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HomeCommercial CodeDiv. 9Ch. 8§ 9803 Perfected Security Interest Transition

§ 9803 Perfected Security Interest Transition

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§ 9803 Perfected Security Interest Transition

This law says that security interests that were already perfected before July 1, 2014 keep their perfected status if they already met the old rules, and if they didn't meet the new rules they can stay perfected until July 1, 2015 if they meet the new rules by then.

Key Takeaways

  • •Security interests perfected before July 1, 2014 stay perfected if they already met the old requirements.
  • •If they didn't meet the new requirements, they can remain perfected until July 1, 2015 if they satisfy the new rules by that date.
  • •After July 1, 2015, a security interest that still fails the new rules loses its perfected status.

Example

A local bakery had a loan secured by its ovens and other equipment before July 1, 2014. The loan was already a perfected security interest under the old rules.

Because the bakery's security interest was already perfected before the rule change, it remains perfected automatically. If the bakery had not fully met the new filing requirements by July 1, 2014, it still has until July 1, 2015 to satisfy those new requirements to keep the lien.

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§ 9803 Perfected Security Interest Transition

(a) A security interest that is a perfected security interest immediately before July 1, 2014, is a perfected security interest under this division as amended by this act if, as of July 1, 2014, the applicable requirements for attachment and perfection under this division as of that date are satisfied without further action. (b) Except as otherwise provided in Section 9805, if, immediately before July 1, 2014, a security interest is a perfected security interest, but the applicable requirements for perfection under this division as of July 1, 2014, are not satisfied as of that date, the security interest remains perfected thereafter only if the applicable requirements for perfection under this division as amended by this act are satisfied by July 1, 2015. (Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 531, Sec. 23. (AB 502) Effective January 1, 2014. Operative July 1, 2014, by Sec. 28 of Ch. 531.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

Key Terms

perfected security interestattachment and perfectionJuly 1, 2014July 1, 2015

Related Statutes

  • § 9802 Retroactive Lien Transaction Rules
  • § 9804 Unperfected Security Interest Perfection
  • § 9806 Financing Statement Continuation Rules
  • § 9809 Priority Of Conflicting Claims
  • § 9903 Perfected Security Interest Transition

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Commercial Code. Section 9803.
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