Filing; Contents and Effectiveness of Financing Statement.

Ala. Code tit. 7, art. 9A, pt. 5, div. 1

in effect

Ala. Code § 7-9A-501 Filing Office.

7-9A-501. Filing Office. (a) Filing offices. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), if the local law of this State governs perfection of a security interest or agricultural lien, the office in which to file a financing statement to perfect the security interest or agricultural lien is: (1) the office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on the related real property, if: (A) the collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or (B) the financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures; or (2) the office of the Secretary of State, in all other cases, including a case in which the collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures and the financing statement is not filed as a fixture filing. (b) Filing office for transmitting utilities. The office in which to file a financing statement to perfect a security interest in collateral, including fixtures, of a transmitting utility is the office of the Secretary of State. The financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures. (Act 2001-481, p. 647, §1.)

Ala. Code § 7-9A-502 Contents of Financing Statement; Record of Mortgage as Financing Statement; Time of Filing Financing Statement.

7-9A-502. Contents of Financing Statement; Record of Mortgage as Financing Statement; Time of Filing Financing Statement. (a) Sufficiency of financing statement. Subject to subsection (b), a financing statement is sufficient only if it: (1) provides the name of the debtor; (2) provides the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured party; and (3) indicates the collateral covered by the financing statement. (b) Real-property-related financing statements. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7-9A-501(b), to be sufficient, a financing statement that covers as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, or which is filed as a fixture filing and covers goods that are or are to become fixtures, must satisfy subsection (a) and also: (1) indicate that it covers this type of collateral; (2) indicate that it is to be filed in the real property records; (3) provide a description of the real property to which the collateral is related sufficient to give constructive notice of a mortgage under the law of this State if the description were contained in a record of the mortgage of the real property; and (4) if the debtor does not have an interest of record in the real property, provide the name of a record owner. (c) Record of mortgage as financing statement. A record of a mortgage is effective, from the date of recording, as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut only if: (1) the record indicates the goods or accounts that it covers; (2) the goods are or are to become fixtures related to the real property described in the record or the collateral is related to the real property described in the record and is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; (3) the record satisfies the requirements for a financing statement in this section, but: (A) the record need not indicate that it is to be filed in the real property records; and (B) the record sufficiently provides the name of a debtor who is an individual if it provides the individual name of the debtor or the surname and first personal name of the debtor, even if the debtor is an individual to whom Section 7-9A-503(a)(4) applies; and (4) the record is recorded. (d) Filing before security agreement or attachment. A financing statement may be filed before a security agreement is made or a security interest otherwise attaches. (Act 2001-481, p. 647, §1; Act 2014-374, p. 1339, §1.)

Ala. Code § 7-9A-503 Name of Debtor and Secured Party.

