Current through 2024, ch. 69
Section 55-9-323 - 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 Paragraph (1) of Subsection (a) of Section 55-9-322 NMSA 1978, 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 55-9-309 NMSA 1978 when it attaches; or(B) temporarily under Subsection (e), (f) or (g) of Section 55-9-312 NMSA 1978; 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 55-9-309 or Subsection (e), (f) or (g) of Section 55-9-312 NMSA 1978.(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 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, other than a lessee in ordinary course of business, 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.1978 Comp., § 55-9-323, enacted by Laws 2001, ch. 139, § 43.Amended by 2023, c. 142,s. 68, eff. 1/1/2024.