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(b) A delegation of a material performance of either party to the lease contract
4in violation of the term.
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5(3) Security interest not material impairment. The creation, attachment,
6perfection, or enforcement of a security interest in the lessor's interest under the
7lease contract or the lessor's residual interest in the goods is not a transfer that
8materially impairs the lessee's prospect of obtaining return performance or
9materially changes the duty of or materially increases the burden or risk imposed
10on the lessee within the purview of s. 411.303 (4) unless, and then only to the extent
11that, enforcement actually results in a delegation of material performance of the
12lessor.
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13409.408 Restrictions on assignment of promissory notes,
14health-care-insurance receivables, and certain general intangibles
15ineffective. (1) Term restricting assignment generally ineffective. Except as
16otherwise provided in sub. (2), a term in a promissory note or in an agreement
17between an account debtor and a debtor which relates to a health-care-insurance
18receivable or a general intangible, including a contract, permit, license, or franchise,
19and which term prohibits, restricts, or requires the consent of the person obligated
20on the promissory note or the account debtor to, the assignment or transfer of, or
21creation, attachment, or perfection of a security interest in, the promissory note,
22health-care-insurance receivable, or general intangible, is ineffective to the extent
23that the term:
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(a) Would impair the creation, attachment, or perfection of a security interest;
25or
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1(b) Provides that the assignment or transfer or the creation, attachment, or
2perfection of the security interest may give rise to a default, breach, right of
3recoupment, claim, defense, termination, right of termination, or remedy under the
4promissory note, health-care-insurance receivable, or general intangible.
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5(2) Applicability of sub. (1) to sales of certain rights to payment. Subsection
6(1) applies to a security interest in a payment intangible or promissory note only if
7the security interest arises out of a sale of the payment intangible or promissory note.
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8(3) Legal restrictions on assignment generally ineffective. A rule of law,
9statute, or rule that prohibits, restricts, or requires the consent of a government,
10governmental body or official, person obligated on a promissory note or account
11debtor to the assignment or transfer of, or creation of a security interest in, a
12promissory note, health-care-insurance receivable, or general intangible, including
13a contract, permit, license, or franchise between an account debtor and a debtor, is
14ineffective to the extent that the rule of law, statute, or rule:
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(a) Would impair the creation, attachment, or perfection of a security interest;
16or
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(b) Provides that the assignment or transfer or the creation, attachment, or
18perfection of the security interest may give rise to a default, breach, right of
19recoupment, claim, defense, termination, right of termination, or remedy under the
20promissory note, health-care-insurance receivable, or general intangible.
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21(4) Limitation on ineffectiveness under subs. (1) and (3). To the extent that a
22term in a promissory note or in an agreement between an account debtor and a debtor
23which relates to a health-care-insurance receivable, or general intangible or a rule
24of law, statute, or rule described in sub. (3) would be effective under law other than
25this chapter but is ineffective under sub. (1) or (3), the creation, attachment, or
1perfection of a security interest in the promissory note, health-care-insurance
2receivable, or general intangible:
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(a) Is not enforceable against the person obligated on the promissory note or
4the account debtor;
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(b) Does not impose a duty or obligation on the person obligated on the
6promissory note or the account debtor;
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(c) Does not require the person obligated on the promissory note or the account
8debtor to recognize the security interest, pay or render performance to the secured
9party, or accept payment or performance from the secured party;
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(d) Does not entitle the secured party to use or assign the debtor's rights under
11the promissory note, health-care-insurance receivable, or general intangible,
12including any related information or materials furnished to the debtor in the
13transaction giving rise to the promissory note, health-care-insurance receivable, or
14general intangible;
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(e) Does not entitle the secured party to use, assign, possess, or have access to
16any trade secrets or confidential information of the person obligated on the
17promissory note or the account debtor; and
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(f) Does not entitle the secured party to enforce the security interest in the
19promissory note, health-care-insurance receivable, or general intangible.
