviation Act of 1958, as amended, is located at the designated office
of the agent upon which service of process may be made on behalf of the
carrier.
(11) This section applies only for
purposes of ORS 79.0301 to 79.0342. [2001 c.445 §27]
(Perfection)
79.0308
UCC 9-308. When security interest or agricultural lien is perfected; continuity
of perfection. (1) Except as otherwise provided in
this section and ORS 79.0309, a security interest is perfected if it has
attached and all of the applicable requirements for perfection in ORS 79.0310
to 79.0316 have been satisfied. A security interest is perfected when it
attaches if the applicable requirements are satisfied before the security
interest attaches.
(2) An agricultural lien is perfected if
it has become effective and all of the applicable requirements for perfection
in ORS 79.0310 have been satisfied. An agricultural lien is perfected when it
becomes effective if the applicable requirements are satisfied before the
agricultural lien becomes effective.
(3) A security interest or agricultural
lien is perfected continuously if it is originally perfected by one method
under this chapter and is later perfected by another method under this chapter,
without an intermediate period when it was unperfected.
(4) Perfection of a security interest in
collateral also perfects a security interest in a supporting obligation for the
collateral.
(5) Perfection of a security interest in a
right to payment or performance also perfects a security interest in a security
interest, mortgage or other lien on personal or real property securing the
right.
(6) Perfection of a security interest in a
securities account also perfects a security interest in the security
entitlements carried in the securities account.
(7) Perfection of a security interest in a
commodity account also perfects a security interest in the commodity contracts
carried in the commodity account. [2001 c.445 §28]
79.0309
UCC 9-309. Security interest perfected upon attachment.
The following security interests are perfected when they attach:
(1) A purchase-money security interest in
consumer goods, except as otherwise provided in ORS 79.0311 (2) with respect to
consumer goods that are subject to a statute or treaty described in ORS 79.0311
(1);
(2) An assignment of accounts or payment
intangibles which does not by itself or in conjunction with other assignments
to the same assignee transfer a significant part of the assignor’s outstanding
accounts or payment intangibles;
(3) A sale of a payment intangible;
(4) A sale of a promissory note;
(5) A security interest created by the
assignment of a health-care-insurance receivable to the provider of the
health-care goods or services;
(6) A security interest arising under ORS
72.4010, 72.5050, 72.7110 (3), or 72A.5080 (5), until the debtor obtains
possession of the collateral;
(7) A security interest of a collecting
bank arising under ORS 74.2100;
(8) A security interest of an issuer or
nominated person arising under ORS 75.1180;
(9) A security interest arising in the
delivery of a financial asset under ORS 79.0206 (3);
(10) A security interest in investment
property created by a broker or securities intermediary;
(11) A security interest in a commodity
contract or a commodity account created by a commodity intermediary;
(12) An assignment for the benefit of all
creditors of the transferor and subsequent transfers by the assignee
thereunder; and
(13) A security interest created by an
assignment of a beneficial interest in a decedent’s estate. [2001 c.445 §29]
79.0310
UCC 9-310. When filing required to perfect security interest or agricultural
lien; security interests and agricultural liens to which filing provisions do
not apply. (1) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (2) of this section and ORS 79.0312 (2), a financing statement must
be filed to perfect all security interests and agricultural liens.
(2) The filing of a financing statement is
not necessary to perfect a security interest:
(a) That is perfected under ORS 79.0308
(4), (5), (6) or (7);
(b) That is perfected under ORS 79.0309
when it attaches;
(c) In property subject to a statute,
regulation or treaty described in ORS 79.0311 (1);
(d) In goods in possession of a bailee
that are perfected under ORS 79.0312 (4)(a) or (b);
(e) In certificated securities, documents,
goods or instruments that are perfected without filing, control or possession
under ORS 79.0312 (5), (6) or (7);
(f) In collateral in the secured party’s
possession under ORS 79.0313;
(g) In a certificated security which is
perfected by delivery of the security certificate to the secured party under
ORS 79.0313;
(h) In deposit accounts, electronic
chattel paper, electronic documents, investment property or letter-of-credit
rights that are perfected by control under ORS 79.0314;
(i) In proceeds that are perfected under
ORS 79.0315; or
(j) That are perfected under ORS 79.0316.
(3) If a secured party assigns a perfected
security interest or agricultural lien, a filing under this chapter is not
required to continue the perfected status of the security interest against
creditors of and transferees from the original debtor. [2001 c.445 §30; 2009
c.181 §96]
79.0311
UCC 9-311. Perfection of security interests in property subject to certain
statutes, regulations and treaties. (1) Except as
otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, the filing of a financing
statement is not necessary or effective to perfect a security interest in
property subject to:
(a) A statute, regulation or treaty of the
United States whose requirements for a security interest’s obtaining priority
over the rights of a lien creditor with respect to the property preempt ORS
79.0310 (1);
(b) ORS chapter 830 and the Oregon Vehicle
Code;
(c) A certificate-of-title statute of
another jurisdiction which provides for a security interest to be indicated on
the certificate as a condition or result of the security interest’s obtaining
priority over the rights of a lien creditor with respect to the property; or
(d) ORS 446.611 (1).
(2) Compliance with the requirements of a
statute, regulation or treaty described in subsection (1) of this section for
obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor is equivalent to the
filing of a financing statement under this chapter. Except as otherwise
provided in subsection (4) of this section and ORS 79.0313, 79.0316 (4) and (5)
and 79.0334 for goods covered by a certificate of title or for a manufactured
structure, a security interest in property subject to a statute, regulation or
treaty described in subsection (1) of this section may be perfected only by
compliance with those requirements, and a security interest so perfected
remains perfected notwithstanding a change in the use or transfer of possession
of the collateral.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (4) of this section and ORS 79.0316 (4) and (5), duration and
renewal of perfection of a security interest perfected by compliance with the
requirements prescribed by a statute, regulation or treaty described in
subsection (1) of this section are governed by the statute, regulation or
treaty. In other respects, the security interest is subject to this chapter.
(4) During any period in which collateral
subject to a statute specified in subsection (1)(b) or (d) of this section is
inventory held for sale or lease by a person or leased by that person as lessor
and that person is in the business of selling goods of that kind, this section
does not apply to a security interest in that collateral created by that
person. [2001 c.445 §31; 2003 c.655 §50]
79.0312
UCC 9-312. Perfection of security interests in chattel paper, deposit accounts,
documents, goods covered by documents, instruments, investment property,
letter-of-credit rights and money; perfection by permissive filing; temporary
perfection without filing or transfer of possession.
(1) A security interest in chattel paper, negotiable documents, instruments or
investment property may be perfected by filing. Except for goods in which
filing is not necessary or effective to perfect a security interest under this
chapter, a security interest in goods may be perfected by filing.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in ORS
79.0315 (3) and (4) for proceeds:
(a) A security interest in a deposit
account may be perfected only by control under ORS 79.0314;
(b) And except as otherwise provided in
ORS 79.0308 (4), a security interest in a letter-of-credit right may be
perfected only by control under ORS 79.0314; and
(c) A security interest in money may be
perfected only by the secured party’s taking possession under ORS 79.0313.
(3) While goods are in the possession of a
bailee that has issued a negotiable document covering the goods:
(a) A security interest in the goods may
be perfected by perfecting a security interest in the document; and
(b) A security interest perfected in the
document has priority over any security interest that becomes perfected in the
goods by another method during that time.
(4) While goods are in the possession of a
bailee that has issued a nonnegotiable document covering the goods, a security
interest in the goods may be perfected by:
(a) Issuance of a document in the name of
the secured party;
(b) The bailee’s receipt of notification
of the secured party’s interest; or
(c) Filing as to the goods.
(5) A security interest in certificated
securities, negotiable documents or instruments is perfected without filing or
the taking of possession or control for a period of 20 days from the time it
attaches to the extent that it arises for new value given under an
authenticated security agreement.
(6) A perfected security interest in a
negotiable document or goods in possession of a bailee, other than one that has
issued a negotiable document for the goods, remains perfected for 20 days
without filing if the secured party makes available to the debtor the goods or
documents representing the goods for the purpose of:
(a) Ultimate sale or exchange; or
(b) Loading, unloading, storing, shipping,
transshipping, manufacturing, processing or otherwise dealing with them in a
manner preliminary to their sale or exchange.
(7) A perfected security interest in a
certificated security or instrument remains perfected for 20 days without
filing if the secured party delivers the security certificate or instrument to
the debtor for the purpose of:
(a) Ultimate sale or exchange; or
(b) Presentation, collection, enforcement,
renewal or registration of transfer.
(8) After the 20-day period specified in
subsection (5), (6) or (7) of this section expires, perfection depends upon
compliance with this chapter. [2001 c.445 §32; 2009 c.181 §97]
79.0313
UCC 9-313. When possession by or delivery to secured party perfects security
interest without filing. (1) Except as otherwise provided
in subsection (2) of this section, a secured party may perfect a security
interest in tangible negotiable documents, goods, instruments, money or tangible
chattel paper by taking possession of the collateral. A secured party may
perfect a security interest in certificated securities by taking delivery of
the certificated securities under ORS 78.3010.
(2) With respect to goods that are covered
by a certificate of title issued by this state or that are manufactured
structures, a secured party may perfect a security interest in the goods by
taking possession of the goods only in the circumstances described in ORS
79.0316 (5).
(3) With respect to collateral other than
certificated securities and goods covered by a document, a secured party takes
possession of collateral in the possession of a person other than the debtor,
the secured party or a lessee of the collateral from the debtor in the ordinary
course of the debtor’s business, when:
(a) The person in possession authenticates
a record acknowledging that it holds possession of the collateral for the
secured party’s benefit; or
(b) The person takes possession of the
collateral after having authenticated a record acknowledging that it will hold
possession of collateral for the secured party’s benefit.
(4) If perfection of a security interest
depends upon possession of the collateral by a secured party, perfection occurs
no earlier than the time the secured party takes possession and continues only
while the secured party retains possession.
(5) A security interest in a certificated
security in registered form is perfected by delivery when delivery of the
certificated security occurs under ORS 78.3010 and remains perfected by
delivery until the debtor obtains possession of the security certificate.
(6) A person in possession of collateral
is not required to acknowledge that it holds possession for a secured party’s
benefit.
(7) If a person acknowledges that it holds
possession for the secured party’s benefit:
(a) The acknowledgment is effective under
subsection (3) of this section or ORS 78.3010 (1), even if the acknowledgment
violates the rights of a debtor; and
(b) Unless the person otherwise agrees or
law other than this chapter otherwise provides, the person does not owe any
duty to the secured party and is not required to confirm the acknowledgment to
another person.
(8) A secured party having possession of
collateral does not relinquish possession by delivering the collateral to a
person other than the debtor or a lessee of the collateral from the debtor in
the ordinary course of the debtor’s business if the person was instructed
before the delivery or is instructed contemporaneously with the delivery:
(a) To hold possession of the collateral
for the secured party’s benefit; or
(b) To redeliver the collateral to the
secured party.
(9) A secured party does not relinquish
possession, even if a delivery under subsection (8) of this section violates
the rights of a debtor. A person to which collateral is delivered under
subsection (8) of this section does not owe any duty to the secured party and
is not required to confirm the delivery to another person unless the person
otherwise agrees or law other than this chapter otherwise provides. [2001 c.445
§33; 2003 c.655 §51; 2009 c.181 §98]
79.0314
UCC 9-314. Perfection by control. (1) A
security interest in investment property, deposit accounts, letter-of-credit
rights, electronic chattel paper or electronic documents may be perfected by
control of the collateral under ORS 77.1060, 79.0104, 79.0105, 79.0106 or
79.0107.
(2) A security interest in deposit
accounts, electronic chattel paper, letter-of-credit rights or electronic
documents is perfected by control under ORS 77.1060, 79.0104, 79.0105 or
79.0107 when the secured party obtains control and remains perfected by control
only while the secured party retains control.
(3) A security interest in investment
property is perfected by control under ORS 79.0106 from the time the secured
party obtains control and remains perfected by control until:
(a) The secured party does not have
control; and
(b) One of the following occurs:
(A) If the collateral is a certificated
security, the debtor has or acquires possession of the security certificate;
(B) If the collateral is an uncertificated
security, the issuer has registered or registers the debtor as the registered
owner; or
(C) If the collateral is a security
entitlement, the debtor is or becomes the entitlement holder. [2001 c.445 §34;
2009 c.181 §99]
79.0315
UCC 9-315. Secured party’s rights on disposition of collateral and in proceeds.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter and in ORS 72.4030 (2):
(a) A security interest or agricultural lien
continues in collateral notwithstanding sale, lease, license, exchange or other
disposition thereof unless the secured party authorized the disposition free of
the security interest or agricultural lien; and
(b) A security interest attaches to any
identifiable proceeds of collateral.
(2) Proceeds that are commingled with
other property are identifiable proceeds:
(a) If the proceeds are goods, to the
extent provided by ORS 79.0336; and
(b) If the proceeds are not goods, to the
extent that the secured party identifies the proceeds by a method of tracing,
including application of equitable principles, that is permitted under law
other than this chapter with respect to commingled property of the type
involved.
(3) A security interest in proceeds is a
perfected security interest if the security interest in the original collateral
was perfected.
(4) A perfected security interest in
proceeds becomes unperfected on the 21st day after the security interest
attaches to the proceeds unless:
(a) The following conditions are
satisfied:
(A) A filed financing statement covers the
original collateral;
(B) The proceeds are collateral in which a
security interest may be perfected by filing in the office in which the
financing statement has been filed; and
(C) The proceeds are not acquired with
cash proceeds;
(b) The proceeds are identifiable cash
proceeds; or
(c) The security interest in the proceeds
is perfected other than under subsection (3) of this section when the security
interest attaches to the proceeds or within 20 days thereafter.
(5) If a filed financing statement covers
the original collateral, a security interest in proceeds which remains
perfected under subsection (4)(a) of this section becomes unperfected at the
later of:
(a) When the effectiveness of the filed
financing statement lapses under ORS 79.0515 or is terminated under ORS
79.0513; or
(b) The 21st day after the security
interest attaches to the proceeds. [2001 c.445 §35; 2003 c.14 §26]
79.0316
UCC 9-316. Continued perfection of security interest following change in
governing law. (1) A security interest perfected
pursuant to the law of the jurisdiction designated in ORS 79.0301 (1) or
79.0305 (3) remains perfected until the earliest of:
(a) The time perfection would have ceased
under the law of that jurisdiction;
(b) The expiration of four months after a
change of the debtor’s location to another jurisdiction; or
(c) The expiration of one year after a
transfer of collateral to a person that thereby becomes a debtor and is located
in another jurisdiction.
(2) If a security interest described in
subsection (1) of this section becomes perfected under the law of the other
jurisdiction before the earliest time or event described in that subsection, it
remains perfected thereafter. If the security interest does not become
perfected under the law of the other jurisdiction before the earliest time or
event, it becomes unperfected and is deemed never to have been perfected as
against a purchaser of the collateral for value.
(3) A possessory security interest in
collateral, other than goods covered by a certificate of title, a manufactured
structure or as-extracted collateral consisting of goods, remains continuously
perfected if:
(a) The collateral is located in one
jurisdiction and subject to a security interest perfected under the law of that
jurisdiction;
(b) Thereafter the collateral is brought
into another jurisdiction; and
(c) Upon entry into the other
jurisdiction, the security interest is perfected under the law of the other
jurisdiction.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (5) of this section, a security interest in goods covered by a
certificate of title or in a manufactured structure that is perfected by any
method under the law of another jurisdiction when the goods become covered by a
certificate of title or a manufactured structure ownership document or deed
record in this state remains perfected until the security interest would have
become unperfected under the law of the other jurisdiction had the goods not
become so covered.
(5) A security interest described in
subsection (4) of this section becomes unperfected as against a purchaser of
the goods for value and is deemed never to have been perfected as against a
purchaser of the goods for value if the applicable requirements for perfection
under ORS 79.0311 (2) or 79.0313 are not satisfied before the earlier of:
(a) The time the security interest would
have become unperfected under the law of the other jurisdiction had the goods
not become covered by a certificate of title or a manufactured structure
ownership document or deed record in this state; or
(b) The expiration of four months after
the goods had become so covered.
(6) A security interest in deposit
accounts, letter-of-credit rights or investment property which is perfected
under the law of the bank’s jurisdiction, the issuer’s jurisdiction, a
nominated person’s jurisdiction, the securities intermediary’s jurisdiction or
the commodity intermediary’s jurisdiction, as applicable, remains perfected
until the earlier of:
(a) The time the security interest would
have become unperfected under the law of that jurisdiction; or
(b) The expiration of four months after a
change of the applicable jurisdiction to another jurisdiction.
