§ 30-9A-512 — Amendment Of Financing Statement

Montana § 30-9A-512

• Jurisdiction: Montana
• Title 30: TRADE AND COMMERCE
• Ch. 9A: UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE SECURED TRANSACTIONS
• Part 5: Filing

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30-9A-512 . Amendment of financing statement. (1) Subject to 30-9A-509 , a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or subject to subsection (5), otherwise amend the information provided in, a financing statement by filing an amendment that:
(a) identifies, by its file number, the debtor, the creditor, and 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 30-9A-501 (1)(b), provides the date that the initial financing statement was filed or recorded and the information specified in 30-9A-502 (2).
(2) Except as otherwise provided in 30-9A-515 , 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.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 82, Ch. 305, L. 1999; Sec. 30-9-532 , MCA 1999; redes. 30-9A-512 by Code Commissioner, 2001.