Sections
§ 9-101 Short title
§ 9-102 Definitions and index of definitions
§ 9-103 Purchase-money security interest; application of payments; burden of establishing
§ 9-103A ‘Production-money crops’; ‘production-money obligation’; ‘production-money security interest’; burden of establishing
§ 9-104 Control of deposit account
§ 9-105 Control of electronic chattel paper
§ 9-106 Control of investment property
§ 9-107 Control of letter-of-credit right
§ 9-108 Sufficiency of description in a security agreement
§ 9-109 Scope
§ 9-110 Security interests arising under Article 2 or 2a
§ 9-201 General effectiveness of security agreement
§ 9-202 Title to collateral immaterial
§ 9-203 Attachment and enforceability of security interest; proceeds; supporting obligations; formal requisites
§ 9-204 After-acquired property; future advances
§ 9-205 Use or disposition of collateral permissible
§ 9-206 Security interest arising in purchase or delivery of financial asset
§ 9-207 Rights and duties of secured party having possession or control of collateral
§ 9-208 Additional duties of secured party having control of collateral
§ 9-209 Duties of secured party if account debtor has been notified of assignment
§ 9-210 Request for accounting; request regarding list of collateral or statement of account
§ 9-301 Law governing perfection and priority of security interests
§ 9-302 Law governing perfection and priority of agricultural liens
§ 9-303 Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in goods covered by a certificate of title
§ 9-304 Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in deposit accounts
§ 9-305 Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in investment property
§ 9-306 Law governing perfection and priority of security interests in letter-of-credit rights
§ 9-307 Location of debtor
§ 9-308 When security interest or agricultural lien is perfected; continuity of perfection
§ 9-309 Security interest perfected upon attachment
§ 9-310 When filing required to perfect security interest or agricultural lien; security interests and agricultural liens to which filing provisions do not apply
§ 9-311 Perfection of security interests in property subject to certain statutes, regulations, and treaties
§ 9-312 Perfection of security interests in chattel paper, deposit accounts, documents, goods covered by documents, instruments, investment property, letter-of-credit rights, and money; perfection by permissive filing; temporary
§ 9-313 When possession by or delivery to secured party perfects security interest without filing
§ 9-314 Perfection by control
§ 9-315 Secured party’s rights on disposition of collateral and in proceeds
§ 9-316 Effect of change in governing law
§ 9-317 Interests that take priority over or take free of security interest or agricultural lien
§ 9-318 No interest retained in right to payment that is sold; rights and title of seller of account or chattel paper with respect to creditors and purchasers
§ 9-319 Rights and title of consignee with respect to creditors and purchasers
§ 9-320 Buyer of goods
§ 9-321 Licensee of general intangible and lessee of goods in ordinary course of business
§ 9-322 Priorities among conflicting security interests in and agricultural liens on same collateral
§ 9-323 Future advances
§ 9-324 Priority of purchase-money security interests
§ 9-325 Priority of security interests in transferred collateral
§ 9-326 Priority of security interests created by new debtor
§ 9-327 Priority of security interests in deposit account
§ 9-328 Priority of security interests in investment property
§ 9-329 Priority of security interests in letter-of-credit right
§ 9-330 Priority of purchaser of chattel paper or instrument
§ 9-331 Priority of rights of purchasers of instruments, documents, and securities under other articles; priority of interests in financial assets and security entitlements under Article 8
§ 9-332 Transfer of money; transfer of funds from deposit account
§ 9-333 Priority of certain liens arising by operation of law
§ 9-334 Priority of security interests in fixtures and crops
§ 9-335 Accessions
§ 9-336 Commingled goods
§ 9-337 Priority of security interests in goods covered by certificate of title
§ 9-338 Priority of security interest or agricultural lien perfected by filed financing statement providing certain incorrect information
§ 9-339 Priority subject to subordination
§ 9-340 Effectiveness of right of recoupment or set-off against deposit account
§ 9-341 Bank’s rights and duties with respect to deposit account
§ 9-342 Bank’s right to refuse to enter into or disclose existence of control agreement
§ 9-401 Alienability of debtor’s rights
§ 9-402 Secured party not obligated on contract of debtor or in tort
§ 9-403 Agreement not to assert defenses against assignee
§ 9-404 Rights acquired by assignee; claims and defenses against assignee
