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A UCC-1 financing statement (an abbreviation for Uniform Commercial Code-1) is a United States legal form that a creditor files to give notice that it has or may have an interest in the personal property of a debtor (a person who owes a debt to the creditor as typically specified in the agreement creating the debt).
The UCC achieved the goal of substantial uniformity in commercial laws and, at the same time, allowed the states the flexibility to meet local circumstances by modifying the UCC's text as enacted in each state. The UCC deals primarily with transactions involving personal property (movable property) and not real property (immovable property).
Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), as adopted by all fifty states, generally governs secured transactions where security interests are taken in personal property. [1] 1 It regulates creation and enforcement of security interests in movable property, intangible property, and fixtures.
Personal property is generally anything that is not real property.This coverage includes movable collateral, such as equipment or inventory; intellectual property, including patents and trademarks and copyrightable matters (but not copyrighted matters which are excluded from the UCC); software and software embedded in goods; general intangibles like contract rights; payment intangibles; and ...
The secured party in a strict foreclosure takes physical possession of collateral, and the debt for which the property served as collateral is discharged as fulfilled. Strict foreclosure is an effective remedy where the creditor has a need or use for the physical property itself.
Personal property is a standard coverage on a homeowners insurance policy. It covers belongings like furniture and clothing, paying up to a certain limit if they are stolen or damaged by a covered ...
In the case of personal property, the most common procedure for securing the debt is regulated under Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC). This uniform act provides a relatively uniform interstate system of forms and public filing of documents by which the creditor establishes the priority of their security interest in the property of ...
A secured creditor, in order to perfect its interest, must file in the UCC Filing system. This is because the Patent act does not "preempt" the state requirements for filing. In other contexts, filing outside of the UCC filing system is appropriate to perfect a security interest. [ 9 ]