(7) If a security interest described in
subsection (6) of this section becomes perfected under the law of the other
jurisdiction before the earlier of the time or the end of the period described
in subsection (6) of this section, it remains perfected thereafter. If the
security interest does not become perfected under the law of the other
jurisdiction before the earlier of that time or the end of that period, it
becomes unperfected and is deemed never to have been perfected as against a
purchaser of the collateral for value. [2001 c.445 §36; 2003 c.655 §52]
(Priority)
79.0317
UCC 9-317. Interests that take priority over or take free of security interest
or agricultural lien. (1) A security interest or
agricultural lien is subordinate to the rights of:
(a) A person entitled to priority under
ORS 79.0322; and
(b) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (5) of this section, a person that becomes a lien creditor before
the earlier of the time:
(A) The security interest or agricultural
lien is perfected; or
(B) One of the conditions specified in ORS
79.0203 (2)(c) is met and a financing statement covering the collateral is
filed.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (5) of this section, a buyer, other than a secured party, of
tangible chattel paper, tangible documents, goods, instruments or a security
certificate takes free of a security interest or agricultural lien if the buyer
gives value and receives delivery of the collateral without knowledge of the
security interest or agricultural lien and before it is perfected.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (5) of this section, a lessee of goods takes free of a security
interest or agricultural lien if the lessee gives value and receives delivery
of the collateral without knowledge of the security interest or agricultural
lien and before it is perfected.
(4) A licensee of a general intangible or
a buyer, other than a secured party, of accounts, electronic chattel paper,
electronic documents, general intangibles or investment property other than a
certificated security takes free of a security interest if the licensee or
buyer gives value without knowledge of the security interest and before it is
perfected.
(5) Except as otherwise provided in ORS
79.0320 and 79.0321, if a person files a financing statement with respect to a
purchase-money security interest before or within 20 days after the debtor
receives delivery of the collateral, the security interest takes priority over
the rights of a buyer, lessee or lien creditor which arise between the time the
security interest attaches and the time of filing. [2001 c.445 §37; 2009 c.181 §100]
79.0318
UCC 9-318. No interest retained in right to payment that is sold; rights and
title of seller of account or chattel paper with respect to creditors and
purchasers. (1) A debtor that has sold an account,
chattel paper, payment intangible or promissory note does not retain a legal or
equitable interest in the collateral sold.
(2) For purposes of determining the rights
of creditors of, and purchasers for value of an account or chattel paper from,
a debtor that has sold an account or chattel paper, while the buyer’s security
interest is unperfected, the debtor is deemed to have rights and title to the
account or chattel paper identical to those the debtor sold. [2001 c.445 §38]
79.0319
UCC 9-319. Rights and title of consignee with respect to creditors and
purchasers. (1) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (2) of this section, for purposes of determining the rights of
creditors of, and purchasers for value of goods from, a consignee, while the
goods are in the possession of the consignee, the consignee is deemed to have
rights and title to the goods identical to those the consignor had or had power
to transfer.
(2) For purposes of determining the rights
of a creditor of a consignee, law other than this chapter determines the rights
and title of a consignee while goods are in the consignee’s possession if,
under ORS 79.0301 to 79.0342, a perfected security interest held by the
consignor would have priority over the rights of the creditor. [2001 c.445 §39]
79.0320
UCC 9-320. Buyer of goods. (1) Except as otherwise provided
in subsection (5) of this section, 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.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (5) of this section, 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:
(a) Without knowledge of the security
interest;
(b) For value;
(c) Primarily for the buyer’s personal,
family or household purposes; and
(d) Before the filing of a financing
statement covering the goods.
(3) To the extent that it affects the
priority of a security interest over a buyer of goods under subsection (2) of
this section, the period of effectiveness of a filing made in the jurisdiction
in which the seller is located is governed by ORS 79.0316 (1) and (2).
(4) 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.
(5) Subsections (1) and (2) of this
section do not affect a security interest in goods in the possession of the
secured party under ORS 79.0313. [2001 c.445 §40]
79.0321
UCC 9-321. Licensee of general intangible and lessee of goods in ordinary
course of business. (1) As used 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.
(2) 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.
(3) 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. [2001 c.445 §41]
79.0322
UCC 9-322. Priorities among conflicting security interests in and agricultural
liens on same collateral. (1) Except as otherwise provided
in this section, priority among conflicting security interests and agricultural
liens in the same collateral is determined according to the following rules:
(a) Conflicting perfected security
interests and agricultural liens rank according to priority in time of filing
or perfection. Priority dates from the earlier of the time a filing covering
the collateral is first made or the security interest or agricultural lien is
first perfected, if there is no period thereafter when there is neither filing
nor perfection.
(b) A perfected security interest or
agricultural lien has priority over a conflicting unperfected security interest
or agricultural lien.
(c) The first security interest or
agricultural lien to attach or become effective has priority if conflicting
security interests and agricultural liens are unperfected.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a)
of this section:
(a) The time of filing or perfection as to
a security interest in collateral is also the time of filing or perfection as to
a security interest in proceeds; and
(b) The time of filing or perfection as to
a security interest in collateral supported by a supporting obligation is also
the time of filing or perfection as to a security interest in the supporting
obligation.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (6) of this section, a security interest in collateral which
qualifies for priority over a conflicting security interest under ORS 79.0327,
79.0328, 79.0329, 79.0330 or 79.0331 also has priority over a conflicting
security interest in:
(a) Any supporting obligation for the
collateral; and
(b) Proceeds of the collateral if:
(A) The security interest in proceeds is
perfected;
(B) The proceeds are cash proceeds or of
the same type as the collateral; and
(C) In the case of proceeds that are
proceeds of proceeds, all intervening proceeds are cash proceeds, proceeds of
the same type as the collateral or an account relating to the collateral.
(4) Subject to subsection (5) of this
section and except as otherwise provided in subsection (6) of this section, if
a security interest in chattel paper, deposit accounts, negotiable documents,
instruments, investment property or letter-of-credit rights is perfected by a
method other than filing, conflicting perfected security interests in proceeds
of the collateral rank according to priority in time of filing.
(5) Subsection (4) of this section applies
only if the proceeds of the collateral are not cash proceeds, chattel paper,
negotiable documents, instruments, investment property or letter-of-credit
rights.
(6) Subsections (1) to (5) of this section
are subject to:
(a) Subsection (7) of this section and the
other provisions of ORS 79.0301 to 79.0342;
(b) ORS 74.2100 with respect to a security
interest of a collecting bank;
(c) ORS 75.1180 with respect to a security
interest of an issuer or nominated person; and
(d) ORS 79.0110 with respect to a security
interest arising under ORS chapter 72 or 72A.
(7) A perfected agricultural lien on
collateral has priority over a conflicting security interest in or agricultural
lien on the same collateral if the statute creating the agricultural lien so
provides. [2001 c.445 §42]
79.0323
UCC 9-323. Future advances. (1) Except as otherwise provided
in subsection (3) of this section, for purposes of determining the priority of
a perfected security interest under ORS 79.0322 (1)(a), perfection of the
security interest dates from the time an advance is made to the extent that the
security interest secures an advance that:
(a) Is made while the security interest is
perfected only:
(A) Under ORS 79.0309 when it attaches; or
(B) Temporarily under ORS 79.0312 (5), (6)
or (7); and
(b) Is not made pursuant to a commitment
entered into before or while the security interest is perfected by a method
other than under ORS 79.0309 or 79.0312 (5), (6) or (7).
(2) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (3) of this section, a security interest is subordinate to the
rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor to the extent that the security
interest secures an advance made more than 45 days after the person becomes a
lien creditor unless the advance is made:
(a) Without knowledge of the lien; or
(b) Pursuant to a commitment entered into
without knowledge of the lien.
(3) Subsections (1) and (2) of this
section do 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.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (5) of this section, 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:
(a) The time the secured party acquires
knowledge of the buyer’s purchase; or
(b) Forty-five days after the purchase.
(5) Subsection (4) of this section 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.
(6) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (7) of this section, 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:
(a) The time the secured party acquires
knowledge of the lease; or
(b) Forty-five days after the lease
contract becomes enforceable.
(7) Subsection (6) of this section 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. [2001
c.445 §43]
79.0324
UCC 9-324. Priority of purchase-money security interests.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (7) of this section, a perfected
purchase-money security interest in goods other than inventory or livestock has
priority over a conflicting security interest in the same goods, and, except as
otherwise provided in ORS 79.0327, a perfected security interest in its
identifiable proceeds also has priority, if the purchase-money security
interest is perfected when the debtor receives possession of the collateral or
within 20 days thereafter.
(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this
section and except as otherwise provided in subsection (7) of this section, a
perfected purchase-money security interest in inventory has priority over a
conflicting security interest in the same inventory, has priority over a
conflicting security interest in chattel paper or an instrument constituting
proceeds of the inventory and in proceeds of the chattel paper, if so provided
in ORS 79.0330, and, except as otherwise provided in ORS 79.0327, also has
priority in identifiable cash proceeds of the inventory to the extent the
identifiable cash proceeds are received on or before the delivery of the
inventory to a buyer, if:
(a) The purchase-money security interest
is perfected when the debtor receives possession of the inventory;
(b) The purchase-money secured party sends
an authenticated notification to the holder of the conflicting security
interest;
(c) The holder of the conflicting security
interest receives the notification within five years before the debtor receives
possession of the inventory; and
(d) The notification states that the
person sending the notification has or expects to acquire a purchase-money
security interest in inventory of the debtor and describes the inventory.
(3) Subsection (2)(b) to (d) of this
section applies only if the holder of the conflicting security interest had
filed a financing statement covering the same types of inventory:
(a) If the purchase-money security
interest is perfected by filing, before the date of the filing; or
(b) If the purchase-money security
interest is temporarily perfected without filing or possession under ORS
79.0312 (6), before the beginning of the 20-day period thereunder.
(4) Subject to subsection (5) of this
section and except as otherwise provided in subsection (7) of this section, a
perfected purchase-money security interest in livestock that are farm products
has priority over a conflicting security interest in the same livestock, and,
except as otherwise provided in ORS 79.0327, a perfected security interest in
their identifiable proceeds and identifiable products in their unmanufactured
states also has priority, if:
(a) The purchase-money security interest
is perfected when the debtor receives possession of the livestock;
(b) The purchase-money secured party sends
an authenticated notification to the holder of the conflicting security
interest;
(c) The holder of the conflicting security
interest receives the notification within six months before the debtor receives
possession of the livestock; and
(d) The notification states that the
person sending the notification has or expects to acquire a purchase-money
security interest in livestock of the debtor and describes the livestock.
(5) Subsection (4)(b) to (d) of this
section applies only if the holder of the conflicting security interest had
filed a financing statement covering the same types of livestock:
(a) If the purchase-money security interest
is perfected by filing, before the date of the filing; or
(b) If the purchase-money security
interest is temporarily perfected without filing or possession under ORS
79.0312 (6), before the beginning of the 20-day period thereunder.
(6) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (7) of this section, a perfected purchase-money security interest in
software has priority over a conflicting security interest in the same
collateral, and, except as otherwise provided in ORS 79.0327, a perfected security
interest in its identifiable proceeds also has priority, to the extent that the
purchase-money security interest in the goods in which the software was
acquired for use has priority in the goods and proceeds of the goods under this
section.
(7) If more than one security interest
qualifies for priority in the same collateral under subsection (1), (2), (4) or
(6) of this section:
(a) A security interest securing an
obligation incurred as all or part of the price of the collateral has priority
over a security interest securing an obligation incurred for value given to
enable the debtor to acquire rights in or the use of collateral; and
(b) In all other cases, ORS 79.0322 (1)
applies to the qualifying security interests. [2001 c.445 §44]
79.0325
UCC 9-325. Priority of security interests in transferred collateral.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a security
interest created by a debtor is subordinate to a security interest in the same
collateral created by another person if:
(a) The debtor acquired the collateral
subject to the security interest created by the other person;
(b) The security interest created by the
other person was perfected when the debtor acquired the collateral; and
(c) There is no period thereafter when the
security interest is unperfected.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section
subordinates a security interest only if the security interest:
(a) Otherwise would have priority solely
under ORS 79.0322 (1) or 79.0323; or
(b) Arose solely under ORS 72.7110 (3) or
72A.5080 (5). [2001 c.445 §45]
79.0326
UCC 9-326. Priority of security interests created by new debtor.
(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, a security interest created by a
new debtor which is perfected by a filed financing statement that is effective
solely under ORS 79.0508 in collateral in which a new debtor has or acquires
rights is subordinate to a security interest in the same collateral which is
perfected other than by a filed financing statement that is effective solely
under ORS 79.0508.
(2) The other provisions of ORS 79.0301 to
79.0342 determine the priority among conflicting security interests in the same
collateral perfected by filed financing statements that are effective solely
under ORS 79.0508. 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. [2001 c.445 §46]
79.0327
UCC 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 ORS 79.0104 has priority over
a conflicting security interest held by a secured party that does not have
control.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in
subsections (3) and (4) of this section, security interests perfected by
control under ORS 79.0314 rank according to priority in time of obtaining
control.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (4) of this section, 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 ORS 79.0104 (1)(c) has priority over a security interest held by
the bank with which the deposit account is maintained. [2001 c.445 §47]
79.0328
UCC 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 ORS 79.0106 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
subsections (3) and (4) of this section, conflicting security interests held by
secured parties each of which has control under ORS 79.0106 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:
(A) If the secured party obtained control
under ORS 78.1060 (4)(a), the secured party’s becoming the person for which the
securities account is maintained;
(B) If the secured party obtained control
under ORS 78.1060 (4)(b), 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
(C) If the secured party obtained control
through another person under ORS 78.1060 (4)(c), the time on which priority
would be based under this subsection 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 ORS 79.0106 (2)(b) 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 ORS
79.0313 (1) and not by control under ORS 79.0314 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 ORS 79.0106 rank equally.
(7) In all other cases, priority among
conflicting security interests in investment property is governed by ORS
79.0322 and 79.0323. [2001 c.445 §48]
79.0329
UCC 9-329. Priority of security interests in letter-of-credit right.
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 ORS 79.0107 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 ORS 79.0314 rank according to priority in time of obtaining
control. [2001 c.445 §49]
79.0330
UCC 9-330. Priority of purchaser of chattel paper or instrument.
(1) 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:
(a) 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
ORS 79.0105; and
(b) The chattel paper does not indicate
that it has been assigned to an identified assignee other than the purchaser.
(2) 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 ORS 79.0105 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.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in ORS
79.0327, a purchaser having priority in chattel paper under subsection (1) or
(2) of this section also has priority in proceeds of the chattel paper to the
extent that:
(a) ORS 79.0322 provides for priority in
the proceeds; or
(b) 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.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in ORS
79.0331 (1), 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.
(5) For purposes of subsections (1) and
(2) of this section, the holder of a purchase-money security interest in
inventory gives new value for chattel paper constituting proceeds of the
inventory.
(6) For purposes of subsections (2) and
(4) of this section, 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. [2001 c.445 §50]
79.0331
UCC 9-331. Priority of rights of purchasers of instruments, documents and
securities under ORS chapters 73, 77 and 78; priority of interests in financial
assets and security entitlements under ORS chapter 78.
(1) This chapter 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 ORS chapters 73, 77 and 78.
(2) This chapter 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 ORS chapter 78.
(3) Filing under this chapter does not
constitute notice of a claim or defense to the holders, or purchasers, or
persons described in subsections (1) and (2) of this section. [2001 c.445 §51]
79.0332
UCC 9-332. Transfer of money; transfer of funds from deposit account.
(1) 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.
(2) 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. [2001 c.445 §52]
79.0333
UCC 9-333. Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law.
(1) As used in this section, “possessory lien” means an interest, other than a
security interest or an agricultural lien:
(a) 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;
(b) Which is created by statute or rule of
law in favor of the person; and
(c) Whose effectiveness depends on the
person’s possession of the goods.
(2) 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. [2001 c.445 §53]
79.0334
UCC 9-334. Priority of security interests in fixtures and crops.
(1) A security interest under this chapter may be created in goods that are
fixtures or may continue in goods that become fixtures. A security interest
does not exist under this chapter in ordinary building materials incorporated
into an improvement on land.
(2) This chapter does not prevent creation
of an encumbrance upon fixtures under real property law.
(3) In cases not governed by subsections
(4) to (8) of this section, a security interest in fixtures is subordinate to a
conflicting interest of an encumbrancer or owner of the related real property
other than the debtor.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (8) of this section, a perfected security interest in fixtures has
priority over a conflicting interest of an encumbrancer or owner of the real
property if the debtor has an interest of record in or is in possession of the
real property and:
(a) The security interest is a purchase-money
security interest;
(b) The interest of the encumbrancer or
owner arises before the goods become fixtures; and
(c) The security interest is perfected by
a fixture filing before the goods become fixtures or within 20 days thereafter.
(5) A perfected security interest in
fixtures has priority over a conflicting interest of an encumbrancer or owner
of the real property if:
(a) The debtor has an interest of record
in the real property or is in possession of the real property and the security
interest:
(A) Is perfected by a fixture filing
before the interest of the encumbrancer or owner is of record; and
(B) Has priority over any conflicting
interest of a predecessor in title of the encumbrancer or owner;
(b) Before the goods become fixtures, the
security interest is perfected by any method permitted by this chapter and the
fixtures are readily removable:
(A) Factory or office machines;
(B) Equipment that is not primarily used
or leased for use in the operation of the real property; or
(C) Replacements of domestic appliances
that are consumer goods;
(c) The conflicting interest is a lien on
the real property obtained by legal or equitable proceedings after the security
interest was perfected by any method permitted by this chapter; or
(d) The security interest is:
(A) Created in a manufactured structure in
a manufactured-structure transaction; and
(B) Perfected pursuant to ORS 446.611 or
by recording in a county deed record as provided in ORS 446.626.