7-9A-503. Name of Debtor and Secured Party. (a) Sufficiency of debtor’s name. A financing statement sufficiently provides the name of the debtor: (1) except as otherwise provided in paragraph (3), if the debtor is a registered organization or the collateral is held in a trust that is a registered organization, only if the financing statement provides the name that is stated to be the registered organization’s name on the public organic record most recently filed with or issued or enacted by the registered organization’s jurisdiction of organization which purports to state, amend, or restate the registered organization’s name; (2) subject to subsection (f), if the collateral is being administered by the personal representative of a decedent, only if the financing statement provides, as the name of the debtor, the name of the decedent and, in a separate part of the financing statement, indicates that the collateral is being administered by a personal representative; (3) if the collateral is held in a trust that is not a registered organization, only if the financing statement: (A) provides, as the name of the debtor: (i) if the organic record of the trust specifies a name for the trust, the name so specified; or (ii) if the organic record of the trust does not specify a name for the trust, the name of the settlor or testator; and (B) in a separate part of the financing statement: (i) if the name is provided in accordance with subparagraph (A)(i), indicates that the collateral is held in a trust; or (ii) if the name is provided in accordance with subparagraph (A)(ii), provides additional information sufficient to distinguish the trust from other trusts having one or more of the same settlors or the same testator and indicates that the collateral is held in a trust, unless the additional information so indicates; (4) subject to subsection (g), if the debtor is an individual to whom this state has issued a driver’s license or nondriver identification card that has not expired, only if it provides the name of the individual which is indicated on the driver’s license or nondriver identification card; (5) if the debtor is an individual to whom paragraph (4) does not apply, only if it provides the individual name of the debtor or the surname and first personal name of the debtor; and (6) in other cases: (A) if the debtor has a name, only if the financing statement provides the organizational name of the debtor; and (B) if the debtor does not have a name, only if it provides the names of the partners, members, associates, or other persons comprising the debtor, in a manner that each name provided would be sufficient if the person named were the debtor. (b) Additional debtor-related information. A financing statement that provides the name of the debtor in accordance with subsection (a) is not rendered ineffective by the absence of: (1) a trade name or other name of the debtor; or (2) unless required under subsection (a)(6)(B), names of partners, members, associates, or other persons comprising the debtor. (c) Debtor’s trade name insufficient. A financing statement that provides only the debtor’s trade name does not sufficiently provide the name of the debtor. (d) Representative capacity. Failure to indicate the representative capacity of a secured party or representative of a secured party does not affect the sufficiency of a financing statement. (e) Multiple debtors and secured parties. A financing statement may provide the name of more than one debtor and the name of more than one secured party. (f) Name of decedent. The name of the decedent indicated on the order appointing the personal representative of the decedent issued by the court having jurisdiction over the collateral is sufficient as the name of the decedent under subsection (a)(2). (g) Multiple driver’s licenses or nondriver identification cards. If this state has issued to an individual more than one driver’s license or nondriver identification card of a kind described in subsection (a)(4), the card that was issued most recently is the card to which subsection (a)(4) refers. (h) Definition. The name of the settlor or testator means: (1) if the settlor is a registered organization, the name that is stated to be the settlor’s name on the public organic record most recently filed with or issued or enacted by the settlor’s jurisdiction of organization which purports to state, amend, or restate the settlor’s name; or (2) in other cases, the name of the settlor or testator indicated in the trust’s organic record. (Act 2001-481, p. 647, §1; Act 2014-374, p. 1339, §1.)

Ala. Code § 7-9A-504 Indication of Collateral.

7-9A-504. Indication of Collateral. A financing statement sufficiently indicates the collateral that it covers if the financing statement provides: (1) a description of the collateral pursuant to Section 7-9A-108; or (2) an indication that the financing statement covers all assets or all personal property. (Act 2001-481, p. 647, §1.)

Ala. Code § 7-9A-505 Filing and Compliance with Other Statutes and Treaties for Consignments, Leases, Other Bailments, and Other Transactions.

7-9A-505. Filing and Compliance with Other Statutes and Treaties for Consignments, Leases, Other Bailments, and Other Transactions. (a) Use of terms other than “debtor” and “secured party.” A consignor, lessor, or other bailor of goods, a licensor, or a buyer of a payment intangible or promissory note may file a financing statement, or may comply with a statute or treaty described in Section 7-9A-311(a), using the terms “consignor”, “consignee”, “lessor”, “lessee”, “bailor”, “bailee”, “licensor”, “licensee”, “owner”, “registered owner”, “buyer”, “seller”, or words of similar import, instead of the terms “secured party” and “debtor”. (b) Effect of financing statement under subsection (a). This part applies to the filing of a financing statement under subsection (a) and, as appropriate, to compliance that is equivalent to filing a financing statement under Section 7-9A-311(b), but the filing or compliance is not of itself a factor in determining whether the collateral secures an obligation. If it is determined for another reason that the collateral secures an obligation, a security interest held by the consignor, lessor, bailor, licensor, owner, or buyer which attaches to the collateral is perfected by the filing or compliance. (Act 2001-481, p. 647, §1.)

Ala. Code § 7-9A-506 Effect of Errors or Omissions.

