(a) Amendment of information in financing statement.— Subject to section 9509 (relating to persons entitled to file a record), 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 which:
- (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 section 9501(a)(1) (relating to filing offices), provides the information specified in section 9502(b) (relating to real-property-related financing statements).
- (b) Period of effectiveness not affected.— Except as otherwise provided in section 9515 (relating to duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement), 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 which is amended by an amendment which 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 which is amended by an amendment which 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.
Cross References. Section 9512 is referred to in sections 9109, 9516 of this title.