(6) A security interest in fixtures, whether
or not perfected, has priority over a conflicting interest of an encumbrancer
or owner of the real property if:
(a) The encumbrancer or owner has, in an
authenticated record, consented to the security interest or disclaimed an
interest in the goods as fixtures; or
(b) The debtor has a right to remove the
goods as against the encumbrancer or owner.
(7) The priority of the security interest
under subsection (6)(b) of this section continues for a reasonable time if the
debtor’s right to remove the goods as against the encumbrancer or owner
terminates.
(8) A mortgage is a construction mortgage
to the extent that it secures an obligation incurred for the construction of an
improvement on land, including the acquisition cost of the land, if a recorded record
of the mortgage so indicates. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (5)
and (6) of this section, a security interest in fixtures is subordinate to a
construction mortgage if a record of the mortgage is recorded before the goods
become fixtures and the goods become fixtures before the completion of the
construction. A mortgage has this priority to the same extent as a construction
mortgage to the extent that it is given to refinance a construction mortgage.
(9) A perfected security interest in crops
growing on real property has priority over a conflicting interest of an
encumbrancer or owner of the real property if the debtor has an interest of
record in or is in possession of the real property. [2001 c.445 §54; 2003 c.655
§53]
79.0335
UCC 9-335. Accessions. (1) A security interest may be
created in an accession and continues in collateral that becomes an accession.
(2) If a security interest is perfected
when the collateral becomes an accession, the security interest remains
perfected in the collateral.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in
subsections (4) and (7) of this section, the other provisions of ORS 79.0301 to
79.0342 determine the priority of a security interest in an accession.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (7) of this section, 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 ORS
79.0311 (2) or with ORS 446.611 or 446.626.
(5) After default, subject to ORS 79.0601
to 79.0628, 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.
(6) A secured party that removes an accession
from other goods under subsection (5) of this section 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.
(7) A security interest in an accession
has priority over a security interest in the whole which is perfected by
compliance with the requirements of a certificate-of-title statute under ORS
79.0311 (2) or with ORS 446.611 or 446.626 if the security interest in the
accession is a purchase money security interest that is perfected when the
debtor receives possession of the accession or within 20 days thereafter. [2001
c.445 §55; 2003 c.655 §54]
79.0336
UCC 9-336. Commingled goods. (1) As used
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.
(2) 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.
(3) If collateral becomes commingled goods,
a security interest attaches to the product or mass.
(4) 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 (3) of this
section is perfected.
(5) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (6) of this section, the other provisions of ORS 79.0301 to 79.0342
determine the priority of a security interest that attaches to the product or
mass under subsection (3) of this section.
(6) If more than one security interest
attaches to the product or mass under subsection (3) of this section, the
following rules determine priority:
(a) A security interest that is perfected
under subsection (4) of this section has priority over a security interest that
is unperfected at the time the collateral becomes commingled goods.
(b) If more than one security interest is
perfected under subsection (4) of this section, the security interests rank
equally in proportion to the value of the collateral at the time it became
commingled goods. [2001 c.445 §56]
79.0337
UCC 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 or manufactured structure ownership document or
records a manufactured structure in a county deed record and the certificate,
document or record 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, document or record:
(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 of title or manufactured structure ownership
document or recording in the deed record 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 ORS 79.0311 (2), 446.611 or 446.626, after issuance of the certificate of
title or manufactured structure ownership document or recording in the deed
record and without the conflicting secured party’s knowledge of the security
interest. [2001 c.445 §57; 2003 c.655 §55]
79.0338
UCC 9-338. Priority of security interest or agricultural lien perfected by
filed financing statement providing certain incorrect information.
Except for information on the jurisdiction of organization for an organization
that is not a registered organization, if a security interest or agricultural
lien is perfected by a filed financing statement providing information
described in ORS 79.0516 (2)(e) 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. [2001 c.445 §58; 2009 c.181 §101]
79.0339
UCC 9-339. Priority subject to subordination. This
chapter does not preclude subordination by agreement by a person entitled to
priority. [2001 c.445 §59]
(Rights
of Bank)
79.0340
UCC 9-340. Effectiveness of right of recoupment or setoff against deposit
account. (1) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (3) of this section, a bank with which a deposit account is
maintained may exercise any right of recoupment or setoff against a secured
party that holds a security interest in the deposit account.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (3) of this section, the application of this chapter to a security
interest in a deposit account does not affect a right of recoupment or setoff
of the secured party as to a deposit account maintained with the secured party.
(3) The exercise by a bank of a setoff
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
ORS 79.0104 (1)(c), if the setoff is based on a claim against the debtor. [2001
c.445 §60]
79.0341
UCC 9-341. Bank’s rights and duties with respect to deposit account.
Except as otherwise provided in ORS 79.0340 (3), and unless the bank otherwise
agrees in an authenticated record, a bank’s rights and duties with respect to a
deposit account maintained with the bank are not terminated, suspended, or
modified by:
(1) The creation, attachment or perfection
of a security interest in the deposit account;
(2) The bank’s knowledge of the security
interest; or
(3) The bank’s receipt of instructions
from the secured party. [2001 c.445 §61]
79.0342
UCC 9-342. Bank’s right to refuse to enter into or disclose existence of
control agreement. This chapter does not require a
bank to enter into an agreement of the kind described in ORS 79.0104 (1)(b),
even if its customer so requests or directs. A bank that has entered into such
an agreement is not required to confirm the existence of the agreement to
another person unless requested to do so by its customer. [2001 c.445 §62]
RIGHTS
OF THIRD PARTIES
79.0401
UCC 9-401. Alienability of debtor’s rights. (1)
Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section and ORS 79.0406,
79.0407, 79.0408 and 79.0409, whether a debtor’s rights in collateral may be
voluntarily or involuntarily transferred is governed by law other than this
chapter.
(2) An agreement between the debtor and
secured party which prohibits a transfer of the debtor’s rights in collateral
or makes the transfer a default does not prevent the transfer from taking effect.
[2001 c.445 §63]
79.0402
UCC 9-402. Secured party not obligated on contract of debtor or in tort.
The existence of a security interest, agricultural lien, or authority given to
a debtor to dispose of or use collateral, without more, does not subject a
secured party to liability in contract or tort for the debtor’s acts or
omissions. [2001 c.445 §64]
79.0403
UCC 9-403. Agreement not to assert defenses against assignee.
(1) As used in this section, “value” has the meaning provided in ORS 73.0303
(1).
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this
section, an agreement between an account debtor and an assignor not to assert
against an assignee any claim or defense that the account debtor may have
against the assignor is enforceable by an assignee that takes an assignment:
(a) For value;
(b) In good faith;
(c) Without notice of a claim of a
property or possessory right to the property assigned; and
(d) Without notice of a defense or claim
in recoupment of the type that may be asserted against a person entitled to
enforce a negotiable instrument under ORS 73.0305 (1).
(3) Subsection (2) of this section does
not apply to defenses of a type that may be asserted against a holder in due
course of a negotiable instrument under ORS 73.0305 (2).
(4) In a consumer transaction, if a record
evidences the account debtor’s obligation, law other than this chapter requires
that the record include a statement to the effect that the rights of an
assignee are subject to claims or defenses that the account debtor could assert
against the original obligee, and the record does not include such a statement:
(a) The record has the same effect as if
the record included such a statement; and
(b) The account debtor may assert against
an assignee those claims and defenses that would have been available if the
record included such a statement.
(5) This section is subject to law other
than this chapter which establishes a different rule for an account debtor who
is an individual and who incurred the obligation primarily for personal,
family, or household purposes.
(6) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (4) of this section, this section does not displace law other than
this chapter which gives effect to an agreement by an account debtor not to
assert a claim or defense against an assignee. [2001 c.445 §65]
79.0404
UCC 9-404. Rights acquired by assignee; claims and defenses against assignee.
(1) Unless an account debtor has made an enforceable agreement not to assert
defenses or claims and subject to subsections (2) to (5) of this section, the
rights of an assignee are subject to:
(a) All terms of the agreement between the
account debtor and assignor and any defense or claim in recoupment arising from
the transaction that gave rise to the contract; and
(b) Any other defense or claim of the
account debtor against the assignor which accrues before the account debtor
receives a notification of the assignment authenticated by the assignor or the
assignee.
(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this
section and except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, the
claim of an account debtor against an assignor may be asserted against an
assignee under subsection (1) of this section only to reduce the amount the
account debtor owes.
(3) This section is subject to law other
than this chapter which establishes a different rule for an account debtor who
is an individual and who incurred the obligation primarily for personal, family
or household purposes.
(4) In a consumer transaction, if a record
evidences the account debtor’s obligation, law other than this chapter requires
that the record include a statement to the effect that the account debtor’s
recovery against an assignee with respect to claims and defenses against the
assignor may not exceed amounts paid by the account debtor under the record,
and the record does not include such a statement, the extent to which a claim
of an account debtor against the assignor may be asserted against an assignee
is determined as if the record included such a statement.
(5) This section does not apply to an
assignment of a health-care-insurance receivable. [2001 c.445 §66]
79.0405
UCC 9-405. Modification of assigned contract. (1) A
modification of or substitution for an assigned contract is effective against
an assignee if made in good faith. The assignee acquires corresponding rights
under the modified or substituted contract. The assignment may provide that the
modification or substitution is a breach of contract by the assignor. This
subsection is subject to subsections (2) to (4) of this section.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section applies
to the extent that:
(a) The right to payment or a part thereof
under an assigned contract has not been fully earned by performance; or
(b) The right to payment or a part thereof
has been fully earned by performance and the account debtor has not received
notification of the assignment under ORS 79.0406 (1).
(3) This section is subject to law other
than this chapter which establishes a different rule for an account debtor who
is an individual and who incurred the obligation primarily for personal, family
or household purposes.
(4) This section does not apply to an
assignment of a health-care-insurance receivable. [2001 c.445 §67]
79.0406
UCC 9-406. Discharge of account debtor; notification of assignment;
identification and proof of assignment; restrictions on assignment of accounts,
chattel paper, payment intangibles and promissory notes ineffective.
(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (9) of this section, an account debtor on an
account, chattel paper or a payment intangible may discharge its obligation by
paying the assignor until, but not after, the account debtor receives a
notification, authenticated by the assignor or the assignee, that the amount
due or to become due has been assigned and that payment is to be made to the
assignee. After receipt of the notification, the account debtor may discharge
its obligation by paying the assignee and may not discharge the obligation by
paying the assignor.
(2) Subject to subsection (8) of this
section, notification is ineffective under subsection (1) of this section:
(a) If it does not reasonably identify the
rights assigned;
(b) To the extent that an agreement
between an account debtor and a seller of a payment intangible limits the
account debtor’s duty to pay a person other than the seller and the limitation
is effective under law other than this chapter; or
(c) At the option of an account debtor, if
the notification notifies the account debtor to make less than the full amount
of any installment or other periodic payment to the assignee, even if:
(A) Only a portion of the account, chattel
paper or payment intangible has been assigned to that assignee;
(B) A portion has been assigned to another
assignee; or
(C) The account debtor knows that the assignment
to that assignee is limited.
(3) Subject to subsection (8) of this
section, if requested by the account debtor, an assignee shall seasonably
furnish reasonable proof that the assignment has been made. Unless the assignee
complies, the account debtor may discharge its obligation by paying the
assignor, even if the account debtor has received a notification under
subsection (1) of this section.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (5) of this section and ORS 72A.3030 and 79.0407, and subject to
subsection (8) of this section, a term in an agreement between an account
debtor and an assignor or in a promissory note is ineffective to the extent
that it:
(a) Prohibits, restricts or requires the
consent of the account debtor or person obligated on the promissory note to the
assignment or transfer of, or the creation, attachment, perfection or
enforcement of a security interest in, the account, chattel paper, payment
intangible or promissory note; or
(b) Provides that the assignment or
transfer or the creation, attachment, perfection or enforcement of the security
interest may give rise to a default, breach, right of recoupment, claim,
defense, termination, right of termination or remedy under the account, chattel
paper, payment intangible or promissory note.
(5) Subsection (4) of this section does
not apply to the sale of a payment intangible or promissory note.
(6) Except as otherwise provided in ORS
72A.3030 and 79.0407 and subject to subsections (8) and (9) of this section, a
rule of law, statute or regulation that prohibits, restricts or requires the
consent of a government, governmental body or official, or account debtor to
the assignment or transfer of, or creation of a security interest in, an
account or chattel paper is ineffective to the extent that the rule of law,
statute or regulation:
(a) Prohibits, restricts or requires the
consent of the government, governmental body or official, or account debtor to
the assignment or transfer of, or the creation, attachment, perfection or enforcement
of a security interest in the account or chattel paper; or
(b) Provides that the assignment or
transfer or the creation, attachment, perfection or enforcement of the security
interest may give rise to a default, breach, right of recoupment, claim,
defense, termination, right of termination or remedy under the account or
chattel paper.
(7) Subject to subsection (8) of this
section, an account debtor may not waive or vary its option under subsection
(2)(c) of this section.
(8) This section is subject to law other
than this chapter which establishes a different rule for an account debtor who
is an individual and who incurred the obligation primarily for personal, family
or household purposes.
(9)(a) This section does not apply to the
assignment of a health-care-insurance receivable.
(b) Subsections (4) and (6) of this
section do not apply to the assignment or transfer of, or the creation of a
security interest in, a claim or right to receive compensation for injuries or
sickness as described in 26 U.S.C. 104(a)(2), provided that such transaction
constitutes a sale of such claim or right. The limitation in this paragraph is
intended to leave to the court the determination of the proper rules in such
cases. The court may not infer from that limitation the nature of the proper
rule in such cases and may continue to apply established approaches.
(c) Subsections (4) and (6) of this
section do not apply to the following:
(A) The assignment or transfer of, or the
creation of a security interest in, a claim or right to receive compensation
for injuries or sickness as described in 26 U.S.C. 104(a)(1);
(B) The assignment or transfer of, or the
creation of a security interest in, a claim or right to receive benefits under
a special needs trust as described in 42 U.S.C. 1396p(d)(4); or
(C) The assignment or transfer of, or the
creation, attachment, perfection or enforcement of a security interest in, the
benefits, rights, privileges or options accruing under an annuity policy, to
the extent that the annuity policy provides for such a restriction and the
restriction is permitted under ORS 743.049.
(d) Subsection (6) of this section does
not apply to the assignment or transfer of, or the creation, attachment,
perfection or enforcement of a security interest in, a right when the transfer
of the right is prohibited or restricted by ORS 147.325, 461.250 (8) or
656.234, to the extent that ORS 147.325, 461.250 (8) or 656.234 is inconsistent
with subsection (6) of this section.
(10) Except to the extent otherwise provided
in subsection (9) of this section, this section prevails over any inconsistent
provision of an existing or future statute unless the provision refers
expressly to this section and states that the provision prevails over this
section. [2001 c.445 §68; 2003 c.58 §4]
79.0407
UCC 9-407. Restrictions on creation or enforcement of security interest in
leasehold interest or in lessor’s residual interest.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a term in a
lease agreement is ineffective to the extent that it:
(a) Prohibits, restricts or requires the
consent of a party to the lease to the assignment or transfer of, or the
creation, attachment, perfection or enforcement of a security interest in, an
interest of a party under the lease contract or in the lessor’s residual
interest in the goods; or
(b) Provides that the assignment or
transfer or the creation, attachment, perfection or enforcement of the security
interest may give rise to a default, breach, right of recoupment, claim, defense,
termination, right of termination or remedy under the lease.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in ORS
72A.3030 (7), a term described in subsection (1)(b) of this section is
effective to the extent that there is:
(a) A transfer by the lessee of the lessee’s
right of possession or use of the goods in violation of the term; or
(b) A delegation of a material performance
of either party to the lease contract in violation of the term.
(3) The creation, attachment, perfection
or enforcement of a security interest in the lessor’s interest under the lease
contract or the lessor’s residual interest in the goods is not a transfer that
materially impairs the lessee’s prospect of obtaining return performance or
materially changes the duty of or materially increases the burden or risk
imposed on the lessee within the purview of ORS 72A.3030 (4) unless, and then
only to the extent that, enforcement actually results in a delegation of
material performance of the lessor. [2001 c.445 §69]
79.0408
UCC 9-408. Restrictions on assignment of promissory notes,
health-care-insurance receivables, and certain general intangibles ineffective.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a term in a
promissory note or in an agreement between an account debtor and a debtor which
relates to a health-care-insurance receivable or a general intangible,
including a contract, permit, license or franchise, and which term prohibits,
restricts or requires the consent of the person obligated on the promissory note
or the account debtor to, the assignment or transfer of, or creation,
attachment or perfection of a security interest in, the promissory note,
health-care-insurance receivable or general intangible, is ineffective to the
extent that the term:
(a) Would impair the creation, attachment
or perfection of a security interest; or
(b) Provides that the assignment or
transfer or the creation, attachment or perfection of the security interest may
give rise to a default, breach, right of recoupment, claim, defense,
termination, right of termination or remedy under the promissory note,
health-care-insurance receivable or general intangible.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section applies
to a security interest in a payment intangible or promissory note only if the
security interest arises out of a sale of the payment intangible or promissory
note.
