Tennessee § 47-9-621 - Notification of proposal to accept collateral.
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§ 47-9-621. Notification of proposal to accept collateral.
Persons to whom proposal to be sent. A secured party that desires to accept collateral in full or partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures shall send its proposal to: any person from whom the secured party has received, before the debtor consented to the acceptance, an authenticated notification of a claim of an interest in the collateral; any other secured party or lienholder that, ten (10) days before the debtor consented to the acceptance, held a security interest in or other lien on the collateral perfected by the filing of a financing statement that: identified the collateral; was indexed under the debtor's name as of that date; and was filed in the office or offices in which to file a financing statement against the debtor covering the collateral as of that date; and any other secured party that, ten (10) days before the debtor consented to the acceptance, held a security interest in the collateral perfected by compliance with a statute, regulation, or treaty described in § 47-9-311(a). Proposal to be sent to secondary obligor in partial satisfaction. A secured party that desires to accept collateral in partial satisfaction of the obligation it secures shall send its proposal to any secondary obligor in addition to the persons described in subsection (a). Acts 2000, ch. 846, § 1.
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 47-9-621 ("Notification of proposal to accept collateral.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. 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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