New Jersey § 12a:9-311
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§ 12a:9-311.
(a) Security interest subject to other law. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the filing of a financing statement
is not necessary or effective to perfect a security interest in property subject to: (1) a statute, regulation, or treaty of the United States whose requirements for a
security interest's obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor with respect
to the property preempt 12A:9-310(a); (2) the “motor vehicle certificate of ownership law,” R.S.39:10-1 et seq. and the “Boat Ownership Certificate Act,” P.L.1984, c. 152 ( C.12:7A-1 et seq. ) or successor statutes or law or (3) a statute of another jurisdiction which provides for a security interest to be indicated
on a certificate of title as a condition or result of the security interest's obtaining priority over the rights
of a lien creditor with respect to the property. (b) Compliance with other law. Compliance with the requirements of a statute, regulation, or treaty described in
subsection (a) for obtaining priority over the rights of a lien creditor is equivalent
to the filing of a financing statement under this chapter. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), 12A:9-313 and 12A:9-316(d) and (e)
for goods covered by a certificate of title, a security interest in property subject
to a statute, regulation, or treaty described in subsection (a) may be perfected only
by compliance with those requirements, and a security interest so perfected remains
perfected notwithstanding a change in the use or transfer of possession of the collateral. (c) Duration and renewal of perfection. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and 12A:9-316(d) and (e), duration
and renewal of perfection of a security interest perfected by compliance with the
requirements prescribed by a statute, regulation, or treaty described in subsection
(a) are governed by the statute, regulation, or treaty. In other respects, the security interest is subject to this chapter. (d) Inapplicability to certain inventory. During any period in which collateral subject to a statute specified in subsection
(a) (2) is inventory held for sale or lease by a person or leased by that person as
lessor and that person is in the business of selling goods of that kind, this section
does not apply to a security interest in that collateral created by that person.
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