(3) A rule of law, statute or regulation
that prohibits, restricts or requires the consent of a government, governmental
body or official, person obligated on a promissory note or account debtor to
the assignment or transfer of, or creation of a security interest in, a
promissory note, health-care-insurance receivable or general intangible,
including a contract, permit, license or franchise between an account debtor
and a debtor, is ineffective to the extent that the rule of law, statute or
regulation:
(a) Would impair the creation, attachment
or perfection of a security interest; or
(b) Provides that the assignment or
transfer or the creation, attachment or perfection of the security interest may
give rise to a default, breach, right of recoupment, claim, defense,
termination, right of termination or remedy under the promissory note,
health-care-insurance receivable or general intangible.
(4) To the extent that a term in a promissory
note or in an agreement between an account debtor and a debtor which relates to
a health-care-insurance receivable or general intangible or a rule of law,
statute or regulation described in subsection (3) of this section would be
effective under law other than this chapter but is ineffective under subsection
(1) or (3) of this section, the creation, attachment or perfection of a
security interest in the promissory note, health-care-insurance receivable or
general intangible:
(a) Is not enforceable against the person
obligated on the promissory note or the account debtor;
(b) Does not impose a duty or obligation
on the person obligated on the promissory note or the account debtor;
(c) Does not require the person obligated
on the promissory note or the account debtor to recognize the security
interest, pay or render performance to the secured party, or accept payment or
performance from the secured party;
(d) Does not entitle the secured party to
use or assign the debtor’s rights under the promissory note,
health-care-insurance receivable or general intangible, including any related
information or materials furnished to the debtor in the transaction giving rise
to the promissory note, health-care-insurance receivable or general intangible;
(e) Does not entitle the secured party to
use, assign, possess or have access to any trade secrets or confidential
information of the person obligated on the promissory note or the account
debtor; and
(f) Does not entitle the secured party to
enforce the security interest in the promissory note, health-care-insurance
receivable or general intangible.
(5)(a) Subsections (1) and (3) of this
section do not apply to the assignment or transfer of, or the creation of a
security interest in, a claim or right to receive compensation for injuries or
sickness as described in 26 U.S.C. 104(a)(2), provided that such transaction
constitutes a sale of such claim or right. The limitation in this paragraph is
intended to leave to the court the determination of the proper rules in such
cases. The court may not infer from that limitation the nature of the proper
rule in such cases and may continue to apply established approaches.
(b) Subsections (1) and (3) of this
section do not apply to the following:
(A) The assignment or transfer of, or the
creation of a security interest in, a claim or right to receive compensation
for injuries or sickness as described in 26 U.S.C. 104(a)(1);
(B) The assignment or transfer of, or the
creation of a security interest in, a claim or right to receive benefits under
a special needs trust as described in 42 U.S.C. 1396p(d)(4); or
(C) The assignment or transfer of, or the
creation, attachment, perfection or enforcement of a security interest in, the
benefits, rights, privileges or options accruing under an annuity policy, to
the extent that the annuity policy provides for such a restriction and the
restriction is permitted under ORS 743.049.
(c) Subsection (3) of this section does
not apply to the assignment or transfer of, or the creation, attachment,
perfection or enforcement of a security interest in, a right when the transfer
of the right is prohibited or restricted by ORS 147.325, 461.250 (8) or
656.234, to the extent that ORS 147.325, 461.250 (8) or 656.234 is inconsistent
with subsection (3) of this section.
(6) Except to the extent otherwise
provided in subsection (5) of this section, this section prevails over any
inconsistent provision of an existing or future statute unless the provision
refers expressly to this section and states that the provision prevails over
this section. [2001 c.445 §70; 2003 c.58 §5]
79.0409
UCC 9-409. Restrictions on assignment of letter-of-credit rights ineffective.
(1) A term in a letter of credit or a rule of law, statute, regulation, custom
or practice applicable to the letter of credit which prohibits, restricts or
requires the consent of an applicant, issuer or nominated person to a
beneficiary’s assignment of or creation of a security interest in a
letter-of-credit right is ineffective to the extent that the term or rule of
law, statute, regulation, custom or practice:
(a) Would impair the creation, attachment
or perfection of a security interest in the letter-of-credit right; or
(b) Provides that the assignment or the
creation, attachment or perfection of the security interest may give rise to a
default, breach, right of recoupment, claim, defense, termination, right of
termination or remedy under the letter-of-credit right.
(2) To the extent that a term in a letter
of credit is ineffective under subsection (1) of this section but would be
effective under law other than this chapter or a custom or practice applicable
to the letter of credit, to the transfer of a right to draw or otherwise demand
performance under the letter of credit, or to the assignment of a right to
proceeds of the letter of credit, the creation, attachment or perfection of a
security interest in the letter-of-credit right:
(a) Is not enforceable against the
applicant, issuer, nominated person or transferee beneficiary;
(b) Imposes no duties or obligations on
the applicant, issuer, nominated person or transferee beneficiary; and
(c) Does not require the applicant,
issuer, nominated person or transferee beneficiary to recognize the security
interest, pay or render performance to the secured party, or accept payment or
other performance from the secured party. [2001 c.445 §71]
FILING
(Filing
Office; Contents and Effectiveness of Financing Statement)
79.0501
UCC 9-501. Filing office. (1) Except as otherwise provided
in subsection (2) of this section, if the local law of this state governs
perfection of a security interest or agricultural lien, the office in which to
file a financing statement to perfect the security interest or agricultural
lien is:
(a) The office designated for the filing
or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if:
(A) The collateral is as-extracted
collateral or timber to be cut; or
(B) The financing statement is filed as a
fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures;
or
(b) The office of the Secretary of State,
in all other cases, including a case in which the collateral is goods that are
or are to become fixtures and the financing statement is not filed as a fixture
filing.
(2) The office in which to file a
financing statement to perfect a security interest in collateral, including
fixtures, of a transmitting utility is the office of the Secretary of State.
The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral
indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures. [2001
c.445 §72]
79.0502
UCC 9-502. Contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as financing
statement; time of filing financing statement.
(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, a financing statement is
sufficient only if it:
(a) Provides the name of the debtor;
(b) Provides the name of the secured party
or a representative of the secured party; and
(c) Indicates the collateral covered by
the financing statement.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in ORS
79.0501 (2), to be sufficient, a financing statement that covers as-extracted
collateral or timber to be cut, or which is filed as a fixture filing and
covers goods that are or are to become fixtures, must satisfy subsection (1) of
this section and also:
(a) Indicate that it covers this type of
collateral;
(b) Indicate that it is to be filed for
record in the real property records;
(c) Provide a description of the real
property to which the collateral is related sufficient to give constructive
notice of a mortgage under the law of this state if the description were
contained in a record of the mortgage of the real property; and
(d) If the debtor does not have an
interest of record in the real property, provide the name of a record owner.
(3) A record of a mortgage is effective,
from the date of recording, as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing
or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be
cut only if:
(a) The record indicates the goods or accounts
that it covers;
(b) The goods are or are to become
fixtures related to the real property described in the record or the collateral
is related to the real property described in the record and is as-extracted
collateral or timber to be cut;
(c) The record satisfies the requirements
for a financing statement in this section other than an indication that it is
to be filed in the real property records; and
(d) The record is duly recorded.
(4) A financing statement may be filed
before a security agreement is made or a security interest otherwise attaches. [2001
c.445 §73]
79.0503
UCC 9-503. Name of debtor and secured party. (1) A
financing statement sufficiently provides the name of the debtor:
(a) If the debtor is a registered
organization, only if the financing statement provides the name of the debtor
indicated on the public record of the debtor’s jurisdiction of organization
which shows the debtor to have been organized;
(b) If the debtor is a decedent’s estate,
only if the financing statement provides the name of the decedent and indicates
that the debtor is an estate;
(c) If the debtor is a trust or a trustee
acting with respect to property held in trust, only if the financing statement:
(A) Provides the name specified for the
trust in its organic documents or, if no name is specified, provides the name
of the settlor and additional information sufficient to distinguish the debtor
from other trusts having one or more of the same settlors; and
(B) Indicates, in the debtor’s name or
otherwise, that the debtor is a trust or is a trustee acting with respect to
property held in trust; and
(d) In other cases:
(A) If the debtor has a name, only if it
provides the individual or 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.
(2) A financing statement that provides
the name of the debtor in accordance with subsection (1) of this section is not
rendered ineffective by the absence of:
(a) A trade name or other name of the
debtor; or
(b) Unless required under subsection
(1)(d)(B) of this section, names of partners, members, associates or other
persons comprising the debtor.
(3) A financing statement that provides only
the debtor’s trade name does not sufficiently provide the name of the debtor.
(4) 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.
(5) A financing statement may provide the
name of more than one debtor and the name of more than one secured party. [2001
c.445 §74]
79.0504
UCC 9-504. Indication of collateral. A financing
statement sufficiently indicates the collateral that it covers if the financing
statement provides:
(1) A description of the collateral
pursuant to ORS 79.0108; or
(2) An indication that the financing
statement covers all assets or all personal property. [2001 c.445 §75]
79.0505
UCC 9-505. Filing and compliance with other statutes and treaties for
consignments, leases, other bailments and other transactions.
(1) A consignor, lessor or other bailor of goods, a licensor or a buyer of a
payment intangible or promissory note may file a financing statement, or may
comply with a statute or treaty described in ORS 79.0311 (1), using the terms “consignor,”
“consignee,” “lessor,” “lessee,” “bailor,” “bailee,” “licensor,” “licensee,” “owner,”
“registered owner,” “buyer,” “seller” or words of similar import, instead of
the terms “secured party” and “debtor.”
(2) ORS 79.0501 to 79.0528 apply to the
filing of a financing statement under subsection (1) of this section and, as
appropriate, to compliance that is equivalent to filing a financing statement
under ORS 79.0311 (2), but the filing or compliance is not of itself a factor
in determining whether the collateral secures an obligation. If it is
determined for another reason that the collateral secures an obligation, a
security interest held by the consignor, lessor, bailor, licensor, owner or
buyer which attaches to the collateral is perfected by the filing or
compliance. [2001 c.445 §76]
79.0506
UCC 9-506. Effect of errors or omissions. (1) A
financing statement substantially satisfying the requirements of ORS 79.0501 to
79.0528 is effective, even if it has minor errors or omissions, unless the
errors or omissions make the financing statement seriously misleading.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (3) of this section, a financing statement that fails sufficiently
to provide the name of the debtor in accordance with ORS 79.0503 (1) is
seriously misleading.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (4) of this section, if a search of the records of the filing office
under the debtor’s correct name, using the filing office’s standard search
logic, if any, would disclose a financing statement that fails sufficiently to
provide the name of the debtor in accordance with ORS 79.0503 (1), the name
provided does not make the financing statement seriously misleading.
(4) If the filing office’s standard search
logic so changes that a search of the records of the filing office under the
debtor’s correct name, using the changed search logic, would not disclose a
financing statement previously deemed not to be seriously misleading by reason
of subsection (3) of this section, the financing statement is effective except
against a purchaser of the collateral which gives value in reasonable reliance
upon a search using the changed search logic.
(5) For purposes of ORS 79.0508 (2), the “debtor’s
correct name” in subsections (3) and (5) of this section means the correct name
of the new debtor. [2001 c.445 §77]
79.0507
UCC 9-507. Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement.
(1) A filed financing statement remains effective with respect to collateral
that is sold, exchanged, leased, licensed or otherwise disposed of and in which
a security interest or agricultural lien continues, even if the secured party
knows of or consents to the disposition.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (3) of this section and ORS 79.0506 (4) and 79.0508, a financing
statement is not rendered ineffective if, after the financing statement is
filed, the information provided in the financing statement becomes seriously
misleading under ORS 79.0506.
(3) If a debtor so changes its name that a
filed financing statement becomes seriously misleading under ORS 79.0506:
(a) The financing statement is effective
to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the debtor before, or
within four months after, the change; and
(b) The financing statement is not
effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the debtor
more than four months after the change, unless an amendment to the financing
statement which renders the financing statement not seriously misleading is
filed within four months after the change. [2001 c.445 §78]
79.0508
UCC 9-508. Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes bound by
security agreement. (1) Except as otherwise provided
in this section, a filed financing statement naming an original debtor is
effective to perfect a security interest in collateral in which a new debtor
has or acquires rights to the extent that the financing statement would have
been effective had the original debtor acquired rights in the collateral.
(2) If the difference between the name of
the original debtor and that of the new debtor causes a filed financing
statement that is effective under subsection (1) of this section to be
seriously misleading under ORS 79.0506:
(a) The financing statement is effective
to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the new debtor before,
and within four months after, the new debtor becomes bound under ORS 79.0203
(4); and
(b) The financing statement is not
effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the new
debtor more than four months after the new debtor becomes bound under ORS
79.0203 (4) unless an initial financing statement providing the name of the new
debtor is filed before the expiration of that time.
(3) This section does not apply to
collateral as to which a filed financing statement remains effective against
the new debtor under ORS 79.0507 (1). [2001 c.445 §79]
79.0509
UCC 9-509. Persons entitled to file a record. (1) A
person may file an initial financing statement, amendment that adds collateral
covered by a financing statement, or amendment that adds a debtor to a
financing statement only if:
(a) The debtor authorizes the filing in an
authenticated record or pursuant to subsection (2) or (3) of this section; or
(b) The person holds an agricultural lien
that has become effective at the time of filing and the financing statement
covers only collateral in which the person holds an agricultural lien.
(2) By authenticating or becoming bound as
debtor by a security agreement, a debtor or new debtor authorizes the filing of
an initial financing statement, and an amendment, covering:
(a) The collateral described in the
security agreement; and
(b) Property that becomes collateral under
ORS 79.0315 (1)(b), whether or not the security agreement expressly covers
proceeds.
(3) By acquiring collateral in which a
security interest or agricultural lien continues under ORS 79.0315 (1)(a), a
debtor authorizes the filing of an initial financing statement, and an
amendment, covering the collateral and property that becomes collateral under
ORS 79.0315 (1)(b).
(4) A person may file an amendment other
than an amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing statement or an
amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if:
(a) The secured party of record authorizes
the filing; or
(b) The amendment is a termination
statement for a financing statement as to which the secured party of record has
failed to file or send a termination statement as required by ORS 79.0513 (1)
or (3), the debtor authorizes the filing, and the termination statement
indicates that the debtor authorized it to be filed.
(5) If there is more than one secured
party of record for a financing statement, each secured party of record may
authorize the filing of an amendment under subsection (4) of this section. [2001
c.445 §80]
79.0510
UCC 9-510. Effectiveness of filed record. (1) A
filed record is effective only to the extent that it was filed by a person that
may file it under ORS 79.0509.
(2) A record authorized by one secured
party of record does not affect the financing statement with respect to another
secured party of record.
(3) A continuation statement that is not
filed within the six-month period prescribed by ORS 79.0515 (4) is ineffective.
[2001 c.445 §81]
79.0511
UCC 9-511. Secured party of record. (1) A secured
party of record with respect to a financing statement is a person whose name is
provided as the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured
party in an initial financing statement that has been filed. If an initial
financing statement is filed under ORS 79.0514 (1), the assignee named in the
initial financing statement is the secured party of record with respect to the
financing statement.
(2) If an amendment of a financing
statement which provides the name of a person as a secured party or a
representative of a secured party is filed, the person named in the amendment
is a secured party of record. If an amendment is filed under ORS 79.0514 (2),
the assignee named in the amendment is a secured party of record.
(3) A person remains a secured party of
record until the filing of an amendment of the financing statement which
deletes the person. [2001 c.445 §82]
79.0512
UCC 9-512. Amendment of financing statement. (1)
Subject to ORS 79.0509, a person may add or delete collateral covered by,
continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or, subject to subsection (5) of
this section, otherwise amend the information provided in, a financing
statement by filing an amendment that:
(a) Identifies, by its file number, the
initial financing statement to which the amendment relates; and
(b) If the amendment relates to an initial
financing statement filed or recorded in a filing office described in ORS
79.0501 (1)(a), provides the information specified in ORS 79.0502 (2).
(2) Except as otherwise provided in ORS
79.0515, the filing of an amendment does not extend the period of effectiveness
of the financing statement.
(3) A financing statement that is amended
by an amendment that adds collateral is effective as to the added collateral
only from the date of the filing of the amendment.
(4) A financing statement that is amended
by an amendment that adds a debtor is effective as to the added debtor only
from the date of the filing of the amendment.
(5) An amendment is ineffective to the
extent it:
(a) Purports to delete all debtors and
fails to provide the name of a debtor to be covered by the financing statement;
or
(b) Purports to delete all secured parties
of record and fails to provide the name of a new secured party of record. [2001
c.445 §83; 2003 c.14 §27]
79.0513
UCC 9-513. Termination statement. (1) A secured
party shall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement to file
a termination statement for the financing statement if the financing statement
covers consumer goods and:
(a) There is no obligation secured by the
collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an
advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise give value; or
(b) The debtor did not authorize the
filing of the initial financing statement.
