Terms Used In Illinois Compiled Statutes 810 ILCS 5/11-104

  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
     A security interest for the perfection of which filing or the taking of possession was required under the Uniform Commercial Code, approved July 31, 1961, as amended, and which attached prior to July 1, 1973, but was not perfected shall be deemed perfected on July 1, 1973 if this amendatory Act of 1972 permits perfection without filing or authorizes filing in the office or offices where a prior ineffective filing was made.