7-9A-506. Effect of Errors or Omissions. (a) Minor errors and omissions. A financing statement substantially satisfying the requirements of this part is effective, even if it has minor errors or omissions, unless the errors or omissions make the financing statement seriously misleading. (b) Financing statement seriously misleading. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a financing statement that fails sufficiently to provide the name of the debtor in accordance with Section 7-9A-503(a) is seriously misleading. (c) Financing statement not seriously misleading. If a search of the records of the filing office under the debtor’s correct name, using the filing office’s standard search logic, if any, would disclose a financing statement that fails sufficiently to provide the name of the debtor in accordance with Section 7-9A-503(a), the name provided does not make the financing statement seriously misleading. (d) “Debtor’s correct name.” For purposes of Section 7-9A-508(b), the “debtor’s correct name” in subsection (c) means the correct name of the new debtor. (Act 2001-481, p. 647, §1.)

Ala. Code § 7-9A-507 Effect of Certain Events on Effectiveness of Financing Statement.

7-9A-507. Effect of Certain Events on Effectiveness of Financing Statement. (a) Disposition. A filed financing statement remains effective with respect to collateral that is sold, exchanged, leased, licensed, or otherwise disposed of and in which a security interest or agricultural lien continues, even if the secured party knows of or consents to the disposition. (b) Information becoming seriously misleading. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) and Section 7-9A-508, a financing statement is not rendered ineffective if, after the financing statement is filed, the information provided in the financing statement becomes seriously misleading under Section 7-9A-506. (c) Change in debtor’s name. If the name that a filed financing statement provides for a debtor becomes insufficient as the name of the debtor under Section 7-9A-503(a) so that the financing statement becomes seriously misleading under Section 7-9A-506: (1) the financing statement is effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the debtor before, or within four months after, the filed financing statement becomes seriously misleading; and (2) the financing statement is not effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the debtor more than four months after the filed financing statement becomes seriously misleading, unless an amendment to the financing statement which renders the financing statement not seriously misleading is filed within four months after that event. (Act 2001-481, p. 647, §1; Act 2014-374, p. 1339, §1.)

Ala. Code § 7-9A-508 Effectiveness of Financing Statement If New Debtor Becomes Bound by Security Agreement.

7-9A-508. Effectiveness of Financing Statement If New Debtor Becomes Bound by Security Agreement. (a) Financing statement naming original debtor. Except as otherwise provided in this section, a filed financing statement naming an original debtor is effective to perfect a security interest in collateral in which a new debtor has or acquires rights to the extent that the financing statement would have been effective had the original debtor acquired rights in the collateral. (b) Financing statement becoming seriously misleading. If the difference between the name of the original debtor and that of the new debtor causes a filed financing statement that is effective under subsection (a) to be seriously misleading under Section 7-9A-506: (1) the financing statement is effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the new debtor before, and within four months after, the new debtor becomes bound under Section 7-9A-203(d); and (2) the financing statement is not effective to perfect a security interest in collateral acquired by the new debtor more than four months after the new debtor becomes bound under Section 7-9A-203(d) unless an initial financing statement providing the name of the new debtor is filed before the expiration of that time. (c) When section not applicable. This section does not apply to collateral as to which a filed financing statement remains effective against the new debtor under Section 7-9A-507(a). (Act 2001-481, p. 647, §1.)

Ala. Code § 7-9A-509 Persons Entitled to File a Record.