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20409.409 Restrictions on assignment of letter-of-credit rights
21ineffective. (1) Term or law restricting assignment generally ineffective. A
22term in a letter of credit or a rule of law, statute, rule, custom, or practice applicable
23to the letter of credit which prohibits, restricts, or requires the consent of an
24applicant, issuer, or nominated person to a beneficiary's assignment of or creation of
1a security interest in a letter-of-credit right is ineffective to the extent that the term
2or rule of law, statute, rule, custom, or practice:
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(a) Would impair the creation, attachment, or perfection of a security interest
4in the letter-of-credit right; or
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(b) Provides that the assignment or the creation, attachment, or perfection of
6the security interest may give rise to a default, breach, right of recoupment, claim,
7defense, termination, right of termination, or remedy under the letter-of-credit
8right.
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9(2) Limitation on ineffectiveness under sub. (1). To the extent that a term in
10a letter of credit is ineffective under sub. (1) but would be effective under law other
11than this chapter or a custom or practice applicable to the letter of credit, to the
12transfer of a right to draw or otherwise demand performance under the letter of
13credit, or to the assignment of a right to proceeds of the letter of credit, the creation,
14attachment, or perfection of a security interest in the letter-of-credit right:
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(a) Is not enforceable against the applicant, issuer, nominated person, or
16transferee beneficiary;
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(b) Imposes no duties or obligations on the applicant, issuer, nominated person,
18or transferee beneficiary; and
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(c) Does not require the applicant, issuer, nominated person, or transferee
20beneficiary to recognize the security interest, pay or render performance to the
21secured party, or accept payment or other performance from the secured party.
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22SUBCHAPTER V
23
FILING
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24409.501 Filing office. (1) Filing offices. Except as otherwise provided in
25sub. (2), if the local law of this state governs perfection of a security interest or
1agricultural lien, the office in which to file a financing statement to perfect the
2security interest or agricultural lien is:
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(a) The office designated for the filing or recording of a record of a mortgage on
4the related real property, if:
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1. The collateral is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut; or
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2. The financing statement is filed as a fixture filing and the collateral is goods
7that are or are to become fixtures; or
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(b) The office of the department of financial institutions or any office duly
9authorized by the department, in all other cases, including a case in which the
10collateral is goods that are or are to become fixtures and the financing statement is
11not filed as a fixture filing.
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12(2) Filing office for transmitting utilities. The office in which to file a
13financing statement to perfect a security interest in collateral, including fixtures, of
14a transmitting utility is the office of the department of financial institutions. The
15financing statement also constitutes a fixture filing as to the collateral indicated in
16the financing statement which is or is to become fixtures.
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17409.502 Contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as
18financing statement; time of filing financing statement. (1)
Sufficiency of
19financing statement. Subject to sub. (2), a financing statement is sufficient only if
20it:
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(a) Provides the name of the debtor;
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(b) Provides the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured
23party; and
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(c) Indicates the collateral covered by the financing statement.
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1(2) Real-property-related financing statements. Except as otherwise
2provided in s. 409.501 (2), to be sufficient, a financing statement that covers
3as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, or which is filed as a fixture filing and
4covers goods that are or are to become fixtures, must satisfy sub. (1) and also:
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(a) Indicate that it covers this type of collateral;
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(b) Indicate that it is to be filed for record in the real property records;
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(c) Provide a description of the real property to which the collateral is related
8sufficient to give constructive notice of a mortgage under the law of this state if the
9description were contained in a record of the mortgage of the real property; and
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(d) If the debtor does not have an interest of record in the real property, provide
11the name of a record owner.
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12(3) Record of mortgage as financing statement. A record of a mortgage is
13effective, from the date of recording, as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing
14or as a financing statement covering as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut only
15if:
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(a) The record indicates the goods or accounts that it covers;
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(b) The goods are or are to become fixtures related to the real property described
18in the record or the collateral is related to the real property described in the record
19and is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut;
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(c) The record satisfies the requirements for a financing statement in this
21section other than an indication that it is to be filed in the real property records; and
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(d) The record is duly recorded.
