Explore the 2011 revisions to UCC Article 9 filing forms, including key changes and their impact on secured transactions. Learn how these updates affect filing requirements and best practices for compliance.
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As intellectual property assets have become some of a company’s most valuable assets, the value of these intangible assets weighs heavily in a variety of transactions. With this in mind, it is difficult to overstate the importance of intellectual property due diligence before a deal closes.
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Even if school days are well behind you, it can’t hurt to brush up on some UCC Article 9 fun facts and see how your knowledge held up through the long sunny days of summer. Challenge yourself with the quiz below.
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In our January 11, 2018 blog post, we informed our readers about newly enacted changes to state tax lien (STL) law in the state of Georgia. At that time, we cautioned our readers that some of the changes may be changed yet again since there was a new bill pending affecting state tax lien law.
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Subsequent to this posting, new Georgia legislation was enacted changing some of the new provisions. For details, see our posting on March 12, 2018.
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Changes to where Illinois state tax liens that are attached to both real and personal property are searched were put into effect January 2018. Read more.
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Not noticing an extra space can happen to the most careful UCC filer. Yet in a case from Wisconsin, it caused a financing statement to become insufficient.
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This page contains additional helpful links and reference information for the secured-transactions practitioner.
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The model amended Article 9 provides a five-year effective life for most financing statements, with the following exceptions…
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Most enacting states began accepting the new Amended Article 9 forms in July 2013, but be aware of a few exceptions in some jurisdictions.
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