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Georgia Code Title 11. Commercial Code § 11-9-508

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Financing statement naming original debtor.Except as otherwise provided in this Code 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.

(b) Financing statement becoming seriously misleading.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 (a) of this Code section to be seriously misleading under Code Section 11-9-506:

(1) 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 subsection (d) of Code Section 11-9-203; and

(2) 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 subsection (d) of Code Section 11-9-203 unless an initial financing statement providing the name of the new debtor is filed before the expiration of that time.

(c) When Code section not applicable.This Code section does not apply to collateral as to which a filed financing statement remains effective against the new debtor under subsection (a) of Code Section 11-9-507.

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