Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-9-323

Current through Acts effective through 6/7/2024 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 4-9-323 - Future advances
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, for purposes of determining the priority of a perfected security interest under section 4-9-322 (a)(1), perfection of the security interest dates from the time an advance is made to the extent that the security interest secures an advance that:
(1) Is made while the security interest is perfected only:
(A) Under section 4-9-309 when it attaches; or
(B) Temporarily under section 4-9-312 (e), (f), or (g); and
(2) Is not made pursuant to a commitment entered into before or while the security interest is perfected by a method other than under section 4-9-309 or 4-9-312 (e), (f), or (g).
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, a security interest is subordinate to the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor while the security interest is perfected only to the extent that the security interest secures an advance made more than forty-five days after the person becomes a lien creditor unless the advance is made:
(1) Without knowledge of the lien; or
(2) Pursuant to a commitment entered into without knowledge of the lien.
(c) Subsections (a) and (b) of this section do not apply to a security interest held by a secured party that is a buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes or a consignor.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e) of this section, a buyer of goods takes free of a security interest to the extent that it secures advances made after the earlier of:
(1) The time the secured party acquires knowledge of the buyer's purchase; or
(2) Forty-five days after the purchase.
(e) Subsection (d) of this section does not apply if the advance is made pursuant to a commitment entered into without knowledge of the buyer's purchase and before the expiration of the forty-five-day period.
(f) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g) of this section, a lessee of goods takes the leasehold interest free of a security interest to the extent that it secures advances made after the earlier of:
(1) The time the secured party acquires knowledge of the lease; or
(2) Forty-five days after the lease contract becomes enforceable.
(g) Subsection (f) of this section does not apply if the advance is made pursuant to a commitment entered into without knowledge of the lease and before the expiration of the forty-five-day period.

C.R.S. § 4-9-323

Amended by 2023 Ch. 136,§ 63, eff. 8/7/2023.
L. 2001: Entire article R&RE, p. 1359, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2002: IP(b) amended, p. 938, § 5, effective August 7.

The provisions of this section are similar to provisions of several former sections as they existed prior to 2001.

2023 Ch. 136, was passed without a safety clause. See Colo. Const. art. V, § 1(3).