Accordingly, subsection (c) [Maine cite subsection (3)] provides that the normal rules for determining the location of a debtor (i.e., the rules in subsection (b) [Maine cite subsection (2)]) apply only if they yield a location that is "a jurisdiction whose law generally requires information concerning the existence of a nonpossessory security interest to be made generally available in a filing, recording, or registration system as a condition or result of the security interest's obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor with respect to the collateral." The phrase "generally requires" is meant to include legal regimes that generally require notice in a filing or recording system as a condition of perfecting nonpossessory security interests, but which permit perfection by another method (e.g., control, automatic perfection, temporary perfection) in limited circumstances. A jurisdiction that has adopted this Article or an earlier version of this Article is such a jurisdiction. If the rules in subsection (b) [Maine cite subsection (2)] yield a jurisdiction whose law does not generally require notice in a filing or registration system, the debtor is located in the District of Columbia.

Example 1: Debtor is an English corporation with 7 offices in the United States and its chief executive office in London, England. Debtor creates a security interest in its accounts. Under subsection (b)(3) [Maine cite subsection (2), paragraph (c)], Debtor would be located in England. However, subsection (c) [Maine cite subsection (3)] provides that subsection (b) [Maine cite subsection (2)] applies only if English law generally conditions perfection on giving public notice in a filing, recording, or registration system. Otherwise, Debtor is located in the District of Columbia. Under Section 9-301(1) [Maine cite section 9-1301, subsection (1)], perfection, the effect of perfection, and priority are governed by the law of the jurisdiction of the debtor's location--here, England or the District of Columbia (depending on the content of English law).

Example 2: Debtor is an English corporation with 7 offices in the United States and its chief executive office in London, England. Debtor creates a security interest in equipment located in London. Under subsection (b)(3) [Maine cite subsection (2), paragraph (c)] Debtor would be located in England. However, subsection (c) [Maine cite subsection (3)] provides that subsection (b) [Maine cite subsection (2)] applies only if English law generally conditions perfection on giving public