Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 10:9-617

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.

(a)  Effects of disposition.  A secured party’s disposition of collateral after default:

(1)  transfers to a transferee for value all of the debtor’s rights in the collateral;

(2)  discharges the security interest under which the disposition is made; and

(3)  discharges any subordinate security interest or subordinate lien.

(b)  Rights of good-faith transferee.  A transferee that acts in good faith takes free of the rights and interests as described in Subsection (a), even if the secured party fails to comply with the requirements of this Chapter or the requirements of any judicial proceeding.

(c)  Rights of other transferee.  If a transferee does not take free of the rights and interests as described in Subsection (a), the transferee takes the collateral subject to:

(1)  the debtor’s rights in the collateral;

(2)  the security interest or agricultural lien under which the disposition is made; and

(3)  any other security interest or lien.

Acts 2001, No. 128, §1, eff. July 1, 2001.