Alaska § 45.29.330 - Priority of purchaser of chattel paper or instrument.
Full text of Alaska Alaska Statutes § 45.29.330 — Priority of purchaser of chattel paper or instrument., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 45.29.330. Priority of purchaser of chattel paper or instrument.
(a) A purchaser of chattel paper has priority over a security interest in the chattel paper that is claimed merely as proceeds of inventory subject to a security interest if (1) in good faith and in the ordinary course of the purchaser's business, the purchaser gives new value and takes possession of the chattel paper or obtains control of the chattel paper under AS 45.29.105 ; and
(2) the chattel paper does not indicate that it has been assigned to an identified assignee other than the purchaser.
(b) A purchaser of chattel paper has priority over a security interest in the chattel paper that is claimed other than merely as proceeds of inventory subject to a security interest if the purchaser gives new value and takes possession of the chattel paper or obtains control of the chattel paper under AS 45.29.105 in good faith, in the ordinary course of the purchaser's business, and without knowledge that the purchase violates the rights of the secured party.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in AS 45.29.327 , a purchaser having priority in chattel paper under (a) or (b) of this section also has priority in proceeds of the chattel paper to the extent that (1) AS 45.29.322 provides for priority in the proceeds; or
(2) the proceeds consist of the specific goods covered by the chattel paper or cash proceeds of the specific goods even if the purchaser's security interest in the proceeds is unperfected.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in AS 45.29.331 (a), a purchaser of an instrument has priority over a security interest in the instrument perfected by a method other than possession if the purchaser gives value and takes possession of the instrument in good faith and without knowledge that the purchase violates the rights of the secured party.
(e) For purposes of (a) and (b) of this section, the holder of a purchase money security interest in inventory gives new value for chattel paper constituting proceeds of the inventory.
(f) For purposes of (b) and (d) of this section, if chattel paper or an instrument indicates that it has been assigned to an identified secured party other than the purchaser, a purchaser of the chattel paper or instrument has knowledge that the purchase violates the rights of the secured party.
Source: official Alaska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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