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23(4) Filing before security agreement or attachment. A financing statement
24may be filed before a security agreement is made or a security interest otherwise
25attaches.
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1409.503 Name of debtor and secured party. (1) Sufficiency of debtor's
2name. A financing statement sufficiently provides the name of the debtor:
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(a) If the debtor is a registered organization, only if the financing statement
4provides the name of the debtor indicated on the public record of the debtor's
5jurisdiction of organization which shows the debtor to have been organized;
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(b) If the debtor is a decedent's estate, only if the financing statement provides
7the name of the decedent and indicates that the debtor is an estate;
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(c) If the debtor is a trust or a trustee acting with respect to property held in
9trust, only if the financing statement:
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1. Provides the name specified for the trust in its organic documents or, if no
11name is specified, provides the name of the settlor and additional information
12sufficient to distinguish the debtor from other trusts having one or more of the same
13settlors; and
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2. Indicates, in the debtor's name or otherwise, that the debtor is a trust or is
15a trustee acting with respect to property held in trust; and
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(d) In other cases:
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1. If the debtor has a name, only if it provides the individual or organizational
18name of the debtor; and
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2. If the debtor does not have a name, only if it provides the names of the
20partners, members, associates, or other persons comprising the debtor.
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21(2) Additional debtor-related information. A financing statement that
22provides the name of the debtor in accordance with sub. (1) is not rendered ineffective
23by the absence of:
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(a) A trade name or other name of the debtor; or
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1(b) Unless required under sub. (1) (d) 2., names of partners, members,
2associates, or other persons comprising the debtor.
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3(3) Debtor's trade name insufficient. A financing statement that provides
4only the debtor's trade name does not sufficiently provide the name of the debtor.
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5(4) Representative capacity. Failure to indicate the representative capacity
6of a secured party or representative of a secured party does not affect the sufficiency
7of a financing statement.
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8(5) Multiple debtors and secured parties. A financing statement may provide
9the name of more than one debtor and the name of more than one secured party.
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10409.504 Indication of collateral. A financing statement sufficiently
11indicates the collateral that it covers if the financing statement provides:
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12(1) A description of the collateral pursuant to s. 409.108; or
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13(2) An indication that the financing statement covers all assets or all personal
14property.
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15409.505 Filing and compliance with other statutes and treaties for
16consignments, leases, other bailments, and other transactions. (1) Use of
17terms other than debtor and secured party. A consignor, lessor, or other bailor of
18goods, a licensor, or a buyer of a payment intangible or promissory note may file a
19financing statement, or may comply with a statute or treaty described in s. 409.311
20(1), using the terms "consignor", "consignee", "lessor", "lessee", "bailor", "bailee",
21"licensor", "licensee", "owner", "registered owner", "buyer", "seller", or words of
22similar import, instead of the terms "secured party" and "debtor".
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23(2) Effect of financing statement under sub. (1). This subchapter applies to
24the filing of a financing statement under sub. (1) and, as appropriate, to compliance
25that is equivalent to filing a financing statement under s. 409.311 (2), but the filing
1or compliance is not of itself a factor in determining whether the collateral secures
2an obligation. If it is determined for another reason that the collateral secures an
3obligation, a security interest held by the consignor, lessor, bailor, licensor, owner, or
4buyer which attaches to the collateral is perfected by the filing or compliance
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5409.506 Effect of errors or omissions. (1) Minor errors and omissions. 6A financing statement substantially satisfying the requirements of this subchapter
7is effective, even if it has minor errors or omissions, unless the errors or omissions
8make the financing statement seriously misleading.
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9(2) Financing statement seriously misleading. Except as otherwise provided
10in sub. (3), a financing statement that fails sufficiently to provide the name of the
11debtor in accordance with s. 409.503 (1) is seriously misleading.
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12(3) Financing statement not seriously misleading. If a search of the records
13of the filing office under the debtor's correct name, using the filing office's standard
14search logic, if any, would disclose a financing statement that fails sufficiently to
15provide the name of the debtor in accordance with s. 409.503 (1), the name provided
16does not make the financing statement seriously misleading.
