Ind. Code § 26-1-1-0.4
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Status of certain financing statements and continuation statements; effectiveness of certain financing statements; requirement for new financing statements; status of records of certain real estate mortgages
Official statutory text
Sec. 0.4. (a) A financing statement or continuation statement filed before January 1, 1986, that has not lapsed before January 1, 1986, remains effective for the period provided in this article, as effective on December 31, 1985, but not less than five (5) years after the filing.
(b) With respect to any collateral acquired by the debtor after December 31, 1985, any effective financing statement or continuation statement described in this section applies only if the filing or filings are in the office or offices that would be appropriate to perfect the security interests in the new collateral under P.L.93-1985.
(c) The effectiveness of any financing statement or continuation statement filed before January 1, 1986, may be continued by a continuation statement as permitted by P.L.93-1985 except that if P.L.93-1985 requires a filing in an office where there was no previous financing statement, a new financing statement conforming to section 0.5 of this chapter must be filed in that office.
(d) If the record of a mortgage of real estate would have been effective as a fixture filing of goods described in the mortgage if P.L.93-1985 had been in effect on the date of recording the mortgage, the mortgage is considered effective as a fixture filing as to such goods under IC 26-1-9-402(6), as amended by P.L.93-1985 and before its repeal, on January 1, 1986.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.414.
(b) With respect to any collateral acquired by the debtor after December 31, 1985, any effective financing statement or continuation statement described in this section applies only if the filing or filings are in the office or offices that would be appropriate to perfect the security interests in the new collateral under P.L.93-1985.
(c) The effectiveness of any financing statement or continuation statement filed before January 1, 1986, may be continued by a continuation statement as permitted by P.L.93-1985 except that if P.L.93-1985 requires a filing in an office where there was no previous financing statement, a new financing statement conforming to section 0.5 of this chapter must be filed in that office.
(d) If the record of a mortgage of real estate would have been effective as a fixture filing of goods described in the mortgage if P.L.93-1985 had been in effect on the date of recording the mortgage, the mortgage is considered effective as a fixture filing as to such goods under IC 26-1-9-402(6), as amended by P.L.93-1985 and before its repeal, on January 1, 1986.
As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.414.
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