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Code · UCC · UCC Article 9 — Secured Transactions · § 9-323

§ 9-323. 9-323

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(a)[When priority based on time of advance.] Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), for purposes of determining the priority of a perfected security interest under Section 9-322(a) (1), perfection of the security interest dates from the time an advance is made to the extent that the security interest secures an advance that:
(1)is made while the security interest is perfected only:
(A)under Section 9-309 when it attaches; or
(B)temporarily under Section 9-312(e) ,
(f), or
(g); and
(2)is not made pursuant to a commitment entered into before or while the security interest is perfected by a method other than under Section 9-309 or 9-312(e) ,
(f), or
(g).
(b)[Lien creditor.] Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), a security interest is subordinate to the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor to the extent that the security interest secures an advance made more than 45 days after the person becomes a lien creditor unless the advance is made:
(1)without knowledge of the lien; or
(2)pursuant to a commitment entered into without knowledge of the lien.
(c)[Buyer of receivables.] Subsections
(a)and
(b)do not apply to a security interest held by a secured party that is a buyer of accounts , chattel paper , payment intangibles , or promissory notes or a consignor .
(d)[Buyer of goods.] Except as otherwise provided in subsection (e), a buyer of goods other than a buyer in ordinary course of business takes free of a security interest to the extent that it secures advances made after the earlier of:
(1)the time the secured party acquires knowledge of the buyer's purchase; or
(2)45 days after the purchase.
(e)[Advances made pursuant to commitment: priority of buyer of goods.] Subsection
(d)does not apply if the advance is made pursuant to a commitment entered into without knowledge of the buyer's purchase and before the expiration of the 45-day period.
(f)[Lessee of goods.] Except as otherwise provided in subsection (g), a lessee of goods , other than a lessee in ordinary course of business, takes the leasehold interest free of a security interest to the extent that it secures advances made after the earlier of:
(1)the time the secured party acquires knowledge of the lease; or
(2)45 days after the lease contract becomes enforceable.
(g)[Advances made pursuant to commitment: priority of lessee of goods.] Subsection
(f)does not apply if the advance is made pursuant to a commitment entered into without knowledge of the lease and before the expiration of the 45-day period.
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