Texas § BC.9.309 - SECURITY INTEREST PERFECTED UPON ATTACHMENT

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§ BC.9.309. SECURITY INTEREST PERFECTED UPON ATTACHMENT

SECURITY INTEREST PERFECTED UPON ATTACHMENT. The following security interests are perfected when they attach: (1) a purchase money security interest in consumer goods, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.311 (b) with respect to consumer goods that are subject to a statute or treaty described in Section 9.311 (a); (2) an assignment of accounts or payment intangibles that does not by itself or in conjunction with other assignments to the same assignee transfer a significant part of the assignor's outstanding accounts or payment intangibles; (3) a sale of a payment intangible; (4) a sale of a promissory note; (5) a security interest created by the assignment of a health-care-insurance receivable to the provider of the health care goods or services; (6) a security interest arising under Section 2.401 , 2.505 , 2.711 (c), or 2A.508 (e), until the debtor obtains possession of the collateral; (7) a security interest of a collecting bank arising under Section 4.210 ; (8) a security interest of an issuer or nominated person arising under Section 5.118 ; (9) a security interest arising in the delivery of a financial asset under Section 9.206 (c); (10) a security interest in investment property created by a broker or securities intermediary; (11) a security interest in a commodity contract or a commodity account created by a commodity intermediary; (12) an assignment for the benefit of all the creditors of the transferor and subsequent transfers by the assignee thereunder; (13) a security interest created by an assignment of a beneficial interest in a decedent's estate; and (14) a sale by an individual of an account that is a right to payment of winnings in a lottery or other game of chance. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 917, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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Section BC.9.309 ("SECURITY INTEREST PERFECTED UPON ATTACHMENT") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. 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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