(A) A person may file an initial financing statement, amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing statement, or amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if:

Terms Used In Ohio Code 1309.509

  • 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

  • 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.
  • 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

  • Debtor: means :

    (a) A person having an interest, other than a security interest or other lien, in the collateral, whether or not the person is an obligor;

    (b) A seller of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes; or

    (c) A consignee. See Ohio Code 1309.102

  • Financing statement: means a record composed of an initial financing statement and any filed record or records relating to the initial financing statement. See Ohio Code 1309.102
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • New debtor: means a person that becomes bound as debtor under division (D) of section 1309. See Ohio Code 1309.102
  • Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Secured party: means :

    (a) A person in whose favor a security interest is created or provided for under a security agreement, whether or not any obligation to be secured is outstanding;

    (b) A person that holds an agricultural lien;

    (c) A consignor;

    (d) A person to whom accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes have been sold;

    (e) A trustee, indenture trustee, agent, collateral agent, or other representative in whose favor a security interest or agricultural lien is created or provided for; or

    (f) A person who holds a security interest arising under section 1302. See Ohio Code 1309.102

  • Security agreement: means an agreement that creates or provides for a security interest. See Ohio Code 1309.102
  • Termination statement: means an amendment of a financing statement that:

    (a) Identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which it relates; and

    (b) Indicates either that it is a termination statement or that the identified financing statement is no longer effective. See Ohio Code 1309.102

(1) The debtor authorizes the filing in an authenticated record or pursuant to division (B) or (C) of this section; or

(2) The person holds an agricultural lien that has become effective at the time of filing, and the financing statement covers only collateral in which the person holds an agricultural lien.

(B) By authenticating or becoming bound as debtor by a security agreement, a debtor or new debtor authorizes the filing of an initial financing statement, and an amendment, covering:

(1) The collateral described in the security agreement; and

(2) Property that becomes collateral under division (A)(2) of section 1309.315 of the Revised Code, whether or not the security agreement expressly covers proceeds.

(C) By acquiring collateral in which a security interest or agricultural lien continues under division (A)(1) of section 1309.315 of the Revised Code, a debtor authorizes the filing of an initial financing statement, and an amendment, covering the collateral and property that becomes collateral under division (A)(2) of section 1309.315 of the Revised Code.

(D) A person may file an amendment other than an amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing statement or an amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if:

(1) The secured party of record authorizes the filing; or

(2) The amendment is a termination statement for a financing statement as to which the secured party of record has failed to file or send a termination statement as required by division (A) or (C) of section 1309.513 of the Revised Code, the debtor authorizes the filing, and the termination statement indicates that the debtor authorized it to be filed.

(E) If there is more than one secured party of record for a financing statement, each secured party of record may authorize the filing of an amendment under division (D) of this section.

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