Md. Code, Commercial Law § 9-804
This is the official text of Md. Code, Commercial Law § 9-804, part of Maryland’s Code, Commercial Law — governs commercial transactions - Maryland's version of the Uniform Commercial Code.
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§9–804.
Official statutory text
(a) A security interest that is a perfected security interest immediately before the Act takes effect is a perfected security interest under this title, as amended by the Act, if, when the Act takes effect, the applicable requirements for attachment and perfection under this title, as amended by the Act, are satisfied without further action.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in § 9–806, if, immediately before the Act takes effect, a security interest is a perfected security interest, but the applicable requirements for perfection under this title, as amended by the Act, are not satisfied when the Act takes effect, the security interest remains perfected thereafter only if the applicable requirements for perfection under this title, as amended by the Act, are satisfied within one year after the Act takes effect.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in § 9–806, if, immediately before the Act takes effect, a security interest is a perfected security interest, but the applicable requirements for perfection under this title, as amended by the Act, are not satisfied when the Act takes effect, the security interest remains perfected thereafter only if the applicable requirements for perfection under this title, as amended by the Act, are satisfied within one year after the Act takes effect.
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