(a)__Identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which it relates;

(b)__Provides the name of the assignor; and

(c)__Provides the name and mailing address of the assignee.

(3)__An assignment of record of a security interest in a fixture covered by a record of a mortgage that is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing under section 9- 1502, subsection (3) may be made only by an assignment of record of the mortgage in the manner provided by the laws of this State other than this Title.

Official Comment

1. Source. Former Section 9-405.

2. Assignments. This section provides a permissive device whereby a secured party of record may effectuate an assignment of its power to affect a financing statement. It may also be useful for a secured party who has assigned all or part of its security interest or agricultural lien and wishes to have the fact noted of record, so that inquiries concerning the transaction would be addressed to the assignee. See Section 9-502 [Maine cite section 9-1502], Comment 2. Upon the filing of an assignment, the assignee becomes the "secured party of record" and may authorize the filing of a continuation statement, termination statement, or other amendment. Note that under Section 9310(c) [Maine cite section 9-1310, subsection (3)] no filing of an assignment is required as a condition of continuing the perfected status of the security interest against creditors and transferees of the original debtor. However, if an assignment is not filed, the assignor remains the secured party of record, with the power (even if not the right) to authorize the filing of effective amendments. See Sections 9-511(c), 9-509(d) [Maine cite section 9-1511, subsection (3), section 9-1509, subsection (4)].

Where a record of a mortgage is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing (Section 9502(c) [Maine cite section 9-1502, subsection (3)]), then an assignment of record of the security interest may be made only in the manner in which an assignment of record of the mortgage may be made under local real-property law.