7-9A-509. Persons Entitled to File a Record. (a) Person entitled to file record. A person may file an initial financing statement, amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing statement, or amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if: (1) the debtor authorizes the filing in a signed record or pursuant to subsection (b) or (c); or (2) the person holds an agricultural lien that has become effective at the time of filing and the financing statement covers only collateral in which the person holds an agricultural lien. (b) Security agreement as authorization. By signing or becoming bound as debtor by a security agreement, a debtor or new debtor authorizes the filing of an initial financing statement, and an amendment, covering: (1) the collateral described in the security agreement; and (2) property that becomes collateral under Section 7-9A-315(a)(2), whether or not the security agreement expressly covers proceeds. (c) Acquisition of collateral as authorization. By acquiring collateral in which a security interest or agricultural lien continues under Section 7-9A-315(a)(1), a debtor authorizes the filing of an initial financing statement, and an amendment, covering the collateral and property that becomes collateral under Section 7-9A-315(a)(2). (d) Person entitled to file certain amendments. A person may file an amendment other than an amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing statement or an amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if: (1) the secured party of record authorizes the filing; or (2) the amendment is a termination statement for a financing statement as to which the secured party of record has failed to file or send a termination statement as required by Section 7-9A-513(a) or (c), the debtor authorizes the filing, and the termination statement indicates that the debtor authorized it to be filed. (e) Multiple secured parties of record. If there is more than one secured party of record for a financing statement, each secured party of record may authorize the filing of an amendment under subsection (d). (Act 2001-481, p. 647, §1; Act 2023-492, §1.)

Ala. Code § 7-9A-510 Effectiveness of Filed Record.

7-9A-510. Effectiveness of Filed Record. (a) Filed record effective if authorized. A filed record is effective only to the extent that it was filed by a person that may file it under Section 7-9A-509. (b) Authorization by one secured party of record. A record authorized by one secured party of record does not affect the financing statement with respect to another secured party of record. (c) Continuation statement not timely filed. A continuation statement that is not filed within the six-month period prescribed by Section 7-9A-515(d) is ineffective. (Act 2001-481, p. 647, §1.)

Ala. Code § 7-9A-511 Secured Party of Record.

7-9A-511. Secured Party of Record. (a) Secured party of record. A secured party of record with respect to a financing statement is a person whose name is provided as the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured party in an initial financing statement that has been filed. If an initial financing statement is filed under Section 7-9A-514(a), the assignee named in the initial financing statement is the secured party of record with respect to the financing statement. (b) Amendment naming secured party of record. If an amendment of a financing statement which provides the name of a person as a secured party or a representative of a secured party is filed, the person named in the amendment is a secured party of record. If an amendment is filed under Section 7-9A-514(b), the assignee named in the amendment is a secured party of record. (c) Amendment deleting secured party of record. A person remains a secured party of record until the filing of an amendment of the financing statement which deletes the person. (Act 2001-481, p. 647, §1.)

Ala. Code § 7-9A-512 Amendment of Financing Statement.

7-9A-512. Amendment of Financing Statement. (a) Amendment of information in financing statement. Subject to Section 7-9A-509, 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 or recorded in a filing office described in Section 7-9A-501(a)(1), provides the information specified in Section 7-9A-502(b). (b) Period of effectiveness not affected. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7-9A-515, 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. (Act 2001-481, p. 647, §1.)

Ala. Code § 7-9A-513 Termination Statement.

7-9A-513. Termination Statement. (a) Consumer goods. A secured party shall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement to file a termination statement for the financing statement if the financing statement covers consumer goods and: (1) there is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise give value; or (2) the debtor did not authorize the filing of the initial financing statement. (b) Time for compliance with subsection (a). To comply with subsection (a), a secured party shall cause the secured party of record to file the termination statement: (1) within one month after there is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise give value; or (2) if earlier, within 20 days after the secured party receives a signed demand from a debtor. (c) Other collateral. In cases not governed by subsection (a), within 20 days after a secured party receives a signed demand from a debtor, the secured party shall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement to send to the debtor a termination statement for the financing statement or file the termination statement in the filing office if: (1) except in the case of a financing statement covering accounts or chattel paper that has been sold or goods that are the subject of a consignment, there is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise give value; (2) the financing statement covers accounts or chattel paper that has been sold but as to which the account debtor or other person obligated has discharged its obligation; (3) the financing statement covers goods that were the subject of a consignment to the debtor but are not in the debtor’s possession; or (4) the debtor did not authorize the filing of the initial financing statement. (d) Effect of filing termination statement. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7-9A-510, upon the filing of a termination statement with the filing office, the financing statement to which the termination statement relates ceases to be effective. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7-9A-510, for purposes of Sections 7-9A-519(g), 7-9A-522(a), and 7-9A-523(c), the filing with the filing office of a termination statement relating to a financing statement that indicates that the debtor is a transmitting utility also causes the effectiveness of the financing statement to lapse. (Act 2001-481, p. 647, §1; Act 2023-492, §1.)

