(b)__If the initial financing statement is filed after this Article takes effect, for the period provided in section 9- 1515 with respect to an initial financing statement.

(3)__To be effective for purposes of subsection (1), an initial financing statement must:

(a)__Satisfy the requirements of Part 5 for an initial financing statement;

(b)__Identify the pre-effective-date financing statement by indicating the office in which the financing statement was filed and providing the dates of filing and file numbers, if any, of the financing statement and of the most recent continuation statement filed with respect to the financing statement; and

(c)__Indicate that the pre-effective-date financing statement remains effective.

Official Comment

1. Continuation of Financing Statements Not Filed in Proper Filing Office Under This Article. This section deals with continuing the effectiveness of financing statements that are filed in the proper State and office under former Article 9, but which would be filed in the wrong State or in the wrong office of the proper State under this Article. Section 9-705(d) [Maine cite section 9-1705, subsection (4)] provides that, under these circumstances, filing a continuation statement after the effective date of this Article in the office designated by former Article 9 would not be effective. This section provides the means by which the effectiveness of such a financing statement can be continued if this Article governs perfection under the applicable choice-of-law rule: filing an initial financing statement in the office specified by Section 9-501 [Maine cite section 9-1501].

Although it has the effect of continuing the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing statement, an initial financing statement described in this section is not a continuation statement. Rather, it is governed by the rules applicable to initial financing statements. (However, the debtor need not authorize the filing. See Section 9-707 [Maine cite section 9- 1707].) Unlike a continuation statement, the initial financing statement described in this section may be filed any time during