§ 9-405 Modification of assigned contract
§ 9-406 Discharge of account debtor; notification of assignment; identification and proof of assignment; restrictions on assignment of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, and promissory notes ineffective
§ 9-407 Restrictions on creation or enforcement of security interest in leasehold interest or in lessor’s residual interest
§ 9-408 Restrictions on assignment of promissory notes, health care insurance receivables, and certain general intangibles ineffective
§ 9-409 Restrictions on assignment of letter-of-credit rights ineffective
§ 9-501 Filing office
§ 9-502 Contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as financing statement; time of filing financing statement
§ 9-503 Name of debtor and secured party
§ 9-504 Indication of collateral
§ 9-505 Filing and compliance with other statutes and treaties for consignments, leases, other bailments, and other transactions
§ 9-506 Effect of errors or omissions
§ 9-507 Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement
§ 9-508 Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes bound by security agreement
§ 9-509 Persons entitled to file a record
§ 9-510 Effectiveness of filed record
§ 9-511 Secured party of record
§ 9-512 Amendment of financing statement
§ 9-513 Termination statement
§ 9-514 Assignment of powers of secured party of record
§ 9-515 Duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement
§ 9-516 What constitutes filing; effectiveness of filing
§ 9-517 Effect of indexing errors
§ 9-518 Claim concerning inaccurate or wrongfully filed record
§ 9-519 Numbering, maintaining, and indexing records; communicating information provided in records
§ 9-520 Acceptance and refusal to accept record
§ 9-521 Uniform form of written financing statement and amendment
§ 9-522 Maintenance and destruction of records
§ 9-523 Information from filing office; sale or license of records
§ 9-524 Delay by filing office
§ 9-525 Fees
§ 9-526 Filing office rules
§ 9-601 Rights after default; judicial enforcement; consignor or buyer accounts; chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes
§ 9-602 Waiver and variance of rights and duties
§ 9-603 Agreement on standards concerning rights and duties
§ 9-604 Procedure if security agreement covers real property or fixtures
§ 9-605 Unknown debtor or secondary obligor
§ 9-606 Time of default for agricultural lien
§ 9-607 Collection and enforcement by secured party
§ 9-608 Application of proceeds of collection or enforcement; liability for deficiency and right to surplus
§ 9-609 Secured party’s right to take possession after default
§ 9-610 Disposition of collateral after default
§ 9-611 Notification before disposition of collateral
§ 9-612 Timeliness of notification before disposition of collateral
§ 9-613 Contents and form of notification before disposition of collateral: general
§ 9-614 Contents and form of notification before disposition of collateral; consumer goods transaction
§ 9-615 Application of proceeds of disposition; liability for deficiency and right to surplus
§ 9-616 Explanation of calculation of surplus or deficiency
§ 9-617 Rights of transferee of collateral
§ 9-618 Rights and duties of certain secondary obligors
§ 9-619 Transfer of record or legal title
§ 9-620 Acceptance of collateral in full or partial satisfaction of obligation; compulsory disposition of collateral
§ 9-621 Notification of proposal to accept collateral
§ 9-622 Effect of acceptance of collateral
§ 9-623 Right to redeem collateral
§ 9-624 Waiver
§ 9-625 Remedies for secured party’s failure to comply with article
§ 9-626 Action in which deficiency or surplus is in issue
§ 9-627 Determination of whether conduct was commercially reasonable
§ 9-628 Nonliability and limitation on liability of secured party; liability of secondary obligor
§ 9-701 Effective date
§ 9-702 Savings clause
§ 9-703 Security interest perfected before effective date
§ 9-704 Security interest unperfected before effective date
§ 9-705 Effectiveness of action taken before effective date
§ 9-706 When initial financing statement suffices as continuation statement
§ 9-707 Amendment of preeffective-date financing statement
§ 9-708 Persons entitled to file initial financing statement or continuation statement
§ 9-709 Priority
§ 9-801 Effective date
§ 9-802 Savings clause
§ 9-803 Security interest perfected before effective date
§ 9-804 Security interest unperfected before effective date
§ 9-805 Effectiveness of action taken before effective date
§ 9-806 When an initial financing statement suffices to continue effectiveness of a financing statement
§ 9-807 Amendment of pre-effective-date financing statement
§ 9-808 Person entitled to file initial financing statement or continuation statement
§ 9-809 Priority

Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 9A > Article 9 - Secured Transactions

  • Abandoned well: means any well or hole whose original purpose and use has been permanently discontinued or that is in such a state of disrepair that the well or hole has the potential for transmitting contaminants into an aquifer or otherwise threatens the public health or safety. See
  • Aboveground storage tank: means any tank, other than an underground storage tank, used to store any of the following petroleum products: gasoline, diesel, kerosene, used oil, or heating oil. See
  • Acceptable piping: means :

  • Advice and consent: Under the Constitution, presidential nominations for executive and judicial posts take effect only when confirmed by the Senate, and international treaties become effective only when the Senate approves them by a two-thirds vote.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Agency: means Agency of Natural Resources. See
  • Agency: means the Agency of Natural Resources. See
  • Agency: means the Agency of Natural Resources as created by 3 Vt. See
  • Agency: means the Agency of Natural Resources. See
  • 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.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Aquifer: means a water bearing stratum of permeable rock, sand, gravel, or other alluvial soils. See
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
  • Baseline: Projection of the receipts, outlays, and other budget amounts that would ensue in the future without any change in existing policy. Baseline projections are used to gauge the extent to which proposed legislation, if enacted into law, would alter current spending and revenue levels.
  • Beneficial uses: means those uses included in each groundwater class. See
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • biennially: shall mean the year in which a regular session of the General Assembly is held. See
  • Board: means the Natural Resources Board. See
  • Board: means the Secretary of Natural Resources. See
  • Bodily injury: means bodily injury, including sickness, disease, or death, sustained by any person. See
  • Category one tank: means an underground storage tank, except for the following:

  • Combination tank system: means an underground storage tank system consisting of a single-wall tank and acceptable piping. See
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Forests, Parks and Recreation. See
  • Commissioner: means the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation or the Commissioner's designated representative. See
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Department: means the Department of Environmental Conservation. See
  • Department: means the Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation within the Agency of Natural Resources. See
  • Department: means the Department of Environmental Conservation. See
  • Department: means the Department of Environmental Conservation. See
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Designated center: means a downtown development district, village center, new town center, growth center, Vermont neighborhood, or neighborhood development area designated under 24 Vt. See
  • Domestic: when applied to a corporation, company, association, or copartnership shall mean organized under the laws of this State; "foreign" when so applied, shall mean organized under the laws of another state, government, or country. See
  • Double-wall tank system: means an underground storage tank system consisting of a double-wall tank and acceptable piping. See
  • Entitlement: A Federal program or provision of law that requires payments to any person or unit of government that meets the eligibility criteria established by law. Entitlements constitute a binding obligation on the part of the Federal Government, and eligible recipients have legal recourse if the obligation is not fulfilled. Social Security and veterans' compensation and pensions are examples of entitlement programs.
  • Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Farming: means farming as the term is defined in subdivision 6001(22) of this title. See
  • Fees: shall mean earnings due for official services, aside from salaries or per diem compensation. See
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Forestry operation: includes the primary processing of forest products of commercial value on a parcel where the timber harvest occurs. See
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Fund: means the fund created by section 1941 of this title. See
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Groundwater: means water below the land surface, including springs. See
  • Groundwater: means water below the land surface, but does not include surface waters within the meaning of subdivision 1251(13) of this title. See
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Heating Fuel Account: means the Heating Fuel Account of the Fund created by section 1941 of this title. See
  • Hole: means any excavation, deeper than 20 feet with at least one horizontal dimension less than five feet. See
  • Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
  • Interest rate: The amount paid by a borrower to a lender in exchange for the use of the lender's money for a certain period of time. Interest is paid on loans or on debt instruments, such as notes or bonds, either at regular intervals or as part of a lump sum payment when the issue matures. Source: OCC
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Lineal descendant: Direct descendant of the same ancestors.
  • Month: shall mean a calendar month and "year" shall mean a calendar year and be equivalent to the expression "year of our Lord. See
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Motor Fuel Account: means the Motor Fuel Account of the Fund created by section 1941 of this title. See
  • municipal forest: means a tract of land primarily devoted to producing wood products, maintaining wildlife habitat, protecting water supplies, providing forest recreation and conservation education. See
  • Municipality: means a municipality as defined in 1 V. See
  • Municipality: shall include a city, town, town school district, incorporated school or fire district or incorporated village, and all other governmental incorporated units. See
  • Nolo contendere: No contest-has the same effect as a plea of guilty, as far as the criminal sentence is concerned, but may not be considered as an admission of guilt for any other purpose.
  • 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.
  • Operator: means any person in control of, or having responsibility for, the daily operation of the underground or aboveground storage tank. See
  • Owner: means :

