Wisconsin § 409.316 - Effect of change in governing law.
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§ 409.316. Effect of change in governing law.
409.316(1) (1) General rule: effect on perfection of change in governing law. A security interest perfected pursuant to the law of the jurisdiction designated in s. 409.301 (1) or 409.305 (3) remains perfected until the earliest of: 409.316(1)(a) (a) The time perfection would have ceased under the law of that jurisdiction; 409.316(1)(b) (b) The expiration of 4 months after a change of the debtor’s location to another jurisdiction; or 409.316(1)(c) (c) The expiration of one year after a transfer of collateral to a person that thereby becomes a debtor and is located in another jurisdiction. 409.316(2) (2) Security interest perfected or unperfected under law of new jurisdiction. If a security interest described in sub. (1) becomes perfected under the law of the other jurisdiction before the earliest time or event described in that subsection, it remains perfected thereafter. If the security interest does not become perfected under the law of the other jurisdiction before the earliest time or event, it becomes unperfected and is deemed never to have been perfected as against a purchaser of the collateral for value. 409.316(3) (3) Possessory security interest in collateral moved to new jurisdiction. A possessory security interest in collateral, other than goods covered by a certificate of title and as-extracted collateral consisting of goods, remains continuously perfected if: 409.316(3)(a) (a) The collateral is located in one jurisdiction and subject to a security interest perfected under the law of that jurisdiction; 409.316(3)(b) (b) Thereafter the collateral is brought into another jurisdiction; and 409.316(3)(c) (c) Upon entry into the other jurisdiction, the security interest is perfected under the law of the other jurisdiction. 409.316(4) (4) Goods covered by certificate of title from this state. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (5) , a security interest in goods covered by a certificate of title which is perfected by any method under the law of another jurisdiction when the goods become covered by a certificate of title from this state remains perfected until the security interest would have become unperfected under the law of the other jurisdiction had the goods not become so covered. 409.316(5) (5) When sub. (4) security interest becomes unperfected against purchasers. A security interest described in sub. (4) becomes unperfected as against a purchaser of the goods for value and is deemed never to have been perfected as against a purchaser of the goods for value if the applicable requirements for perfection under s. 409.311 (2) or
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Section 409.316 ("Effect of change in governing law.") is part of the Wisconsin Statutes, the codified statutory law of Wisconsin. 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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