A person may file an initial financing statement or a continuation statement under this chapter if both of the following conditions are satisfied:

(1) The secured party of record authorizes the filing.

Terms Used In California Commercial Code 9708

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity. See California Commercial Code 1201
  • Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form. See California Commercial Code 1201
  • Security interest: includes any interest of a consignor and a buyer of accounts, chattel paper, a payment intangible, or a promissory note in a transaction that is subject to Division 9 (commencing with Section 9101). See California Commercial Code 1201

(2) The filing is necessary under this chapter to do either of the following:

(A) To continue the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before July 1, 2001.

(B) To perfect or continue the perfection of a security interest.

(Added by renumbering Section 9707 (as to be added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 991) by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1003, Sec. 50. Effective January 1, 2001. Addition (as Section 9707) and renumbering amendment operative July 1, 2001, by Stats. 1999, Ch. 991, Sec. 75, and Stats. 2000, Ch. 1003, Sec. 56.)