Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 10:9-807 - Amendment of pre-effective-date financing statement(a) "Pre-effective-date financing statement". In this Section and in R.S. 10:9-806, "pre-effective-date financing statement" means a financing statement filed before the Act takes effect.(b) Applicable law. After the Act takes effect, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or otherwise amend the information provided in, a pre-effective-date financing statement only in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in Chapter 9 as amended by the Act; however, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement also may be terminated in accordance with the law of the jurisdiction in which the financing statement is filed.(c) Method of amending: general rule. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (d) of this Section, if the law of this state governs perfection of a security interest, the information in a pre-effective-date financing statement may be amended after the Act takes effect only if:(1) the pre-effective-date financing statement and an amendment are filed in the office specified in R.S. 10:9-501;(2) an amendment is filed in the office specified in R.S. 10:9-512(a) concurrently with, or after the filing in that office of, an initial financing statement that satisfies R.S. 10:9-806(c); or(3) an initial financing statement that provides the information as amended and satisfies R.S. 10:9-806(c) is filed in the office specified in R.S. 10:9-501.(d) Method of amending: continuation. If the law of this state governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement may be continued only under R.S. 10:9-805(c) and (e) or 9-806.(e) Method of amending: additional termination rule. Whether or not the law of this state governs perfection of a security interest, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement filed in this state may be terminated after the Act takes effect by filing a termination statement in the office in which the pre-effective-date financing statement is filed, unless an initial financing statement that satisfies R.S. 10:9-806(c) has been filed in the office specified by the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in Chapter 9 as amended by the Act as the office in which to file a financing statement. Acts 2012, No. 450, §2, eff. 7/1/2013.