(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section and section 1309.309 of the Revised Code, a security interest is perfected if it has attached and all of the applicable requirements for perfection in sections 1309.310 to 1309.316 of the Revised Code have been satisfied. A security interest is perfected when it attaches if the applicable requirements are satisfied before the security interest attaches.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 1309.308

  • Account: includes health-care insurance receivables. See Ohio Code 1309.102
  • Agricultural lien: means an interest, other than a security interest, in farm products:

    (a) That secures payment or performance of an obligation for:

    (i) Goods or services furnished in connection with a debtor's farming operation; or

    (ii) Rent on real property leased by a debtor in connection with its farming operation. See Ohio Code 1309.102

  • Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
  • Collateral: means the property subject to a security interest or agricultural lien, including:

    (a) Proceeds to which a security interest attaches;

    (b) Accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, and promissory notes that have been sold; and

    (c) Goods that are the subject of a consignment. See Ohio Code 1309.102

  • Commodity account: means an account maintained by a commodity intermediary in which a commodity contract is carried for a commodity customer. See Ohio Code 1309.102
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

(B) An agricultural lien is perfected if it has become effective and all of the applicable requirements for perfection in section 1309.310 of the Revised Code have been satisfied. An agricultural lien is perfected when it becomes effective if the applicable requirements are satisfied before the agricultural lien becomes effective.

(C) A security interest or agricultural lien is perfected continuously if it is originally perfected by one method under this chapter and is later perfected by another method under this chapter, without an intermediate period when it was unperfected.

(D) Perfection of a security interest in collateral also perfects a security interest in a supporting obligation for the collateral.

(E) Perfection of a security interest in a right to payment or performance also perfects a security interest in a security interest, mortgage, or other lien on personal or real property securing the right.

(F) Perfection of a security interest in a securities account also perfects a security interest in the security entitlements carried in the securities account.

(G) Perfection of a security interest in a commodity account also perfects a security interest in the commodity contracts carried in the commodity account.