1.

 Amendment of information in financing statement.

 Subject to section 554.9509, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or, subject to subsection 5, otherwise amend the information provided in, a financing statement by filing an amendment that:

 a. identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which the amendment relates; and
 b. if the amendment relates to an initial financing statement filed or recorded in a filing office described in section 554.9501, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, provides the date and time that the initial financing statement was filed or recorded and the information specified in section 554.9502, subsection 2.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 554.9512

  • 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 individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Record: means the same as defined in section 554D. See Iowa Code 554E.1
 2.

 Period of effectiveness not affected.

 Except as otherwise provided in section 554.9515, the filing of an amendment does not extend the period of effectiveness of the financing statement.

 3.

 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.

 4.

 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.

 5.

 Certain amendments ineffective.

 An amendment is ineffective to the extent it:

 a. purports to delete all debtors and fails to provide the name of a debtor to be covered by the financing statement; or
 b. purports to delete all secured parties of record and fails to provide the name of a new secured party of record.