§ 9-513 — Termination Statement

Section 9--513. Termination Statement.\n (a) Consumer goods. A secured party shall cause the secured party of\nrecord for a financing statement to file a termination statement for the\nfinancing statement if the financing statement covers consumer goods\nand:\n (1) there is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by\n the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance,\n incur an obligation, or otherwise give value; or\n (2) the debtor did not authorize the filing of the initial\n financing statement.\n (b) Time for compliance with subsection (a). To comply with subsection\n(a), a secured party shall cause the secured party of record to file the\ntermination statement:\n (1) within one month after there is no obligation secured by the\n collateral covered by the financing statement and no\n commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation, or\n otherwise give value; or\n * (2) if earlier, within 20 days after the secured party receives\n an authenticated demand from a debtor.\n * NB Effective until June 3, 2026\n * (2) if earlier, within 20 days after the secured party receives\n a signed demand from a debtor.\n * NB Effective June 3, 2026\n (c) Other collateral. * In cases not governed by subsection (a),\nwithin 20 days after a secured party receives an authenticated demand\nfrom a debtor, the secured party shall cause the secured party of record\nfor a financing statement to send to the debtor a termination statement\nfor the financing statement or file the termination statement in the\nfiling office if:\n * NB Effective until June 3, 2026\n* In cases not governed by subsection (a), within 20 days after a\nsecured party receives a signed demand from a debtor, the secured party\nshall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement to\nsend to the debtor a termination statement for the financing statement\nor file the termination statement in the filing office if:\n * NB Effective June 3, 2026\n (1) except in the case of a financing statement covering accounts\n or chattel paper that has been sold or goods that are the\n subject of a consignment, there is no obligation secured by\n the collateral covered by the financing statement and no\n commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation, or\n otherwise give value;\n (2) the financing statement covers accounts or chattel paper that\n has been sold but as to which the account debtor or other\n person obligated has discharged its obligation;\n (3) the financing statement covers goods that were the subject of\n a consignment to the debtor but are not in the debtor's\n possession; or\n (4) the debtor did not authorize the filing of the initial\n financing statement.\n (d) Effect of filing termination statement. Except as otherwise\nprovided in Section 9--510, upon the filing of a termination statement\nwith the filing office, the financing statement to which the termination\nstatement relates ceases to be effective. Except as otherwise provided\nin Section 9--510, for purposes of Section 9--519(g), 9--522(a), and\n9--523(c), the filing with the filing office of a termination statement\nrelating to a financing statement that indicates that the debtor is a\ntransmitting utility also causes the effectiveness of the financing\nstatement to lapse.\n (e) Cooperative Interests.\n (1) "Cooperative Interest Settlement" means the time and place at\n which an owner of a cooperative interest transfers the\n cooperative interest, or refinances or pays off the debt\n secured by the cooperative interest.\n (2) Upon an authenticated demand with sufficient notice by a\n debtor, the secured party shall deliver to a cooperative\n interest settlement a termination statement or partial\n release and any component of the cooperative record of which\n it took possession, which shall be released to the debtor\n upon payment of the debt secured by the cooperative interest\n and the discharge of any obligation of the secured party to\n make further advances. Unless the secured party has agreed\n otherwise or the cooperative interest settlement takes place\n at the offices of the secured party, the secured party or its\n agent shall be entitled to a reasonable fee for attendance at\n the cooperative interest settlement.\n (3) Upon payment of the debt secured by a cooperative interest\n other than at a cooperative interest settlement and the\n discharge of any obligation of the secured party to make\n further advances, the secured party shall arrange for a\n termination statement or partial release to be filed within\n one month of receipt of the payment or discharge of the\n obligation to make further advances, whichever is later, and\n shall send to the debtor any component of the cooperative\n record of which it took possession.\n