Ala. Code § 7-9A-514 Assignment of Powers of Secured Party of Record.

7-9A-514. Assignment of Powers of Secured Party of Record. (a) Assignment reflected on initial financing statement. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), an initial financing statement may reflect an assignment of all of the secured party’s power to authorize an amendment to the financing statement by providing the name and mailing address of the assignee as the name and address of the secured party. (b) Assignment of filed financing statement. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a secured party of record may assign of record all or part of its power to authorize an amendment to a financing statement by filing in the filing office an amendment of the financing statement which: (1) identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which it relates; (2) provides the name of the assignor; and (3) provides the name and mailing address of the assignee. (c) Assignment of record of mortgage. An assignment of record of a security interest in a fixture covered by a record of a mortgage which is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing under Section 7-9A-502(c) may be made only by an assignment of record of the mortgage in the manner provided by law of this State other than this title. (Act 2001-481, p. 647, §1.)

Ala. Code § 7-9A-515 Duration and Effectiveness of Financing Statement; Effect of Lapsed Financing Statement.

7-9A-515. Duration and Effectiveness of Financing Statement; Effect of Lapsed Financing Statement. (a) Five-year effectiveness. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b), (e), (f), (g), and (h), a filed financing statement is effective for a period of five years after the date of filing. (b) Manufactured-home transaction. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (e), (f), and (g), an initial financing statement filed in connection with a manufactured-home transaction is effective for a period of 30 years after the date of filing if it indicates that it is filed in connection with a manufactured-home transaction. (c) Lapse and continuation of financing statement. The effectiveness of a filed financing statement lapses on the expiration of the period of its effectiveness unless before the lapse a continuation statement is filed pursuant to subsection (d). Upon lapse, a financing statement ceases to be effective and any security interest or agricultural lien that was perfected by the financing statement becomes unperfected, unless the security interest is perfected otherwise. If the security interest or agricultural lien becomes unperfected upon lapse, it is deemed never to have been perfected as against a purchaser of the collateral for value. (d) When continuation statement may be filed. A continuation statement may be filed only within six months before the expiration of the five-year period specified in subsection (a) or the 30-year period specified in subsection (b), whichever is applicable. (e) Effect of filing continuation statement. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7-9A-510, upon timely filing of a continuation statement, the effectiveness of the initial financing statement continues for a period of five years commencing on the day on which the financing statement would have become ineffective in the absence of the filing. Upon the expiration of the five-year period, the financing statement lapses in the same manner as provided in subsection (c), unless, before the lapse, another continuation statement is filed pursuant to subsection (d). Succeeding continuation statements may be filed in the same manner to continue the effectiveness of the initial financing statement. (f) Transmitting utility financing statement. If a debtor is a transmitting utility and a filed initial financing statement so indicates, the financing statement is effective until a termination statement is filed. (g) Record of mortgage as financing statement. A record of a mortgage that is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing under Section 7-9A-502(c) remains effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing until the mortgage is released or satisfied of record or its effectiveness otherwise terminates as to the real property. (h) Obligations made pursuant to the provisions of the Alabama Small Loan Act. If the secured obligation is made pursuant to the provisions of the Alabama Small Loan Act, the effectiveness of a filed financing statement lapses upon the earlier of repayment of the loan in full or the expiration of five years after the date of filing. (Act 2001-481, p. 647, §1; Act 2003-191, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 508, §1; Act 2014-374, p. 1339, §1.)

Ala. Code § 7-9A-516 What Constitutes Filing; Effectiveness of Filing.

