Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42a-8-601

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Sec. 42a-8-601. Savings clause.

Official statutory text

(b) If a security interest in a security is perfected as of October 1, 1997, and the action by which the security interest was perfected would suffice to perfect a security interest under public act 97-182*, no further action is required to continue perfection. If a security interest in a security is perfected as of October 1, 1997, but the action by which the security interest was perfected would not suffice to perfect a security interests under public act 97-182*, the security interest remains perfected for a period of four months after October 1, 1997, and continues perfected thereafter if appropriate action to perfect under public act 97-182* is taken within that period. If a security interest is perfected as of October 1, 1997, and the security interest can be perfected by filing under public act 97-182*, a financing statement signed by the secured party instead of the debtor may be filed within that period to continue perfection or thereafter to perfect.

*Note: Public act 97-182 is entitled “An Act Revising Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code Concerning Investment Securities”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 1997” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)

Status: repealed · Read it on the official government site

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