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17(4) Debtor's correct name. For purposes of s. 409.508 (2), the "debtor's correct
18name" in sub. (3) means the correct name of the new debtor.
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19409.507 Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing
20statement. (1) Disposition. A filed financing statement remains effective with
21respect to collateral that is sold, exchanged, leased, licensed, or otherwise disposed
22of and in which a security interest or agricultural lien continues, even if the secured
23party knows of or consents to the disposition.
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24(2) Information becoming seriously misleading. Except as otherwise provided
25in sub. (3) and s. 409.508, a financing statement is not rendered ineffective if, after
1the financing statement is filed, the information provided in the financing statement
2becomes seriously misleading under s. 409.506.
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3(3) Change in debtor's name. If a debtor so changes its name that a filed
4financing statement becomes seriously misleading under s. 409.506:
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(a) The financing statement is effective to perfect a security interest in
6collateral acquired by the debtor before, or within 4 months after, the change; and
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(b) The financing statement is not effective to perfect a security interest in
8collateral acquired by the debtor more than 4 months after the change, unless an
9amendment to the financing statement which renders the financing statement not
10seriously misleading is filed within 4 months after the change.
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11409.508 Effectiveness of financing statement if new debtor becomes
12bound by security agreement. (1) Financing statement naming original debtor.
13Except as otherwise provided in this section, a filed financing statement naming an
14original debtor is effective to perfect a security interest in collateral in which a new
15debtor has or acquires rights to the extent that the financing statement would have
16been effective had the original debtor acquired rights in the collateral.
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17(2) Financing statement becoming seriously misleading. If the difference
18between the name of the original debtor and that of the new debtor causes a filed
19financing statement that is effective under sub. (1) to be seriously misleading under
20s. 409.506:
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(a) The financing statement is effective to perfect a security interest in
22collateral acquired by the new debtor before, and within 4 months after, the new
23debtor becomes bound under s. 409.203 (4); and
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(b) The financing statement is not effective to perfect a security interest in
25collateral acquired by the new debtor more than 4 months after the new debtor
1becomes bound under s. 409.203 (4) unless an initial financing statement providing
2the name of the new debtor is filed before the expiration of that time.
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3(3) When section not applicable. This section does not apply to collateral as
4to which a filed financing statement remains effective against the new debtor under
5s. 409.507 (1).
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6409.509 Persons entitled to file a record. (1) Person entitled to file
7record. A person may file an initial financing statement, amendment that adds
8collateral covered by a financing statement, or amendment that adds a debtor to a
9financing statement only if:
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(a) The debtor authorizes the filing in an authenticated record or pursuant to
11sub. (2) or (3); or
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(b) The person holds an agricultural lien that has become effective at the time
13of filing and the financing statement covers only collateral in which the person holds
14an agricultural lien.
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15(2) Security agreement as authorization. By authenticating or becoming
16bound as debtor by a security agreement, a debtor or new debtor authorizes the filing
17of an initial financing statement, and an amendment, covering:
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(a) The collateral described in the security agreement; and
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(b) Property that becomes collateral under s. 409.315 (1) (b), whether or not the
20security agreement expressly covers proceeds.
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21(3) Acquisition of collateral as authorization. By acquiring collateral in
22which a security interest or agricultural lien continues under s. 409.315 (1) (a), a
23debtor authorizes the filing of an initial financing statement, and an amendment,
24covering the collateral and property that becomes collateral under s. 409.315 (1) (b).
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1(4) Person entitled to file certain amendments. A person may file an
2amendment other than an amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing
3statement or an amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if:
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(a) The secured party of record authorizes the filing; or
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(b) The amendment is a termination statement for a financing statement as to
6which the secured party of record has failed to file or send a termination statement
7as required by s. 409.513 (1) or (3), the debtor authorizes the filing, and the
8termination statement indicates that the debtor authorized it to be filed.