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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.
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9(5) Multiple secured parties of record. If there is more than one secured
10party of record for a financing statement, each secured party of record may authorize
11the filing of an amendment under sub. (4).
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12409.510 Effectiveness of filed record. (1) Filed record effective if
13authorized. A filed record is effective only to the extent that it was filed by a person
14that may file it under s. 409.509.
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15(2) Authorization by one secured party of record. A record authorized by one
16secured party of record does not affect the financing statement with respect to
17another secured party of record.
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18(3) Continuation statement not timely filed. A continuation statement that
19is not filed within the 6-month period prescribed by s. 409.515 (4) is ineffective.
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20409.511 Secured party of record. (1) Secured party of record. A secured
21party of record with respect to a financing statement is a person whose name is
22provided as the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured party
23in an initial financing statement that has been filed. If an initial financing statement
24is filed under s. 409.514 (1), the assignee named in the initial financing statement
25is the secured party of record with respect to the financing statement.
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1(2) Amendment naming secured party of record. If an amendment of a
2financing statement which provides the name of a person as a secured party or a
3representative of a secured party is filed, the person named in the amendment is a
4secured party of record. If an amendment is filed under s. 409.514 (2), the assignee
5named in the amendment is a secured party of record.
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6(3) Amendment deleting secured party of record. A person remains a secured
7party of record until the filing of an amendment of the financing statement which
8deletes the person.
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9409.512 Amendment of financing statement. (1) Amendment of
10information in financing statement. Subject to s. 409.509, a person may add or
11delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or, subject to
12sub. (5), otherwise amend the information provided in, a financing statement by
13filing an amendment that:
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(a) Identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which the
15amendment relates; and
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(b) If the amendment relates to an initial financing statement filed or recorded
17in a filing office described in s. 409.501 (1) (a), provides the date on which the initial
18financing statement was filed or recorded and the information specified in s. 409.502
19(2).
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20(2) Period of effectiveness not affected. Except as otherwise provided in s.
21409.515, the filing of an amendment does not extend the period of effectiveness of the
22financing statement.
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23(3) Effectiveness of amendment adding collateral. A financing statement
24that is amended by an amendment that adds collateral is effective as to the added
25collateral only from the date of the filing of the amendment.
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1(4) Effectiveness of amendment adding debtor. A financing statement that
2is amended by an amendment that adds a debtor is effective as to the added debtor
3only from the date of the filing of the amendment.
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4(5) Certain amendments ineffective. An amendment is ineffective to the
5extent that it:
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(a) Purports to delete all debtors and fails to provide the name of a debtor to
7be covered by the financing statement; or
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(b) Purports to delete all secured parties of record and fails to provide the name
9of a new secured party of record.
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10409.513 Termination statement. (1) Consumer goods. A secured party
11shall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement to file a termination
12statement for the financing statement if the financing statement covers consumer
13goods and:
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(a) There is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing
15statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise
16give value; or
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(b) The debtor did not authorize the filing of the initial financing statement.
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18(2) Time for compliance with sub. (1). To comply with sub. (1), a secured party
19shall cause the secured party of record to file the termination statement:
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(a) Within one month after there is no obligation secured by the collateral
21covered by the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur
22an obligation, or otherwise give value; or
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(b) If earlier, within 20 days after the secured party receives an authenticated
24demand from a debtor.
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1(3) Other collateral. In cases not governed by sub. (1), within 20 days after
2a secured party receives an authenticated demand from a debtor, the secured party
3shall cause the secured party of record for a financing statement to send to the debtor
4a termination statement for the financing statement or file the termination
5statement in the filing office if:
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(a) Except in the case of a financing statement covering accounts or chattel
7paper that has been sold or goods that are the subject of a consignment, there is no
8obligation secured by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no
9commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise give value;
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(b) The financing statement covers accounts or chattel paper that has been sold
11but as to which the account debtor or other person obligated has discharged its
12obligation;
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(c) The financing statement covers goods that were the subject of a consignment
14to the debtor but are not in the debtor's possession; or