(2) To comply with subsection (1) of this
section, a secured party shall cause the secured party of record to file the
termination statement:
(a) Within one month after there is no
obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no
commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation or otherwise give value; or
(b) If earlier, within 20 days after the secured
party receives an authenticated demand from a debtor.
(3) In cases not governed by subsection
(1) of this section, within 20 days after a secured party receives an
authenticated demand from a debtor, the secured party shall cause the secured
party of record for a financing statement to send to the debtor a termination
statement for the financing statement or file the termination statement in the
filing office if:
(a) Except in the case of a financing
statement covering accounts or chattel paper that has been sold or goods that
are the subject of a consignment, there is no obligation secured by the
collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an
advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise give value;
(b) The financing statement covers
accounts or chattel paper that has been sold but as to which the account debtor
or other person obligated has discharged its obligation;
(c) The financing statement covers goods
that were the subject of a consignment to the debtor but are not in the debtor’s
possession; or
(d) The debtor did not authorize the
filing of the initial financing statement.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in ORS
79.0510, upon the filing of a termination statement with the filing office, the
financing statement to which the termination statement relates ceases to be
effective. Except as otherwise provided in ORS 79.0510, for purposes of ORS
79.0519 (7), 79.0522 (1) and 79.0523 (3), the filing with the filing office of
a termination statement relating to a financing statement that indicates that
the debtor is a transmitting utility also causes the effectiveness of the
financing statement to lapse. [2001 c.445 §84]
79.0514
UCC 9-514. Assignment of powers of secured party of record.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3) of this section, an initial
financing statement may reflect an assignment of all of the secured party’s
power to authorize an amendment to the financing statement by providing the
name and mailing address of the assignee as the name and address of the secured
party.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (3) of this section, a secured party of record may assign of record
all or part of its power to authorize an amendment to a financing statement by
filing in the filing office an amendment of the financing statement which:
(a) Identifies, by its file number, the
initial financing statement to which it relates;
(b) Provides the name of the assignor; and
(c) Provides the name and mailing address
of the assignee.
(3) An assignment of record of a security
interest in a fixture covered by a record of a mortgage which is effective as a
financing statement filed as a fixture filing under ORS 79.0502 (3) may be made
only by an assignment of record of the mortgage in the manner provided by law
of this state other than the Uniform Commercial Code. [2001 c.445 §85]
79.0515
UCC 9-515. Duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed
financing statement; renewal notice; rules. (1)
Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2), (5), (6) and (7) of this
section, a filed financing statement is effective for a period of five years
after the date of filing.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in
subsections (5), (6) and (7) of this section, an initial financing statement
filed in connection with a public-finance transaction is effective for a period
of 30 years after the date of filing if it indicates that it is filed in
connection with a public-finance transaction.
(3) The effectiveness of a filed financing
statement lapses on the expiration of the period of its effectiveness unless
before the lapse a continuation statement is filed pursuant to subsection (4)
of this section. Upon lapse, a financing statement ceases to be effective and
any security interest or agricultural lien that was perfected by the financing
statement becomes unperfected, unless the security interest is perfected
otherwise. If the security interest or agricultural lien becomes unperfected
upon lapse, it is deemed never to have been perfected as against a purchaser of
the collateral for value.
(4) A continuation statement may be filed
only within six months before the expiration of the five-year period specified
in subsection (1) of this section or the 30-year period specified in subsection
(2) of this section, whichever is applicable.
(5) Except as otherwise provided in ORS
79.0510, upon timely filing of a continuation statement, the effectiveness of
the initial financing statement continues for a period of five years commencing
on the day on which the financing statement would have become ineffective in
the absence of the filing. Upon the expiration of the five-year period, the
financing statement lapses in the same manner as provided in subsection (3) of
this section, unless, before the lapse, another continuation statement is filed
pursuant to subsection (4) of this section. Succeeding continuation statements
may be filed in the same manner to continue the effectiveness of the initial
financing statement.
(6) If a debtor is a transmitting utility
and a filed financing statement so indicates, the financing statement is
effective until a termination statement is filed.
(7) A record of a mortgage that is
effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing under ORS 79.0502
(3) remains effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing until
the mortgage is released or satisfied of record or its effectiveness otherwise
terminates as to the real property.
(8) The Secretary of State upon request
shall provide a renewal notice report to a secured party by electronic mail or
other electronic means. The renewal notice report must include:
(a) The file number and expiration date
for each financing statement or effective financing statement, as defined in
ORS 80.100, or a continuation of the financing statement or effective financing
statement, that:
(A) Lists the secured party; and
(B) Will expire within a period that
begins 90 days after the date of the notice and ends one year after the date of
the notice;
(b) The name of the debtor;
(c) A statement that to continue the
financing statement or effective financing statement, the secured party may
file a continuation statement or an initial financing statement under section
191 or 192, chapter 445, Oregon Laws 2001; and
(d) Other information that the Secretary
of State specifies by rule. [2001 c.445 §§86,86a; 2003 c.655 §56; 2009 c.597 §1]
79.0516
UCC 9-516. What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section,
communication of a record to and receipt by a filing office and tender of the
filing fee or acceptance of the record by the filing office constitutes filing.
(2) Filing does not occur with respect to
a record that a filing office refuses to accept because:
(a) The record is not communicated by a
method or medium of communication authorized by the filing office;
(b) An amount equal to or greater than the
applicable filing fee is not tendered;
(c) The filing office is unable to index
the record because:
(A) In the case of an initial financing
statement, the record does not provide a name for the debtor;
(B) In the case of an amendment or
correction statement, the record:
(i) Does not identify the initial
financing statement as required by ORS 79.0512 or 79.0518, as applicable; or
(ii) Identifies an initial financing
statement whose effectiveness has lapsed under ORS 79.0515, and the filing
office is that described in ORS 79.0501 (1)(b);
(C) In the case of an initial financing
statement that provides the name of a debtor identified as an individual or an
amendment that provides a name of a debtor identified as an individual which
was not previously provided in the financing statement to which the record
relates, the record does not identify the debtor’s last name; or
(D) In the case of a record filed or
recorded in the filing office described in ORS 79.0501 (1)(a), the record does
not provide a sufficient description of the real property to which it relates;
(d) In the case of an initial financing
statement or an amendment that adds a secured party of record, the record does
not provide a name and mailing address for the secured party of record;
(e) In the case of an initial financing
statement or an amendment that provides a name of a debtor which was not
previously provided in the financing statement to which the amendment relates,
the record does not:
(A) Provide a mailing address for the
debtor, unless the initial financing statement or amendment is included in a
mortgage and the filing office is that described in ORS 79.0501 (1)(a);
(B) Indicate whether the debtor is an
individual or an organization, unless the initial financing statement or
amendment is included in a mortgage and the filing office is that described in
ORS 79.0501 (1)(a); or
(C) If the filing office is that described
in ORS 79.0501 (1)(b) and the financing statement indicates that the debtor is
an organization, provide:
(i) A type of organization for the debtor;
(ii) A jurisdiction of organization for
the debtor or, as an alternative when the debtor is not a registered
organization, an indication that the debtor is not a registered organization;
or
(iii) An organizational identification
number for the debtor or indicate that the debtor has none;
(f) In the case of an assignment reflected
in an initial financing statement under ORS 79.0514 (1) or an amendment filed
under ORS 79.0514 (2), the record does not provide a name and mailing address
for the assignee;
(g) In the case of a continuation
statement, the record is not filed within the six-month period prescribed by
ORS 79.0515 (4) and the filing office is that described in ORS 79.0501 (1)(b);
or
(h) In the case of a record presented for
filing at the filing office described in ORS 79.0501 (1)(b), the record on its
face reveals, based on factors such as whether the debtor and the secured party
are the same person or whether the collateral described is within the scope of
this chapter, that the record is being filed for a purpose other than a
transaction that is within the scope of this chapter.
(3) For purposes of subsection (2) of this
section:
(a) A record does not provide information
if the filing office is unable to read or decipher the information; and
(b) A record that does not indicate that
it is an amendment or identify an initial financing statement to which it
relates, as required by ORS 79.0512, 79.0514 or 79.0518, is an initial
financing statement.
(4) A record that is communicated to and
received by the filing office with tender of the filing fee under subsection
(1) of this section, but which the filing office refuses to accept for a reason
other than one set forth in subsection (2) of this section, is effective as a
filed record except as against a purchaser of the collateral which gives value
in reasonable reliance upon the absence of the record from the files. [2001
c.445 §87; 2003 c.14 §28; 2003 c.267 §2]
79.0517
UCC 9-517. Effect of indexing errors. The failure
of the filing office to index a record correctly does not affect the
effectiveness of the filed record. [2001 c.445 §88]
79.0518
UCC 9-518. Claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed record.
(1) A person may file in the filing office a correction statement with respect
to a record indexed there under the person’s name if the person believes that
the record is inaccurate or was wrongfully filed.
(2) A correction statement must:
(a) Identify the record to which it
relates by the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which
the record relates;
(b) Indicate that it is a correction
statement;
(c) Provide the basis for the person’s
belief that the record is inaccurate and indicate the manner in which the
person believes the record should be amended to cure any inaccuracy or provide
the basis for the person’s belief that the record was wrongfully filed; and
(d) Indicate the name of the debtor and
the secured party.
(3) The filing of a correction statement
does not affect the effectiveness of an initial financing statement or other
filed record. [2001 c.445 §89]
(Duties
and Operation of Filing Office)
79.0519
UCC 9-519. Numbering, maintaining and indexing records; communicating information
provided in records. (1) For each record filed in a
filing office, the filing office shall:
(a) Assign a unique number to the filed
record;
(b) Create a record that bears the number
assigned to the filed record and the date and time of filing;
(c) Maintain the filed record for public
inspection; and
(d) Index the filed record in accordance
with subsections (3), (4) and (5) of this section.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (9) of this section, a file number assigned after January 1, 2004,
must include a digit that:
(a) Is mathematically derived from or
related to the other digits of the file number; and
(b) Aids the filing office in determining
whether a number communicated as the file number includes a single-digit or
transpositional error.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in
subsections (4) and (5) of this section, the filing office shall:
(a) Index an initial financing statement
according to the name of the debtor and index all filed records relating to the
initial financing statement in a manner that associates with one another an
initial financing statement and all filed records relating to the initial
financing statement; and
(b) Index a record that provides a name of
a debtor which was not previously provided in the financing statement to which
the record relates also according to the name that was not previously provided.
(4) If a financing statement is filed as a
fixture filing or covers as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, it must
be filed for record and the filing office shall index it:
(a) Under the names of the debtor and of
each owner of record shown on the financing statement as if they were the
mortgagors under a mortgage of the real property described; and
(b) To the extent that the law of this
state provides for indexing of records of mortgages under the name of the
mortgagee, under the name of the secured party as if the secured party were the
mortgagee thereunder, or, if indexing is by description, as if the financing
statement were a record of a mortgage of the real property described.
(5) If a financing statement is filed as a
fixture filing or covers as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, the
filing office shall index an assignment filed under ORS 79.0514 (1) or an
amendment filed under ORS 79.0514 (2):
(a) Under the name of the assignor as
grantor; and
(b) To the extent that the law of this
state provides for indexing a record of the assignment of a mortgage under the
name of the assignee, under the name of the assignee.
(6) The filing office shall maintain a
capability:
(a) To retrieve a record by the name of
the debtor and by the file number assigned to the initial financing statement
to which the record relates; and
(b) To associate and retrieve with one
another an initial financing statement and each filed record relating to the
initial financing statement.
(7) The filing office may not remove a
debtor’s name from the index until one year after the effectiveness of a
financing statement naming the debtor lapses under ORS 79.0515 with respect to
all secured parties of record.
(8) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (9) of this section, the filing office shall perform the acts
required by subsections (1) to (5) of this section at the time and in the
manner prescribed by filing-office rule, but not later than two business days
after the filing office receives the record in question or, if the record is
delivered by mail, not later than four business days after the filing office
receives the record.
(9) Subsections (2) and (8) of this
section do not apply to a filing office described in ORS 79.0501 (1)(a). [2001
c.445 §90; 2003 c.14 §29]
79.0520
UCC 9-520. Acceptance and refusal to accept record.
(1) A filing office shall refuse to accept a record for filing for a reason set
forth in ORS 79.0516 (2) and may refuse to accept a record for filing only for
a reason set forth in ORS 79.0516 (2).
(2)(a) If a filing office refuses to
accept a record for filing, it shall communicate to the person that presented
the record the fact of and reason for the refusal and the date and time the
record would have been filed had the filing office accepted it. The
communication must be made at the time and in the manner prescribed by
filing-office rule but, in the case of a filing office described in ORS 79.0501
(1)(b), in no event more than two business days after the filing office
receives the record or, if the record is delivered by mail, four business days
after the filing office receives the record.
(b) In the case of a refusal to accept a
record under ORS 79.0516 (2)(h), the filing office shall, within the period
specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection, index the communication
regarding the refusal and not the refused record. The communication must remain
indexed for 20 days after the date of the communication unless, within the
20-day period, the secured party files a request for a hearing under subsection
(5) of this section. If the secured party files a timely request for a hearing,
the communication must remain indexed until the case is finally concluded.
(3) A filed financing statement satisfying
ORS 79.0502 (1) and (2) is effective, even if the filing office is required to
refuse to accept it for filing under subsection (1) of this section. However,
ORS 79.0338 applies to a filed financing statement providing information
described in ORS 79.0516 (2)(e) which is incorrect at the time the financing
statement is filed.
(4) If a record communicated to a filing
office provides information that relates to more than one debtor, ORS 79.0501
to 79.0528 apply as to each debtor separately.
(5)(a) If the filing office described in
ORS 79.0501 (1)(b) refuses to accept a record for filing under ORS 79.0516
(2)(h), the secured party may contest the refusal by filing with the Secretary
of State, within 20 days after the date of the communication regarding the
refusal, a written request for a hearing before the Secretary of State. The
request need not be in any particular form, but the secured party shall specify
the grounds upon which the secured party considers the refusal unlawful and
shall attach the record to the request.
(b) The Secretary of State may not grant a
hearing unless a secured party files a request for a hearing within the period
specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection. If a secured party files a
timely request for a hearing, the Secretary of State shall hold a hearing in
accordance with the applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183.
(c) The Secretary of State may delegate to
a hearing officer appointed by the Secretary of State all or part of the
authority to conduct hearings under this subsection.
(d) If the Secretary of State or the
hearing officer determines that the record should not have been refused, the
filing office shall index the record as of the date the record was originally
presented for filing.
(e) Final orders issued in a proceeding
under this subsection are subject to review by the Court of Appeals as provided
in ORS 183.480 and 183.482. [2001 c.445 §91; 2003 c.267 §3]
79.0521
UCC 9-521. Uniform form of written financing statement and amendment.
(1) A filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a
written initial financing statement in the form and format set forth in the
final official text of the 1999 revisions to Article 9 of the Uniform
Commercial Code promulgated by The American Law Institute and the National
Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, except for a reason set
forth in ORS 79.0516 (2).
(2) A filing office that accepts written
records may not refuse to accept a written record in the form and format set
forth in the final official text of the 1999 revisions to Article 9 of the
Uniform Commercial Code promulgated by The American Law Institute and the
National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, except for a reason
set forth in ORS 79.0516 (2). [2001 c.445 §92]
79.0522
UCC 9-522. Maintenance and destruction of records.
(1) The filing office shall maintain a record of the information provided in a
filed financing statement for at least one year after the effectiveness of the
financing statement has lapsed under ORS 79.0515 with respect to all secured
parties of record. The record must be retrievable by using the name of the
debtor and by using the file number assigned to the initial financing statement
to which the record relates.
(2) 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 (1) of
this section. [2001 c.445 §93; 2003 c.14 §30]
79.0523
UCC 9-523. Information from filing office; sale or license of records.
(1) If a person that files a written record requests an acknowledgment of the
filing, the filing office shall send an image of the record showing the number
assigned to the record pursuant to ORS 79.0519 (1)(a) and the date and time of
the filing of the record to the person indicated on the financing statement or
amendment as the person to whom the acknowledgment should be sent or, if no
person is so indicated, to the secured party or the person filing the written
record. However, if the person furnishes a copy of the record to the filing
office, the filing office may instead:
(a) Note upon the copy the number assigned
to the record pursuant to ORS 79.0519 (1)(a) and the date and time of the
filing of the record; and
(b) Send the copy to the person indicated
on the financing statement or amendment as the person to whom the
acknowledgment should be sent or, if no person is so indicated, to the secured
party or the person filing the written record.
(2) If a person files a record other than
a written record, the filing office shall communicate an acknowledgment to the
person indicated on the financing statement or amendment as the person to whom
the acknowledgment should be sent or, if no person is so indicated, to the
secured party or the person filing the record. The acknowledgment shall
provide:
(a) The information in the record;
(b) The number assigned to the record
pursuant to ORS 79.0519 (1)(a); and
(c) The date and time of the filing of the
record.
