Georgia § 11-8-603 - Savings clause.
Full text of Georgia Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 11-8-603 — Savings clause., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 11-8-603. Savings clause.
This Act does not affect an action or proceeding commenced before this Act takes effect. If a security interest in a security is perfected at the date this Act takes effect, and the action by which the security interest was perfected would suffice to perfect a security interest under this Act, no further action is required to continue perfection. If a security interest in a security is perfected at the date this Act takes effect but the action by which the security interest was perfected would not suffice to perfect a security interest under this Act, the security interest remains perfected for a period of four months after the effective date and continues perfected thereafter if appropriate action to perfect under this Act is taken within that period. If a security interest is perfected at the date this Act takes effect and the security interest can be perfected by filing under this Act, a financing statement signed by the secured party instead of the debtor may be filed within that period to continue perfection or thereafter to perfect. (Code 1981, § 11-8-603 , enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 1323, § 1.)
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What does Official Code of Georgia Annotated § 11-8-603 cover?
Section 11-8-603 ("Savings clause.") is part of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the codified statutory law of Georgia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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