6. Judicial Enforcement. Under subsection (a) [Maine cite subsection (1)] a secured party may reduce its claim to judgment or foreclose its interest by any available procedure outside this Article under applicable law. Subsection (e) [Maine cite subsection (5)] generally follows former Section 9-501(5). It makes clear that any judicial lien that the secured party may acquire against the collateral effectively is a continuation of the original security interest (if perfected) and not the acquisition of a new interest or a transfer of property on account of a preexisting obligation. Under former Section 9- 501(5), the judicial lien was stated to relate back to the date of perfection of the security interest. Subsection (e) [Maine cite subsection (5)], however, provides that the lien relates back to the earlier of the date of filing or the date of perfection. This provides a secured party who enforces a security interest by judicial process with the benefit of the "first-to-file-or-perfect" priority rule of Section 9-322(a)(1) [Maine cite section 9-1322, subsection (1), paragraph (a)].

7. Agricultural Liens. Part 6 provides parallel treatment for the enforcement of agricultural liens and security interests. Because agricultural liens are statutory rather than consensual, this Article does draw a few distinctions between these liens and security interests. Under subsection (e) [Maine cite subsection (5)], the statute creating an agricultural lien would govern whether and the date to which an execution lien relates back. Section 9-606 [Maine cite section 9-1606] explains when a "default" occurs in the agricultural lien context.

8. Execution Sales. Subsection (f) [Maine cite subsection (6)] also follows former Section 9-501(5). It makes clear that an execution sale is an appropriate method of foreclosure contemplated by this Part. However, the sale is governed by other law and not by this Article, and the limitations under