(3) The filing office shall communicate or
otherwise make available in a record the following information to any person
that requests it:
(a) Whether there is on file on a date and
time specified by the filing office, but not a date earlier than five business
days before the filing office receives the request, any financing statement
that:
(A) Designates a particular debtor or, if
the request so states, designates a particular debtor at the address specified
in the request;
(B) Has not lapsed under ORS 79.0515 with
respect to all secured parties of record; and
(C) If the request so states, has lapsed
under ORS 79.0515 and a record of which is maintained by the filing office
under ORS 79.0522 (1);
(b) The date and time of filing of each
financing statement;
(c) The information provided in each
financing statement; and
(d) All notices of federal lien or
certificates or notices affecting a lien, if any, filed under ORS 87.806 to
87.831 for a particular person whose name is identical to the particular debtor
named in the financing statement.
(4) In complying with its duty under
subsection (3) of this section, the filing office may communicate information
in any medium. However, if requested, the filing office shall communicate information
by issuing a record that can be admitted into evidence in the courts of this
state without extrinsic evidence of its authenticity.
(5) The filing office described in ORS
79.0501 (1)(b) shall perform the acts required by subsections (1) to (4) of this
section at the time and in the manner prescribed by filing-office rule, but not
later than two business days after the filing office receives the request or,
if the request is delivered by mail, not later than four business days after
the filing office receives the request.
(6) At least every two weeks, the filing
office described in ORS 79.0501 (1)(b) shall offer to sell or license to the
public on a nonexclusive basis, in bulk, copies of all records filed in it
under ORS 79.0501 to 79.0528. The filing office shall offer the copies of any
record in the medium in which the filing office maintains the record. The
filing office may offer the copies in additional media. [2001 c.445 §94; 2003
c.14 §31]
79.0524
UCC 9-524. Delay by filing office. Delay by the
filing office beyond a time limit prescribed by ORS 79.0501 to 79.0528 is
excused if:
(1) The delay is caused by interruption of
communication or computer facilities, war, emergency conditions, failure of
equipment or other circumstances beyond control of the filing office; and
(2) The filing office exercises reasonable
diligence under the circumstances. [2001 c.445 §95]
79.0525
UCC 9-525. Fees; rules. (1) Except as otherwise provided
in subsection (4) of this section, the nonrefundable fee for filing and
indexing a record under ORS 79.0501 to 79.0528 may not exceed $15.
(2) The number of names required to be
indexed does not affect the amount of the fee in subsection (1) of this
section.
(3) The nonrefundable fee for responding
to a request for information from the filing office, including for
communicating whether there is on file any financing statement naming a
particular debtor, may not exceed:
(a) $10 for each distinct debtor name to
be searched;
(b) $5 for copies of Uniform Commercial
Code documents relating to each distinct debtor name to be searched, in
addition to the fee in paragraph (a) of this subsection; and
(c) $5 for each request by document number
for copies of Uniform Commercial Code documents.
(4) This section does not require a fee
with respect to a record filed or recorded in the filing office described in
ORS 79.0501 (1)(a). However, the recording and satisfaction fees that otherwise
would be applicable to the record apply.
(5) The Secretary of State shall adopt
rules prescribing fees for providing summaries and compilations that are not
debtor specific and for providing copies of records, as described in ORS
79.0523 (6), that are not debtor specific. [2001 c.445 §96; 2007 c.39 §1; 2009
c.745 §15]
79.0526
UCC 9-526. Filing-office rules. (1) The
Secretary of State shall adopt and publish rules applicable to its filing
procedures, processes and operations to implement this chapter. The
filing-office rules must be:
(a) Consistent with this chapter; and
(b) Adopted and published in accordance
with ORS chapter 183.
(2) To keep the filing-office rules and
practices of the filing office in harmony with the rules and practices of
filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact substantially ORS 79.0501 to
79.0528, and to keep the technology used by the filing office compatible with
the technology used by filing offices in other jurisdictions that enact
substantially ORS 79.0501 to 79.0528, the Secretary of State, so far as is
consistent with the purposes, policies and provisions of this chapter, in
adopting, amending and repealing filing-office rules, shall:
(a) Consult with filing offices in other
jurisdictions that enact substantially ORS 79.0501 to 79.0528;
(b) Consult the most recent version of the
Model Rules promulgated by the International Association of Corporate
Administrators or any successor organization; and
(c) Take into consideration the rules and
practices of, and the technology used by, filing offices in other jurisdictions
that enact substantially ORS 79.0501 to 79.0528. [2001 c.445 §97]
79.0527
UCC 9-527. Duty to report. The Secretary of State shall
report to the Legislative Assembly on or before January 15 of each odd-numbered
year regarding the operation of the filing office. The report must contain a
statement of the extent to which the filing-office rules are not in harmony
with the most recent version of the Model Rules promulgated by the
International Association of Corporate Administrators, or any successor
organization, and the reasons for these variations. [2001 c.445 §98]
79.0528
Liability of Secretary of State. Except as
provided in ORS 30.260 to 30.300, the Secretary of State and the secretary’s
officers and employees shall not be liable to debtors, secured parties or any
other person in administering this chapter or ORS 80.100 to 80.130. [Formerly
79.8010]
DEFAULT
(Default
and Enforcement of Security Interest)
79.0601
UCC 9-601. Rights after default; judicial enforcement; consignor or buyer of
accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes.
(1) After default, a secured party has the rights provided in ORS 79.0601 to
79.0628 and, except as otherwise provided in ORS 79.0602, those provided by
agreement of the parties. A secured party:
(a) May reduce a claim to judgment,
foreclose, or otherwise enforce the claim, security interest or agricultural
lien by any available judicial procedure; and
(b) If the collateral is documents, may
proceed either as to the documents or as to the goods they cover.
(2) A secured party in possession of
collateral or control of collateral under ORS 77.1060, 79.0104, 79.0105,
79.0106 or 79.0107 has the rights and duties provided in ORS 79.0207.
(3) The rights under subsections (1) and
(2) of this section are cumulative and may be exercised simultaneously.
(4) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (7) of this section and ORS 79.0605, after default, a debtor and an
obligor have the rights provided in ORS 79.0601 to 79.0628 and by agreement of
the parties.
(5) If a secured party has reduced its
claim to judgment, the lien of any levy that may be made upon the collateral by
virtue of an execution based upon the judgment relates back to the earliest of:
(a) The date of perfection of the security
interest or agricultural lien in the collateral;
(b) The date of filing a financing
statement covering the collateral; or
(c) Any date specified in a statute under
which the agricultural lien was created.
(6) A sale pursuant to an execution is a
foreclosure of the security interest or agricultural lien by judicial procedure
within the meaning of this section. A secured party may purchase at the sale
and thereafter hold the collateral free of any other requirements of this
chapter.
(7) Except as otherwise provided in ORS
79.0607 (3), ORS 79.0601 to 79.0628 impose no duties upon a secured party that
is a consignor or is a buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or
promissory notes. [2001 c.445 §99; 2009 c.181 §102]
79.0602
UCC 9-602. Waiver and variance of rights and duties.
Except as otherwise provided in ORS 79.0624, to the extent that they give
rights to a debtor or obligor and impose duties on a secured party, the debtor
or obligor may not waive or vary the rules stated in the following listed
sections:
(1) ORS 79.0207 (2)(d)(C), which deals with
use and operation of the collateral by the secured party;
(2) ORS 79.0210, which deals with requests
for an accounting and requests concerning a list of collateral and statement of
account;
(3) ORS 79.0607 (3), which deals with
collection and enforcement of collateral;
(4) ORS 79.0608 (1) and 79.0615 (3) to the
extent that they deal with application or payment of noncash proceeds of
collection, enforcement or disposition;
(5) ORS 79.0608 (1) and 79.0615 (4) to the
extent that they require accounting for or payment of surplus proceeds of
collateral;
(6) ORS 79.0609 to the extent that it
imposes upon a secured party that takes possession of collateral without
judicial process the duty to do so without breach of the peace;
(7) ORS 79.0610 (2), 79.0611, 79.0613 and
79.0614, which deal with disposition of collateral;
(8) ORS 79.0615 (6), which deals with
calculation of a deficiency or surplus when a disposition is made to the
secured party, a person related to the secured party or a secondary obligor;
(9) ORS 79.0616, which deals with
explanation of the calculation of a surplus or deficiency;
(10) ORS 79.0620, 79.0621 and 79.0622,
which deal with acceptance of collateral in satisfaction of obligation;
(11) ORS 79.0623, which deals with
redemption of collateral;
(12) ORS 79.0624, which deals with
permissible waivers; and
(13) ORS 79.0625 and 79.0626, which deal
with the secured party’s liability for failure to comply with this chapter. [2001
c.445 §100]
79.0603
UCC 9-603. Agreement on standards concerning rights and duties.
(1) The parties may determine by agreement the standards measuring the
fulfillment of the rights of a debtor or obligor and the duties of a secured
party under a rule stated in ORS 79.0602 if the standards are not manifestly
unreasonable.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section does
not apply to the duty under ORS 79.0609 to refrain from breaching the peace. [2001
c.445 §101]
79.0604
UCC 9-604. Procedure if security agreement covers real property or fixtures.
(1) If a security agreement covers both personal and real property, a secured
party may proceed:
(a) Under ORS 79.0601 to 79.0628 as to the
personal property without prejudicing any rights with respect to the real
property; or
(b) As to both the personal property and
the real property in accordance with the rights with respect to the real
property, in which case the other provisions of ORS 79.0601 to 79.0628 do not
apply.
(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this
section, if a security agreement covers goods that are or become fixtures, a
secured party may proceed:
(a) Under ORS 79.0601 to 79.0628; or
(b) In accordance with the rights with
respect to real property, in which case the other provisions of ORS 79.0601 to
79.0628 do not apply.
(3) Subject to the other provisions of ORS
79.0601 to 79.0628, if a secured party holding a security interest in fixtures
has priority over all owners and encumbrancers of the real property, the
secured party, after default, may remove the collateral from the real property.
(4) A secured party that removes
collateral shall promptly reimburse any encumbrancer or owner of the real
property, other than the debtor, for the cost of repair of any physical injury
caused by the removal. The secured party need not reimburse the encumbrancer or
owner for any diminution in value of the real property caused by the absence of
the goods removed or by any necessity of replacing them. 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. [2001
c.445 §102]
79.0605
UCC 9-605. Unknown debtor or secondary obligor.
A secured party does not owe a duty based on its status as secured party:
(1) To a person that is a debtor or
obligor, unless the secured party knows:
(a) That the person is a debtor or
obligor;
(b) The identity of the person; and
(c) How to communicate with the person; or
(2) To a secured party or lienholder that
has filed a financing statement against a person, unless the secured party knows:
(a) That the person is a debtor; and
(b) The identity of the person. [2001
c.445 §103]
79.0606
UCC 9-606. Time of default for agricultural lien.
For purposes of ORS 79.0601 to 79.0628, a default occurs in connection with an
agricultural lien at the time the secured party becomes entitled to enforce the
lien in accordance with the statute under which it was created. [2001 c.445 §104]
79.0607
UCC 9-607. Collection and enforcement by secured party.
(1) If so agreed, and in any event after default, a secured party:
(a) May notify an account debtor or other
person obligated on collateral to make payment or otherwise render performance
to or for the benefit of the secured party;
(b) May take any proceeds to which the
secured party is entitled under ORS 79.0315;
(c) May enforce the obligations of an
account debtor or other person obligated on collateral and exercise the rights
of the debtor with respect to the obligation of the account debtor or other
person obligated on collateral to make payment or otherwise render performance
to the debtor, and with respect to any property that secures the obligations of
the account debtor or other person obligated on the collateral;
(d) If it holds a security interest in a
deposit account perfected by control under ORS 79.0104 (1)(a), may apply the
balance of the deposit account to the obligation secured by the deposit
account; and
(e) If it holds a security interest in a
deposit account perfected by control under ORS 79.0104 (1)(b) or (c), may
instruct the bank to pay the balance of the deposit account to or for the
benefit of the secured party.
(2) If necessary to enable a secured party
to exercise under subsection (1)(c) of this section the right of a debtor to
enforce a mortgage nonjudicially, the secured party may record in the office in
which a record of the mortgage is recorded the secured party’s sworn affidavit,
with a copy of the security agreement attached thereto. The affidavit shall be
in recordable form and state that:
(a) A default has occurred; and
(b) The secured party is entitled to
enforce the mortgage nonjudicially.
(3) A secured party shall proceed in a
commercially reasonable manner if the secured party:
(a) Undertakes to collect from or enforce
an obligation of an account debtor or other person obligated on collateral; and
(b) Is entitled to charge back uncollected
collateral or otherwise to full or limited recourse against the debtor or a
secondary obligor.
(4) A secured party may deduct from the
collections made pursuant to subsection (3) of this section reasonable expenses
of collection and enforcement, including reasonable attorney fees and legal
expenses incurred by the secured party.
(5) This section does not determine
whether an account debtor, bank or other person obligated on collateral owes a
duty to a secured party. [2001 c.445 §105]
79.0608
UCC 9-608. Application of proceeds of collection or enforcement; liability for
deficiency and right to surplus. (1) If a
security interest or agricultural lien secures payment or performance of an
obligation, the following rules apply:
(a) A secured party shall apply or pay
over for application the cash proceeds of collection or enforcement under ORS
79.0607 in the following order to:
(A) The reasonable expenses of collection
and enforcement and, to the extent provided for by agreement and not prohibited
by law, reasonable attorney fees and legal expenses incurred by the secured
party;
(B) The satisfaction of obligations
secured by the security interest or agricultural lien under which the
collection or enforcement is made; and
(C) The satisfaction of obligations
secured by any subordinate security interest in or other lien on the collateral
subject to the security interest or agricultural lien under which the
collection or enforcement is made if the secured party receives an
authenticated demand for proceeds before distribution of the proceeds is
completed.
(b) If requested by a secured party, a
holder of a subordinate security interest or other lien shall furnish
reasonable proof of the interest or lien within a reasonable time. Unless the
holder complies, the secured party need not comply with the holder’s demand
under paragraph (a)(C) of this subsection.
(c) A secured party need not apply or pay
over for application noncash proceeds of collection and enforcement under ORS
79.0607 unless the failure to do so would be commercially unreasonable. A
secured party that applies or pays over for application noncash proceeds shall
do so in a commercially reasonable manner.
(d) A secured party shall account to and
pay a debtor for any surplus, and the obligor is liable for any deficiency.
(2) If the underlying transaction is a
sale of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes, the
debtor is not entitled to any surplus and the obligor is not liable for any
deficiency. [2001 c.445 §106]
79.0609
UCC 9-609. Secured party’s right to take possession after default.
(1) After default, a secured party:
(a) May take possession of the collateral;
and
(b) Without removal, may render equipment
unusable and dispose of collateral on a debtor’s premises under ORS 79.0610.
(2) A secured party may proceed under
subsection (1) of this section:
(a) Pursuant to judicial process; or
(b) Without judicial process, if it
proceeds without breach of the peace.
(3) If so agreed, and in any event after
default, a secured party may require the debtor to assemble the collateral and
make it available to the secured party at a place to be designated by the
secured party which is reasonably convenient to both parties. [2001 c.445 §107]
79.0610
UCC 9-610. Disposition of collateral after default.
(1) After default, a secured party may sell, lease, license or otherwise
dispose of any or all of the collateral in its present condition or following
any commercially reasonable preparation or processing.
(2) Every aspect of a disposition of
collateral, including the method, manner, time, place and other terms, must be
commercially reasonable. If commercially reasonable, a secured party may
dispose of collateral by public or private proceedings, by one or more
contracts, as a unit or in parcels, and at any time and place and on any terms.
(3) A secured party may purchase
collateral:
(a) At a public disposition; or
(b) At a private disposition only if the collateral
is of a kind that is customarily sold on a recognized market or the subject of
widely distributed standard price quotations.
(4) A contract for sale, lease, license or
other disposition includes the warranties relating to title, possession, quiet
enjoyment and the like which by operation of law accompany a voluntary
disposition of property of the kind subject to the contract.
(5) A secured party may disclaim or modify
warranties under subsection (4) of this section:
(a) In a manner that would be effective to
disclaim or modify the warranties in a voluntary disposition of property of the
kind subject to the contract of disposition; or
(b) By communicating to the purchaser a
record evidencing the contract for disposition and including an express disclaimer
or modification of the warranties.
(6) A record is sufficient to disclaim
warranties under subsection (5) of this section if it indicates “There is no
warranty relating to title, possession, quiet enjoyment or the like in this
disposition” or uses words of similar import. [2001 c.445 §108]
79.0611
UCC 9-611. Notification before disposition of collateral.
(1) As used in this section, “notification date” means the earlier of the date
on which:
(a) A secured party sends to the debtor
and any secondary obligor an authenticated notification of disposition; or
(b) The debtor and any secondary obligor
waive the right to notification.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in
subsection (4) of this section, a secured party that disposes of collateral
under ORS 79.0610 shall send to the persons specified in subsection (3) of this
section a reasonable authenticated notification of disposition.
