Michigan § 440.9512 - Amendment of financing statement.
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§ 440.9512. Amendment of financing statement.
Subject to section 9509, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or, subject to subsection (5), otherwise amend the information provided in, a financing statement by filing an amendment that does both of the following:
Identifies, by its file number, and, if applicable, by liber and page, the initial financing statement to which the amendment relates.
If the amendment relates to an initial financing statement filed or recorded in a filing office described in section 9501(1)(a), provides the date that the initial financing statement was filed or recorded and the information specified in section 9502(2).
Except as otherwise provided in section 9515, the filing of an amendment does not extend the period of effectiveness of the financing statement.
A financing statement that is amended by an amendment that adds collateral is effective as to the added collateral only from the date of the filing of the amendment.
A financing statement that is amended by an amendment that adds a debtor is effective as to the added debtor only from the date of the filing of the amendment.
An amendment is ineffective to the extent 1 or more of the following apply to it:
It purports to delete all debtors and fails to provide the name of a debtor to be covered by the financing statement.
It purports to delete all secured parties of record and fails to provide the name of a new secured party of record.
Source: official Michigan text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 440.9512 ("Amendment of financing statement.") is part of the Michigan Compiled Laws, the codified statutory law of Michigan. 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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