| (b)__Purports to delete all secured parties of record and | fails to provide the name of a new secured party of record. |
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| | 1. Source. Former 9-402(4). |
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| | 2. Changes to Financing Statements. This section addresses | changes to financing statements, including addition and deletion | of collateral. Although termination statements, assignments, and | continuation statements are types of amendment, this Article | follows former Article 9 and contains separate sections | containing additional provisions applicable to particular types | of amendments. See Section 9-513 [Maine cite section 9-1513] | (termination statements); 9-514 [Maine cite section 9-1514] | (assignments); 9-515 [Maine cite section 9-1515] (continuation | statements). One should not infer from this separate treatment | that this Article requires a separate amendment to accomplish | each change. Rather, a single amendment would be legally | sufficient to, e.g., add collateral and continue the | effectiveness of the financing statement. |
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| | 3. Amendments. An amendment under this Article may identify | only the information contained in a financing statement that is | to be changed; alternatively, it may take the form of an amended | and restated financing statement. The latter would state, for | example, that the financing statement "is amended and restated to | read as follows: . . ." References in this Part to an "amended | financing statement" are to a financing statement as amended by | an amendment using either technique. |
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| | This section revises former Section 9-402(4) to permit secured | parties of record to make changes in the public record without | the need to obtain the debtor's signature. However, the filing | of an amendment that adds collateral or adds a debtor must be | authorized by the debtor or it will not be effective. See | Sections 9-509(a), 9-510(a) [Maine cite section 9-1509, | subsection (1), section 9-1510, subsection (1)]. |
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| | 4. Amendment Adding Debtor. An amendment that adds a debtor | is effective, provided that the added debtor authorizes the | filing. See Section 9-509(a) [Maine cite section 9-1509, | subsection (1)]. However, filing an amendment adding a debtor to | a previously filed financing statement affords no advantage over | filing an initial financing statement against that debtor and may | be disadvantageous. With respect to the added debtor, for | purposes of determining the priority of the security interest, | the time of filing is the time of the filing of the amendment, | not the time of the filing of the initial financing statement. |
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