(a) Amendment of information in financing statement. Subject to K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-509, and amendments thereto, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or, subject to subsection (e), otherwise amend the information provided in, a financing statement by filing an amendment that:
- (1) Identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which the amendment relates; and
- (2) if the amendment relates to an initial financing statement filed in a filing office described in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-501(a)(1), and amendments thereto, provides the information specified in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-502(b), and amendments thereto.
- (b) Period of effectiveness not affected. Except as otherwise provided in K.S.A. 2025 Supp. 84-9-515, and amendments thereto, the filing of an amendment does not extend the period of effectiveness of the financing statement.
- (c) Effectiveness of amendment adding collateral. 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.
- (d) Effectiveness of amendment adding debtor. 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.
(e) Certain amendments ineffective. An amendment is ineffective to the extent it:
- (1) Purports to delete all debtors and fails to provide the name of a debtor to be covered by the financing statement; or
- (2) purports to delete all secured parties of record and fails to provide the name of a new secured party of record.
L. 2000, ch. 142, § 83; July 1, 2001.