(3) To comply with subsection (2) of this
section, the secured party shall send an authenticated notification of disposition
to:
(a) The debtor;
(b) Any secondary obligor; and
(c) If the collateral is other than
consumer goods:
(A) Any other person from which the
secured party has received, before the notification date, an authenticated
notification of a claim of an interest in the collateral;
(B) Any other secured party or lienholder
that, 10 days before the notification date, held a security interest in or
other lien on the collateral perfected by the filing of a financing statement
that:
(i) Identified the collateral;
(ii) Was indexed under the debtor’s name
as of that date; and
(iii) Was filed in the office in which to
file a financing statement against the debtor covering the collateral as of
that date; and
(C) Any other secured party that, 10 days
before the notification date, held a security interest in the collateral
perfected by compliance with a statute, regulation or treaty described in ORS
79.0311 (1).
(4) Subsection (2) of this section does
not apply if the collateral is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in
value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market.
(5) A secured party complies with the
requirement for notification prescribed by subsection (3)(c)(B) of this section
if:
(a) Not later than 20 days or earlier than
30 days before the notification date, the secured party requests, in a
commercially reasonable manner, information concerning financing statements
indexed under the debtor’s name in the office indicated in subsection (3)(c)(B)
of this section; and
(b) Before the notification date, the
secured party:
(A) Did not receive a response to the
request for information; or
(B) Received a response to the request for
information and sent an authenticated notification of disposition to each
secured party or other lienholder named in that response whose financing
statement covered the collateral. [2001 c.445 §109]
79.0612
UCC 9-612. Timeliness of notification before disposition of collateral.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, a
notification of disposition sent after default and 15 days or more before the
earliest time of disposition, as set forth in the notification, is sent within
a reasonable time before the disposition.
(2) In a transaction other than a consumer
transaction, a notification of disposition sent after default and 10 days or
more before the earliest time of disposition set forth in the notification is
sent within a reasonable time before the disposition. [2001 c.445 §110]
79.0613
UCC 9-613. Contents and form of notification before disposition of collateral:
general. Except in a consumer-goods transaction,
the following rules apply:
(1) The contents of a notification of
disposition are sufficient if the notification:
(a) Indicates the name of the debtor and
the name, address and telephone number of the secured party;
(b) Describes the collateral that is the
subject of the intended disposition;
(c) States the method of intended
disposition;
(d) States that the debtor is entitled to
an accounting of the unpaid indebtedness and states the charge, if any, for an
accounting; and
(e) States the time and place of a public
disposition or the time after which any other disposition is to be made.
(2) Whether the contents of a notification
that lacks any of the information specified in subsection (1) of this section
are nevertheless sufficient is a question of fact.
(3) The contents of a notification
providing substantially the information specified in subsection (1) of this
section are sufficient, even if the notification includes:
(a) Information not specified by
subsection (1) of this section; or
(b) Minor errors that are not seriously
misleading.
(4) A particular phrasing of the
notification is not required.
(5) The following form of notification and
the form appearing in ORS 79.0614 (3), when completed, provide sufficient
information:
______________________________________________________________________________
NOTIFICATION OF DISPOSITION OF
COLLATERAL
To: (Name of debtor, obligor or other
person to which the notification is sent.)
From: (Name, address and telephone
number of secured party.)
Name of Debtor(s): (Include only if
debtor(s) are not an addressee.)
For a public disposition:
We will sell or lease or license, as
applicable the (describe collateral) to the highest qualified bidder in
public as follows:
Day and date: _________
Time: _________
Place: _________
For a private disposition:
We will sell or lease or license, as
applicable the (describe collateral) privately sometime after (day
and date).
You are entitled to an accounting of the
unpaid indebtedness secured by the property that we intend to sell or lease or
license, as applicable for a charge of $_____. You may request an accounting by
calling us at (telephone number).
______________________________________________________________________________
[2001 c.445 §111]
79.0614
UCC 9-614. Contents and form of notification before disposition of collateral:
consumer-goods transaction. In a consumer-goods transaction,
the following rules apply:
(1) A notification of disposition must
provide the following information:
(a) The information specified in ORS
79.0613 (1);
(b) A description of any liability for a
deficiency of the person to which the notification is sent;
(c) A telephone number from which the
amount that must be paid to the secured party to redeem the collateral under
ORS 79.0623 is available; and
(d) A telephone number or mailing address
from which additional information concerning the disposition and the obligation
secured is available.
(2) A particular phrasing of the
notification is not required.
(3) The following form of notification,
when completed, provides sufficient information:
______________________________________________________________________________
(Name and address of secured party)
(Date)
NOTICE OF OUR PLAN TO SELL
PROPERTY
(Name and address of any obligor who is
also a debtor)
Subject: (Identification of Transaction)
We have your (describe collateral),
because you broke promises in our agreement.
For a public disposition:
We will sell (describe collateral)
at public sale. A sale could include a lease or license. The sale will be held
as follows:
Day and date: _____
Time: _____
Place: _____
You may attend the sale and bring bidders
if you want.
For a private disposition:
We will sell (describe collateral)
at private sale sometime after (date). A sale could include a lease or
license.
The money that we get from the sale, after
paying our costs, will reduce the amount you owe. If we get less money than you
owe, you (will or will not, as applicable) still owe us the difference.
If we get more money than you owe, you will get the extra money, unless we must
pay it to someone else.
You can get the property back at any time
before we sell it by paying us the full amount you owe (not just the past due
payments), including our expenses. To learn the exact amount you must pay, call
us at (telephone number).
If you want us to explain to you in
writing how we have figured the amount that you owe us, you may call us at (telephone
number) or write us at (secured party’s address) and request a
written explanation. We will charge you $_____ for the explanation if we sent
you another written explanation of the amount you owe us within the last six
months.
If you need more information about the
sale call us at (telephone number) or write us at (secured party’s
address).
We are sending this notice to the
following other people who have an interest in (describe collateral) or
who owe money under your agreement:
(Names of all other debtors and
obligors, if any.)
______________________________________________________________________________
(4) A notification in the form of
subsection (3) of this section is sufficient, even if the form includes
additional information.
(5) A notification in the form of
subsection (3) of this section is sufficient, even if it includes minor errors
in information not required by subsection (1) of this section, unless the error
is seriously misleading.
(6) If a notification under this section
is not in the form of subsection (3) of this section, law other than this
chapter determines the effect of including information not required by
subsection (1) of this section. [2001 c.445 §112]
79.0615
UCC 9-615. Application of proceeds of disposition; liability for deficiency and
right to surplus. (1) A secured party shall apply
or pay over for application the cash proceeds of disposition under ORS 79.0610
in the following order to:
(a) The reasonable expenses of retaking,
holding, preparing for disposition, processing and disposing, and, to the
extent provided for by agreement and not prohibited by law, reasonable attorney
fees and legal expenses incurred by the secured party;
(b) The satisfaction of obligations
secured by the security interest or agricultural lien under which the
disposition is made;
(c) The satisfaction of obligations
secured by any subordinate security interest in or other subordinate lien on
the collateral if:
(A) The secured party receives from the
holder of the subordinate security interest or other lien an authenticated
demand for proceeds before distribution of the proceeds is completed; and
(B) In a case in which a consignor has an
interest in the collateral, the subordinate security interest or other lien is
senior to the interest of the consignor; and
(d) A secured party that is a consignor of
the collateral if the secured party receives from the consignor an
authenticated demand for proceeds before distribution of the proceeds is
completed.
(2) If requested by a secured party, a
holder of a subordinate security interest or other lien shall furnish
reasonable proof of the interest or lien within a reasonable time. Unless the
holder does so, the secured party need not comply with the holder’s demand
under subsection (1)(c) of this section.
(3) A secured party need not apply or pay
over for application noncash proceeds of disposition under ORS 79.0610 unless
the failure to do so would be commercially unreasonable. A secured party that
applies or pays over for application noncash proceeds shall do so in a
commercially reasonable manner.
(4) If the security interest under which a
disposition is made secures payment or performance of an obligation, after
making the payments and applications required by subsection (1) of this section
and permitted by subsection (3) of this section:
(a) Unless subsection (1)(d) of this
section requires the secured party to apply or pay over cash proceeds to a
consignor, the secured party shall account to and pay a debtor for any surplus;
and
(b) The obligor is liable for any
deficiency.
(5) If the underlying transaction is a
sale of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles or promissory notes:
(a) The debtor is not entitled to any
surplus; and
(b) The obligor is not liable for any
deficiency.
(6) The surplus or deficiency following a
disposition is calculated based on the amount of proceeds that would have been
realized in a disposition complying with ORS 79.0601 to 79.0628 to a transferee
other than the secured party, a person related to the secured party, or a
secondary obligor if:
(a) The transferee in the disposition is
the secured party, a person related to the secured party, or a secondary
obligor; and
(b) The amount of proceeds of the
disposition is significantly below the range of proceeds that a complying
disposition to a person other than the secured party, a person related to the
secured party, or a secondary obligor would have brought.
(7) A secured party that receives cash
proceeds of a disposition in good faith and without knowledge that the receipt
violates the rights of the holder of a security interest or other lien that is
not subordinate to the security interest or agricultural lien under which the
disposition is made:
(a) Takes the cash proceeds free of the
security interest or other lien;
(b) Is not obligated to apply the proceeds
of the disposition to the satisfaction of obligations secured by the security
interest or other lien; and
(c) Is not obligated to account to or pay
the holder of the security interest or other lien for any surplus. [2001 c.445 §113]
79.0616
UCC 9-616. Explanation of calculation of surplus or deficiency.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) “Explanation” means a writing that:
(A) States the amount of the surplus or
deficiency;
(B) Provides an explanation in accordance
with subsection (3) of this section of how the secured party calculated the
surplus or deficiency;
(C) States, if applicable, that future
debits, credits, charges, including additional credit service charges or
interest, rebates and expenses may affect the amount of the surplus or
deficiency; and
(D) Provides a telephone number or mailing
address from which additional information concerning the transaction is
available.
(b) “Request” means a record:
(A) Authenticated by a debtor or consumer
obligor;
(B) Requesting that the recipient provide
an explanation; and
(C) Sent after disposition of the
collateral under ORS 79.0610.
(2) In a consumer-goods transaction in
which the debtor is entitled to a surplus or a consumer obligor is liable for a
deficiency under ORS 79.0615, the secured party shall:
(a) Send an explanation to the debtor or
consumer obligor, as applicable, after the disposition and:
(A) Before or when the secured party
accounts to the debtor and pays any surplus or first makes written demand on
the consumer obligor after the disposition for payment of the deficiency; and
(B) Within 14 days after receipt of a
request; or
(b) In the case of a consumer obligor who
is liable for a deficiency, within 14 days after receipt of a request, send to
the consumer obligor a record waiving the secured party’s right to a
deficiency.
(3) To comply with subsection (1)(a)(B) of
this section, a writing must provide the following information in the following
order:
(a) The aggregate amount of obligations
secured by the security interest under which the disposition was made, and, if
the amount reflects a rebate of unearned interest or credit service charge, an
indication of that fact, calculated as of a specified date:
(A) If the secured party takes or receives
possession of the collateral after default, not more than 35 days before the
secured party takes or receives possession; or
(B) If the secured party takes or receives
possession of the collateral before default or does not take possession of the
collateral, not more than 35 days before the disposition;
(b) The amount of proceeds of the
disposition;
(c) The aggregate amount of the
obligations after deducting the amount of proceeds;
(d) The amount, in the aggregate or by
type, and types of expenses, including expenses of retaking, holding, preparing
for disposition, processing and disposing of the collateral, and attorney fees
secured by the collateral which are known to the secured party and relate to
the current disposition;
(e) The amount, in the aggregate or by
type, and types of credits, including rebates of interest or credit service
charges, to which the obligor is known to be entitled and which are not
reflected in the amount in paragraph (a) of this subsection; and
(f) The amount of the surplus or
deficiency.
(4) A particular phrasing of the
explanation is not required. An explanation complying substantially with the
requirements of subsection (1) of this section is sufficient, even if it
includes minor errors that are not seriously misleading.
(5) A debtor or consumer obligor is
entitled without charge to one response to a request under this section during
any six-month period in which the secured party did not send to the debtor or
consumer obligor an explanation pursuant to subsection (2)(a) of this section.
The secured party may require payment of a charge not exceeding $25 for each
additional response. [2001 c.445 §114]
79.0617
UCC 9-617. Rights of transferee of collateral.
(1) A secured party’s disposition of collateral after default:
(a) Transfers to a transferee for value
all of the debtor’s rights in the collateral;
(b) Discharges the security interest under
which the disposition is made; and
(c) Discharges any subordinate security
interest or other subordinate lien.
(2) A transferee that acts in good faith
takes free of the rights and interests described in subsection (1) of this
section, even if the secured party fails to comply with this chapter or the
requirements of any judicial proceeding.
(3) If a transferee does not take free of
the rights and interests described in subsection (1) of this section, the
transferee takes the collateral subject to:
(a) The debtor’s rights in the collateral;
(b) The security interest or agricultural
lien under which the disposition is made; and
(c) Any other security interest or other
lien. [2001 c.445 §115]
79.0618
UCC 9-618. Rights and duties of certain secondary obligors.
(1) A secondary obligor acquires the rights and becomes obligated to perform
the duties of the secured party after the secondary obligor:
(a) Receives an assignment of a secured
obligation from the secured party;
(b) Receives a transfer of collateral from
the secured party and agrees to accept the rights and assume the duties of the
secured party; or
(c) Is subrogated to the rights of a
secured party with respect to collateral.
(2) An assignment, transfer or subrogation
described in subsection (1) of this section:
(a) Is not a disposition of collateral
under ORS 79.0610; and
(b) Relieves the secured party of further
duties under this chapter. [2001 c.445 §116]
79.0619
UCC 9-619. Transfer of record or legal title. (1) As
used in this section, “transfer statement” means a record authenticated by a
secured party stating:
(a) That the debtor has defaulted in
connection with an obligation secured by specified collateral;
(b) That the secured party has exercised
its post-default remedies with respect to the collateral;
(c) That, by reason of the exercise, a
transferee has acquired the rights of the debtor in the collateral; and
(d) The name and mailing address of the
secured party, debtor and transferee.
(2) 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:
(a) Accept the transfer statement;
(b) Promptly amend its records to reflect
the transfer; and
(c) If applicable, issue a new appropriate
certificate of title in the name of the transferee.
(3) A transfer of the record or legal
title to collateral to a secured party under subsection (2) of this section or
otherwise is not of itself a disposition of collateral under this chapter and
does not of itself relieve the secured party of its duties under this chapter. [2001
c.445 §117]
79.0620
UCC 9-620. Acceptance of collateral in full or partial satisfaction of
obligation; compulsory disposition of collateral.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (7) of this section, a secured
party may accept collateral in full or partial satisfaction of the obligation
it secures only if:
(a) The debtor consents to the acceptance
under subsection (3) of this section;
(b) The secured party does not receive,
within the time set forth in subsection (4) of this section, a notification of
objection to the proposal authenticated by:
(A) A person to which the secured party
was required to send a proposal under ORS 79.0621; 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;
(c) If the collateral is consumer goods,
the collateral is not in the possession of the debtor when the debtor consents
to the acceptance; and
(d) Subsection (5) of this section does
not require the secured party to dispose of the collateral or the debtor waives
the requirement pursuant to ORS 79.0624.
(2) A purported or apparent acceptance of
collateral under this section is ineffective unless:
(a) The secured party consents to the
acceptance in an authenticated record or sends a proposal to the debtor; and
(b) The conditions of subsection (1) of
this section are met.
(3) For purposes of this section:
(a) 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
(b) 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.
(4) To be effective under subsection
(1)(b) of this section, a notification of objection must be received by the
secured party:
(a) In the case of a person to which the
proposal was sent pursuant to ORS 79.0621, within 20 days after notification
was sent to that person; and
(b) In other cases:
(A) Within 20 days after the last
notification was sent pursuant to ORS 79.0621; or
(B) If a notification was not sent, before
the debtor consents to the acceptance under subsection (3) of this section.
(5) A secured party that has taken possession
of collateral shall dispose of the collateral pursuant to ORS 79.0610 within
the time specified in subsection (6) of this section if:
(a) Sixty percent of the cash price has
been paid in the case of a purchase-money security interest in consumer goods;
or
(b) Sixty 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.
(6) To comply with subsection (5) of this
section, the secured party shall dispose of the collateral:
(a) Within 180 days after taking
possession; or
(b) 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.
(7) In a consumer transaction, a secured
party may not accept collateral in partial satisfaction of the obligation it
secures. [2001 c.445 §118]
79.0621
UCC 9-621. Notification of proposal to accept collateral.
(1) A secured party that desires to accept collateral in full or partial satisfaction
of the obligation it secures shall send its proposal to:
(a) 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;
(b) 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
(c) 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 ORS 79.0311 (1).
(2) 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 (1) of this section. [2001 c.445 §119]
79.0622
UCC 9-622. Effect of acceptance of collateral.