  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, company, corporation, association, unincorporated association, joint venture, trust, municipality, the State of Vermont, or any agency, department, or subdivision of the State, federal agency, or any other legal or commercial entity. See
  • Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
  • Person: means any individual, partnership, company, corporation, cooperative, association, unincorporated association, joint venture, trust, the State of Vermont, or any department, agency, subdivision, or municipality, the U. See
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Property damage: means :

  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Public water supply: means a water supply system with 15 or more connections. See
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • real estate: shall include lands, tenements, and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein, and pews or slips in places of public worship shall be treated as real estate. See
  • Recourse: An arrangement in which a bank retains, in form or in substance, any credit risk directly or indirectly associated with an asset it has sold (in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) that exceeds a pro rata share of the bank's claim on the asset. If a bank has no claim on an asset it has sold, then the retention of any credit risk is recourse. Source: FDIC
  • Regulated substance: means all petroleum and toxic, corrosive, or other chemicals and related sludge included in the following:

  • Release: means any spilling, leaking, emitting, discharging, escaping, leaching, or disposing from an underground storage tank or aboveground storage tank into groundwater, surface water, or soils. See
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
  • road: shall include bridges thereon and their approaches. See
  • said: when used by way of reference to a person or thing shall apply to the same person or thing last mentioned. See
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of Natural Resources or the Secretary's duly authorized representative. See
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of Natural Resources or the Secretary's duly authorized representative. See
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of Natural Resources. See
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of Natural Resources or his or her authorized representative. See
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of Natural Resources or the Secretary's designated representative. See
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Servicing: means developing of well yields, placing liners or seals, grouting, restricting the flow of flowing wells, repairing or closing wells, and installing or maintaining well pump systems. See
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Single-wall tank system: means an underground storage tank system consisting of a single-wall tank and single-wall pressurized piping. See
  • Spring: means a groundwater source where groundwater flows naturally to the surface of the earth and is collected with a developed structure that is designed to locate or extract groundwater. See
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Summons: Another word for subpoena used by the criminal justice system.
  • Surface water: means waters within the meaning of subdivision 1251(13) of this title. See
  • sworn: shall include affirmed. See
  • Tank integrity demonstration: means a test or a series of tests or other appropriate procedures prescribed by the Secretary to ascertain the condition of an underground storage tank and its surroundings. See
  • Technical criteria: means the numerical parameters or scientific parameters that, when followed, will result in groundwater suitable for the uses defined in its class. See
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Timber: means trees, saplings, seedlings, bushes, shrubs, and sprouts from which trees may grow, of every size, nature, kind, and description. See
  • Timber harvest: means a forestry operation involving the harvest of timber. See
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Underground storage tank: means any one or combination of tanks, including underground pipes connected to it or them, that is or has been used to contain an accumulation of regulated substances, and the volume of which, including the volume of the underground pipes connected to it or them, is 10 percent or more beneath the surface of the ground. See
  • Uniform Commercial Code: A set of statutes enacted by the various states to provide consistency among the states' commercial laws. It includes negotiable instruments, sales, stock transfers, trust and warehouse receipts, and bills of lading. Source: OCC
  • Village: shall mean an incorporated village. See
  • Water pollution abatement and control facilities: means such equipment, conveyances, and structural or nonstructural facilities owned or operated by a municipality that are needed for and appurtenant to the prevention, management, treatment, storage, or disposal of stormwater, sewage, or waste, including a wastewater treatment facility, combined sewer separation facilities, an indirect discharge system, a wastewater system, flood resiliency work related to a structural facility, or a groundwater protection project. See
  • Water resources: means groundwater or surface water. See
  • Well: means any hole drilled, driven, bored, excavated, or created by similar method into the earth to locate, monitor, extract, or recharge groundwater where the water table or potentiometric surface is artificially lowered through pumping. See
  • Well: means any hole deeper than 20 feet drilled, driven, or bored into the earth to locate, monitor, extract, or recharge groundwater or any hole deeper than 20 feet drilled, driven, or bored for the primary purpose of transferring heat to or from the earth's subsurface. See
  • withdrawal: means the intentional removal by any method or instrument of groundwater from a well, spring, or combination of wells or springs. See