(a)  Seller retains no interest.  A debtor that has sold an account, chattel paper, payment intangible, or promissory note does not retain an ownership interest in the collateral sold.

(b)  Deemed rights of debtor if buyer’s security interest unperfected.  For purposes of determining the rights of creditors of, and purchasers for value of an account or chattel paper from, a debtor that has sold an account or chattel paper, while the buyer’s security interest is unperfected, the debtor is deemed to have rights and title to the account or chattel paper identical to those the debtor sold.

Acts 1988, No. 528, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 1989, No. 135, §7, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 2001, No. 128, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.