7-9A-516. What Constitutes Filing; Effectiveness of Filing. (a) What constitutes filing. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), communication of a record to a filing office and tender of the filing fee or acceptance of the record by the filing office constitutes filing. (b) Refusal to accept record; filing does not occur. Filing does not occur with respect to a record that a filing office refuses to accept because: (1) the record is not communicated by a method or medium of communication authorized by the filing office; (2) an amount equal to or greater than the applicable filing fee is not tendered; (3) the filing office is unable to index the record because: (A) in the case of an initial financing statement, the record does not provide a name for the debtor; (B) in the case of an amendment or information statement, the record: (i) does not identify the initial financing statement as required by Section 7-9A-512 or 7-9A-518, as applicable; or (ii) identifies an initial financing statement whose effectiveness has lapsed under Section 7-9A-515; (C) in the case of an initial financing statement that provides the name of a debtor identified as an individual or an amendment that provides a name of a debtor identified as an individual which was not previously provided in the financing statement to which the record relates, the record does not identify the debtor’s surname; or (D) in the case of a record filed or recorded in the filing office described in Section 7-9A-501(a)(1), the record does not provide a sufficient description of the real property to which it relates; (4) in the case of an initial financing statement or an amendment that adds a secured party of record, the record does not provide a name and mailing address for the secured party of record; (5) in the case of an initial financing statement or an amendment that provides a name of a debtor which was not previously provided in the financing statement to which the amendment relates, the record does not: (A) provide a mailing address for the debtor; or (B) indicate whether the name provided as the name of the debtor is the name of an individual or an organization; (6) in the case of an assignment reflected in an initial financing statement under Section 7-9A-514(a) or an amendment filed under Section 7-9A-514(b), the record does not provide a name and mailing address for the assignee; or (7) in the case of a continuation statement, the record is not filed within the six-month period prescribed by Section 7-9A-515(d). (c) Rules applicable to subsection (b). For purposes of subsection (b): (1) a record does not provide information if the filing office is unable to read or decipher the information; and (2) a record that does not indicate that it is an amendment or identify an initial financing statement to which it relates, as required by Section 7-9A-512, 7-9A-514, or 7-9A-518, is an initial financing statement. (d) Refusal to accept record; record effective as filed record. A record that is communicated to the filing office with tender of the filing fee, but which the filing office refuses to accept for a reason other than one set forth in subsection (b), is effective as a filed record except as against a purchaser of the collateral which gives value in reasonable reliance upon the absence of the record from the files. (Act 2001-481, p. 647, §1; Act 2002-518, p. 1337, §1; Act 2014-374, p. 1339, §1.)

Ala. Code § 7-9A-517 Effect of Indexing Errors.

7-9A-517. Effect of Indexing Errors. The failure of the filing office to index a record correctly does not affect the effectiveness of the filed record. (Act 2001-481, p. 647, §1.)

Ala. Code § 7-9A-518 Claim Concerning Inaccurate or Wrongfully Filed Record.

7-9A-518. Claim Concerning Inaccurate or Wrongfully Filed Record. (a) Statement with respect to record indexed under person’s name. A person may file in the filing office an information statement with respect to a record indexed there under the person’s name if the person believes that the record is inaccurate or was wrongfully filed. (b) Contents of statement under subsection (a). An information statement under subsection (a) must: (1) identify the record to which it relates by the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates; (2) indicate that it is an information statement; and (3) provide the basis for the person’s belief that the record is inaccurate and indicate the manner in which the person believes the record should be amended to cure any inaccuracy or provide the basis for the person’s belief that the record was wrongfully filed. (c) Statement by secured party of record. A person may file in the filing office an information statement with respect to a record filed there if the person is a secured party of record with respect to the financing statement to which the record relates and believes that the person that filed the record was not entitled to do so under Section 7-9A-509(d). (d) Contents of statement under subsection (c). An information statement under subsection (c) must: (1) identify the record to which it relates by the file number assigned to the initial financing statement to which the record relates; (2) indicate that it is an information statement; and (3) provide the basis for the person’s belief that the person that filed the record was not entitled to do so under Section 7-9A-509(d). (e) Record not affected by information statement. The filing of an information statement does not affect the effectiveness of an initial financing statement or other filed record. (Act 2001-481, p. 647, §1; Act 2014-374, p. 1339, §1.)

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