§ 9-310. When filing required to perfect security interest or agricultural lien; security interests and agricultural liens to which filing provisions do not apply.
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(a)General rule: perfection by filing. — Except as otherwise provided in subsection
(b)and Section 9-312(b), a financing statement must be filed to perfect all security interests and agricultural liens.
(b)Exceptions: filing not necessary. — The filing of a financing statement is not necessary to perfect a security interest:
(1)that is perfected under Section 9-308(d), (e), (f), or (g);
(2)that is perfected under Section 9-309 when it attaches;
(3)in property subject to a statute, regulation, or treaty described in Section 9-311(a);
(4)in goods in possession of a bailee which is perfected under Section 9-312(d)(1) or (2);
(5)in certificated securities, documents, goods, or instruments which is perfected without filing, control, or possession under Section 9-312(e), (f), or (g);
(6)in collateral in the secured party’s possession under Section 9-313;
(7)in a certificated security which is perfected by delivery of the security certificate to the secured party under Section 9-313;
(8)in controllable accounts, controllable electronic records, controllable payment intangibles, deposit accounts, electronic documents, investment property, or letter-of-credit rights which is perfected by control under Section 9-314;
(8.1) in chattel paper which is perfected by possession and control under Section 9-314A;
(9)in proceeds which is perfected under Section 9-315; or
(10)that is perfected under Section 9-316.
(c)Assignment of perfected security interest. — If a secured party assigns a perfected security interest or agricultural lien, a filing under this Article is not required to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the original debtor.