Okla. Stat. tit. 12A, § 1-9-707
Persons Entitled to File Initial Financing Statement
Effective Jul 1, 2001Laws 2000, SB 1519, c. 371, § 140, eff. July 1, 2001; Amended by Laws 2001, SB 692, c. 354, § 4, emerg. eff. July 1, 2001 (superseded document available). Oklahoma Code Comment Revised section 9-707 addresses post-effective-date amendments to pre-effective-date financing statements. Suppose the debtor is incorporated in Oklahoma but owns equipment in Kansas, both states have enacted revised Article 9. Under former law, the secured party (SP) perfected a security interest in the equipment by fili
- (a) In this section, "pre-effective-date financing statement" means a financing statement filed before this act takes effect.
- (b) After this act takes effect, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or otherwise amend the information provided in, a pre-effective-date financing statement only in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in Part 3 of this article of this title. However, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement also may be terminated in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction in which the financing statement is filed.
- (c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this section, if the law of this state governs perfection of a security interest, the information in a pre-effective-date financing statement may be amended after this act takes effect only if:
- (1) the pre-effective-date financing statement and an amendment are filed in the office specified in Section 1-9-501 of this title;
- (2) an amendment is filed in the office specified in Section 1-9-501 of this title concurrently with, or after the filing in that office of, an initial financing statement that satisfies subsection (c) of Section 1-9-706 of this title; or
- (3) an initial financing statement that provides the information as amended and satisfies subsection (c) of Section 1-9-706 of this title is filed in the office specified in Section 1-9-501 of this title.
- (d) If the law of this state governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement may be continued only under subsections (d) and (f) of Section 1-9-705 or Section 1-9-706 of this title.
- (e) Whether or not the law of this state governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement filed in this state may be terminated after this act takes effect by filing a termination statement in the office in which the pre-effective-date financing statement is filed, unless an initial financing statement that satisfies subsection (c) of Section 1-9-706 of this title has been filed in the office specified by the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in Part 3 of this article of this title as the office in which to file a financing statement.
Laws 2000, SB 1519, c. 371, § 140, eff. July 1, 2001; Amended by Laws 2001, SB 692, c. 354, § 4, emerg. eff. July 1, 2001 (superseded document available).
Oklahoma Code Comment
See also Oklahoma Comment to revised section 9-702.