Georgia § 11-9-521 - Uniform form of written financing statement and amendment; authority may prescribe forms.
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§ 11-9-521. Uniform form of written financing statement and amendment; authority may prescribe forms.
Initial financing statement form. Except for a reason set forth in subsection (b) of Code Section 11-9-516, a filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written initial financing statement in the form and format set forth in the final official text of the 2010 amendments to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code promulgated by the American Law Institute and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, and such form and format are incorporated into this subsection by reference. Amendment form. Except for a reason set forth in subsection (b) of Code Section 11-9-516, a filing office that accepts written records may not refuse to accept a written record amending an initial financing statement if such record is in the form and format set forth in the final official text of the 2010 amendments to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code promulgated by the American Law Institute and the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, and such form and format are incorporated into this subsection by reference. Authority's forms. The authority may prescribe forms for initial financing statements and amendments. Subject to the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this Code section, all written financing statements and amendments must be presented for filing on forms prescribed by the authority. (Code 1981, § 11-9-521 , enacted by Ga. L. 2001, p. 362, § 1; Ga. L. 2002, p. 415, § 11; Ga. L. 2013, p. 690, § 16/SB 185.) The 2002 amendment, effective April 18, 2002, part of an Act to revise, modernize, and correct the Code, added the catchline for subsection (c). The 2013 amendment, effective July 1, 2013, substituted "set forth in the final official text of the 2010 amendments to Article 9" for "set out in Section 9-521(a) of the Official Text of Revised Article 9, 2000 Revision," in the middle of subsection (a); and substituted "set forth in the final official text of the 2010 amendments to Article 9" for "set out in Section 9-521(b) of the Official Text of Revised Article 9, 2000 Revision," in the middle of subsection (b).
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