Colo. Rev. Stat. § 4-9.5-105.3

Current through Chapter 519 of the 2024 Legislative Session and Chapter 2 of the 2024 First Extraordinary Session
Section 4-9.5-105.3 - Effective financing statements
(1) An effective financing statement shall state:
(a) The name and address of the secured party;
(b) The name and address of the debtor, which, in the case of an individual, shall have the surname appear first, and in the case of a corporation or other entity that is not an individual, shall have the name appear beginning with the first word or character that is not an article or punctuation mark;
(c) The social security number, or other unique identifier, of the debtor or, in the case of a debtor doing business other than as an individual, the federal internal revenue service taxpayer identification number, or other unique identifier, of such debtor;
(d) A description of the farm products subject to the security interest created by the debtor, including:
(I) The amount of the farm products, unless all of a particular farm product is subject to the particular security interest;
(II) The name of each county in which the farm products are produced, stored, or otherwise located or to be produced, stored, or otherwise located; and
(III) The crop year, unless every crop year for the duration of the effective financing statement is subject to the particular security interest.
(e) Further details of the farm products subject to the security interest, if needed to distinguish them from other farm products owned by the same person but not subject to the particular security interest; and
(f) Such other additional information as the central filing officer may require to comply with 7 U.S.C. sec. 1631 or to more effectively carry out the purposes of this article.
(2) An effective financing statement shall remain effective for a period of five years after the date of filing, unless its effectiveness is extended by filing one or more continuation statements in accordance with section 4-9.5-106 (1).
(3) An effective financing statement may:
(a) Cover more than one farm product located in more than one county for any given debtor; and
(b) Cover more than one debtor.
(4) An effective financing statement may not be created by amending a financing statement filed under article 9 of this title.

C.R.S. § 4-9.5-105.3

L. 2006: Entire section added, p. 1148, § 5, effective 5/29/2012.

Section 12 of chapter 249, Session Laws of Colorado 2006, provides that the act enacting this section is effective ninety days following certification in writing by the secretary of state to the revisor of statutes that approval of changes to the central filing system enacted by the act has been obtained from the United States department of agriculture, and the secretary of state has implemented the necessary computer system to publish and distribute the master list electronically and is able to do so. The revisor of statutes received certification from the secretary of state on February 29, 2012.