(1) A secured party’s acceptance of collateral in full or partial satisfaction
of the obligation it secures:
(a) Discharges the obligation to the
extent consented to by the debtor;
(b) Transfers to the secured party all of
a debtor’s rights in the collateral;
(c) 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
(d) Terminates any other subordinate
interest.
(2) A subordinate interest is discharged
or terminated under subsection (1) of this section, even if the secured party
fails to comply with this chapter. [2001 c.445 §120]
79.0623
UCC 9-623. Right to redeem collateral. (1) A debtor,
any secondary obligor or any other secured party or lienholder may redeem
collateral.
(2) To redeem collateral, a person shall
tender:
(a) Fulfillment of all obligations secured
by the collateral; and
(b) The reasonable expenses and attorney
fees described in ORS 79.0615 (1)(a).
(3) A redemption may occur at any time
before a secured party:
(a) Has collected collateral under ORS
79.0607;
(b) Has disposed of collateral or entered
into a contract for its disposition under ORS 79.0610; or
(c) Has accepted collateral in full or
partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures under ORS 79.0622. [2001
c.445 §121]
79.0624
UCC 9-624. Waiver. (1) A debtor or secondary
obligor may waive the right to notification of disposition of collateral under
ORS 79.0611 only by an agreement to that effect entered into and authenticated
after default.
(2) A debtor may waive the right to
require disposition of collateral under ORS 79.0620 (5) only by an agreement to
that effect entered into and authenticated after default.
(3) Except in a consumer-goods
transaction, a debtor or secondary obligor may waive the right to redeem
collateral under ORS 79.0623 only by an agreement to that effect entered into
and authenticated after default. [2001 c.445 §122]
(Noncompliance
With Chapter)
79.0625
UCC 9-625. Remedies for secured party’s failure to comply with article.
(1) If it is established that a secured party is not proceeding in accordance
with this chapter, a court may order or restrain collection, enforcement or
disposition of collateral on appropriate terms and conditions.
(2) Subject to subsections (3), (4) and (6)
of this section, a person is liable for damages in the amount of any loss
caused by a failure to comply with this chapter. Loss caused by a failure to
comply may include loss resulting from the debtor’s inability to obtain, or
increased costs of, alternative financing.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in ORS
79.0628:
(a) A person that, at the time of the
failure, was a debtor, was an obligor, or held a security interest in or other
lien on the collateral may, in an individual action only, recover damages under
subsection (2) of this section for its loss;
(b) If the collateral is consumer goods, a
person that was a debtor or a secondary obligor at the time a secured party
failed to comply with ORS 79.0601 to 79.0628 may, in an individual action only,
recover an amount not less than $1,000; and
(c) The court may award reasonable
attorney fees to the prevailing party in an action under this subsection.
(4) A debtor whose deficiency is
eliminated under ORS 79.0626 may recover damages for the loss of any surplus.
However, a debtor or secondary obligor whose deficiency is eliminated or
reduced under ORS 79.0626 may not otherwise recover under subsection (2) of
this section for noncompliance with the provisions of ORS 79.0601 to 79.0628
relating to collection, enforcement, disposition or acceptance.
(5) Regarding a transaction that is a
consumer transaction or in which the collateral is consumer goods, in addition
to any damages recoverable under subsection (2) of this section, the debtor,
consumer obligor, or person named as a debtor in a filed record, as applicable,
may, in an individual action only, recover $500 for each instance from a person
that:
(a) Fails to comply with ORS 79.0208;
(b) Fails to comply with ORS 79.0209;
(c) After July 1, 2001, files a record
that the person is not entitled to file under ORS 79.0509 (1) if the record is
not released or terminated within 10 days after receipt by the secured party of
an authenticated request from the debtor that explains the basis for the
request;
(d) Fails to cause the secured party of
record to file or send a termination statement as required by ORS 79.0513 (1)
or (3); or
(e) Fails to comply with ORS 79.0616 (2)
and whose failure is part of a pattern, or consistent with a practice, of
noncompliance.
(6) A debtor or consumer obligor may
recover damages under subsection (2) of this section and, in addition, $500 in
each case from a person that, without reasonable cause, fails to comply with a
request under ORS 79.0210. A recipient of a request under ORS 79.0210 which
never claimed an interest in the collateral or obligations that are the subject
of a request under ORS 79.0210 has a reasonable excuse for failure to comply
with the request within the meaning of this subsection.
(7) If a secured party fails to comply
with a request regarding a list of collateral or a statement of account under
ORS 79.0210, the secured party may claim a security interest only as shown in
the list or statement included in the request as against a person that is
reasonably misled by the failure. [2001 c.445 §123]
79.0626
UCC 9-626. Action in which deficiency or surplus is in issue.
(1) In an action arising from a transaction, other than a consumer transaction,
in which the amount of a deficiency or surplus is in issue, the following rules
apply:
(a) A secured party need not prove
compliance with the provisions of ORS 79.0601 to 79.0628 relating to
collection, enforcement, disposition, or acceptance unless the debtor or a
secondary obligor places the secured party’s compliance in issue.
(b) If the secured party’s compliance is
placed in issue, the secured party has the burden of establishing that the
collection, enforcement, disposition or acceptance was conducted in accordance
with ORS 79.0601 to 79.0628.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in ORS
79.0628, if a secured party fails to prove that the collection, enforcement,
disposition or acceptance was conducted in accordance with the provisions of
ORS 79.0601 to 79.0628 relating to collection, enforcement, disposition or acceptance,
the liability of a debtor or a secondary obligor for a deficiency is limited to
an amount by which the sum of the secured obligation, expenses and attorney
fees exceeds the greater of:
(A) The proceeds of the collection,
enforcement, disposition or acceptance; or
(B) The amount of proceeds that would have
been realized had the noncomplying secured party proceeded in accordance with
the provisions of ORS 79.0601 to 79.0628 relating to collection, enforcement,
disposition or acceptance.
(d) For purposes of paragraph (c)(B) of
this subsection, the amount of proceeds that would have been realized is equal
to the sum of the secured obligation, expenses and attorney fees unless the
secured party proves that the amount is less than that sum.
(e) If a deficiency or surplus is
calculated under ORS 79.0615 (6), the debtor or obligor has the burden of
establishing that the amount of proceeds of the disposition is significantly
below the range of prices that a complying disposition to a person other than
the secured party, a person related to the secured party, or a secondary
obligor would have brought.
(2) The limitation of the rules in
subsection (1) of this section to transactions other than consumer transactions
is intended to leave to the court the determination of the proper rules in
consumer transactions. The court may not infer from that limitation the nature
of the proper rule in consumer transactions and may continue to apply
established approaches. [2001 c.445 §124]
79.0627
UCC 9-627. Determination of whether conduct was commercially reasonable.
(1) The fact that a greater amount could have been obtained by a collection,
enforcement, disposition or acceptance at a different time or in a different
method from that selected by the secured party is not of itself sufficient to
preclude the secured party from establishing that the collection, enforcement,
disposition or acceptance was made in a commercially reasonable manner.
(2) A disposition of collateral is made in
a commercially reasonable manner if the disposition is made:
(a) In the usual manner on any recognized
market;
(b) At the price current in any recognized
market at the time of the disposition; or
(c) Otherwise in conformity with
reasonable commercial practices among dealers in the type of property that was
the subject of the disposition.
(3) A collection, enforcement, disposition
or acceptance is commercially reasonable if it has been approved:
(a) In a judicial proceeding;
(b) By a bona fide creditors’ committee;
(c) By a representative of creditors; or
(d) By an assignee for the benefit of
creditors.
(4) Approval under subsection (3) of this
section need not be obtained, and lack of approval does not mean that the
collection, enforcement, disposition or acceptance is not commercially
reasonable. [2001 c.445 §125]
79.0628
UCC 9-628. Nonliability and limitation on liability of secured party; liability
of secondary obligor. (1) Unless a secured party knows
that a person is a debtor or obligor, knows the identity of the person and knows
how to communicate with the person:
(a) The secured party is not liable to the
person, or to a secured party or lienholder that has filed a financing
statement against the person, for failure to comply with this chapter; and
(b) The secured party’s failure to comply
with this chapter does not affect the liability of the person for a deficiency.
(2) A secured party is not liable because
of its status as secured party:
(a) To a person that is a debtor or
obligor, unless the secured party knows:
(A) That the person is a debtor or
obligor;
(B) The identity of the person; and
(C) How to communicate with the person; or
(b) To a secured party or lienholder that
has filed a financing statement against a person, unless the secured party
knows:
(A) That the person is a debtor; and
(B) The identity of the person.
(3) A secured party is not liable to any
person, and a person’s liability for a deficiency is not affected, because of
any act or omission arising out of the secured party’s reasonable belief that a
transaction is not a consumer-goods transaction or a consumer transaction or
that goods are not consumer goods, if the secured party’s belief is based on
its reasonable reliance on:
(a) A debtor’s representation concerning
the purpose for which collateral was to be used, acquired or held; or
(b) An obligor’s representation concerning
the purpose for which a secured obligation was incurred.
(4) A secured party is not liable to any
person under ORS 79.0625 (3)(b) for its failure to comply with ORS 79.0616.
(5) A secured party is not liable under
ORS 79.0625 (3)(b) more than once with respect to any one secured obligation. [2001
c.445 §126]
79.1010
[1961 c.726 §79.1010; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.1020
[1961 c.726 §79.1020; 1973 c.504 §5; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.1030
[1961 c.726 §79.1030; 1973 c.504 §6; 1985 c.676 §79.1030; 1995 c.328 §53; 1997
c.150 §21; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.1040
[1961 c.726 §79.1040; 1973 c.504 §7; 1989 c.567 §1; 1993 c.390 §1; 1997 c.150 §22;
repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.1050
[1961 c.726 §79.1050; 1963 c.402 §10; 1973 c.504 §8; 1985 c.676 §79.1050; 1989
c.813 §3; 1993 c.545 §121; 1995 c.328 §54; 1997 c.150 §23; 1999 c.59 §17;
repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.1060
[1961 c.726 §79.1060; 1973 c.504 §9; 1995 c.328 §55; 1997 c.150 §24; repealed
by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.1070
[1961 c.726 §79.1070; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.1080
[1961 c.726 §79.1080; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.1090
[1961 c.726 §79.1090; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.1100
[1961 c.726 §79.1100; 1999 c.715 §3; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.1110
[1961 c.726 §79.1110; repealed by 1991 c.83 §1]
79.1120
[1961 c.726 §79.1120; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.1130
[1961 c.726 §79.1130; 1989 c.676 §82; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.1150
[1995 c.328 §56; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.1160
[1995 c.328 §57; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.2010
[1961 c.726 §79.2010; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.2020
[1961 c.726 §79.2020; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.2030
[1961 c.726 §79.2030; 1973 c.504 §11; 1985 c.676 §79.2030; 1995 c.79 §28; 1995
c.328 §58; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.2040
[1961 c.726 §79.2040; 1963 c.402 §5; 1973 c.504 §12; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.2050
[1961 c.726 §79.2050; 1973 c.504 §13; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.2060
[1961 c.726 §79.2060; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.2070
[1961 c.726 §79.2070; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.2080
[1961 c.726 §79.2080; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.3010
[1961 c.726 §79.3010; 1973 c.504 §14; 1983 c.394 §1; 1985 c.765 §79.3010; 1989
c.813 §1; 1991 c.937 §1; 1995 c.328 §59; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.3015
[1973 c.504 §10; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.3020
[1961 c.726 §79.3020; 1965 c.209 §1; 1967 c.395 §2; 1969 c.386 §1; 1973 c.504 §15;
1985 c.16 §445; 1985 c.676 §79.3020; 1989 c.111 §9; 1993 c.390 §2; 1995 c.79 §29;
1995 c.328 §60; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.3030
[1961 c.726 §79.3030; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.3040
[1961 c.726 §79.3040; 1973 c.504 §16; 1985 c.676 §79.3040; 1995 c.328 §61; 1997
c.150 §25; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.3050
[1961 c.726 §79.3050; 1973 c.504 §17; 1985 c.676 §79.3050; 1995 c.328 §62; 1997
c.150 §26; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.3060
[1961 c.726 §79.3060; 1973 c.504 §18; 1995 c.328 §63; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.3070
[1961 c.726 §79.3070; 1973 c.504 §19; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.3080
[1961 c.726 §79.3080; 1973 c.504 §20; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.3090
[1961 c.726 §79.3090; 1985 c.676 §79.3090; 1993 c.545 §122; 1995 c.328 §64;
repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.3100
[1961 c.726 §79.3100; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.3110
[1961 c.726 §79.3110; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.3120
[1961 c.726 §79.3120; 1973 c.504 §21; 1983 c.394 §2; 1985 c.676 §79.3120; 1985
c.765 §2; 1989 c.813 §2; 1991 c.937 §2; 1993 c.390 §3; 1995 c.79 §30; 1995
c.328 §65; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.3130
[1961 c.726 §79.3130; 1973 c.504 §22; 1993 c.155 §3; 1999 c.645 §1; repealed by
2001 c.445 §187]
79.3132
[1999 c.715 §2; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.3140
[1961 c.726 §79.3140; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.3150
[1961 c.726 §79.3150; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.3160
[1961 c.726 §79.3160; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.3170
[1961 c.726 §79.3170; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.3180
[1961 c.726 §79.3180; 1973 c.504 §23; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.4010
[1961 c.726 §79.4010; 1963 c.402 §6; 1973 c.504 §24; 1975 c.703 §3; 1977 c.452 §1;
repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.4015
[1977 c.452 §3; repealed by 1989 c.111 §14]
79.4016
[1999 c.715 §9; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.4020
[1961 c.726 §79.4020; 1963 c.402 §7; 1973 c.504 §25; 1987 c.552 §1; 1989 c.111 §1;
1991 c.134 §1; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.4023
[1973 c.504 §31; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.4025
[1963 c.370 §§1,2; 1977 c.452 §2; 1989 c.111 §2; 1993 c.155 §1; 1999 c.464 §1;
1999 c.715 §4; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.4030
[1961 c.726 §79.4030; 1963 c.402 §8; 1971 c.621 §13; 1973 c.504 §26; 1975 c.607
§15; 1979 c.833 §16; 1981 c.835 §6; 1987 c.552 §2; 1989 c.111 §3; 1993 c.155 §2;
repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.4040
[1961 c.726 §79.4040; 1971 c.621 §14; 1973 c.504 §27; 1975 c.607 §16; 1979
c.833 §17; 1981 c.835 §7; 1989 c.111 §4; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.4050
[1961 c.726 §79.4050; 1971 c.621 §15; 1973 c.504 §28; 1975 c.607 §17; 1979
c.833 §18; 1981 c.835 §8; 1989 c.111 §5; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.4060
[1961 c.726 §79.4060; 1971 c.621 §16; 1973 c.504 §29; 1975 c.607 §18; 1979
c.833 §19; 1981 c.835 §9; 1989 c.111 §6; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.4070
[1961 c.726 §79.4070; 1971 c.621 §17; 1973 c.504 §30; 1975 c.607 §19; 1979
c.833 §20; 1981 c.835 §10; 1983 c.246 §1; 1985 c.469 §79.4070; 1989 c.111 §7;
1999 c.715 §5; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.4080
[1979 c.548 §2; 1989 c.111 §8; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.4090
[1979 c.548 §3; 1983 c.220 §3; 1989 c.111 §13; 1993 c.66 §8; repealed by 2001
c.445 §187]
79.5010
[1961 c.726 §79.5010; 1973 c.504 §32; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.5020
[1961 c.726 §79.5020; 1973 c.504 §33; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.5030
[1961 c.726 §79.5030; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.5040
[1961 c.726 §79.5040; 1973 c.504 §34; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.5050
[1961 c.726 §79.5050; 1973 c.504 §35; 1981 c.573 §1; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.5060
[1961 c.726 §79.5060; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.5070
[1961 c.726 §79.5070; 1981 c.573 §2; 1995 c.618 §46; repealed by 2001 c.445 §187]
79.6010
[1983 c.246 §3; renumbered 79.8010 in 1987]
79.6020
[1987 c.645 §1; renumbered 80.100 in 2001]
79.6025
[1999 c.715 §11; 2001 c.535 §26; renumbered 80.103 in 2001]
79.6030
[1987 c.645 §4; 1999 c.464 §2; renumbered 80.106 in 2001]
79.6040
[1987 c.645 §2; renumbered 80.109 in 2001]
79.6050
[1987 c.645 §3; renumbered 80.112 in 2001]
79.6060
[1987 c.645 §7; renumbered 80.115 in 2001]
79.6070
[1987 c.645 §5; renumbered 80.118 in 2001]
79.6080
[1987 c.645 §6; renumbered 80.121 in 2001]
79.6090
[1987 c.645 §11; renumbered 80.124 in 2001]
79.7000
[1987 c.645 §9; renumbered 80.127 in 2001]
79.7010
[1987 c.645 §8; renumbered 80.130 in 2001]
79.7020
[1987 c.645 §10; repealed by 1989 c.111 §15]
79.8010
[Formerly 79.6010; 2001 c.445 §157; renumbered 79.0528 in 2001]
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