Okla. Stat. tit. 12A, § 12A-1-9-513
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Termination statement
Official statutory text
TERMINATION STATEMENT
(a) A secured party shall cause the secured party of record for
a financing statement to file a termination statement for the
financing statement if the financing statement covers consumer goods
and:
(1) there is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by
the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur
an obligation, or otherwise give value; or
(2) the debtor did not authorize the filing of the initial
financing statement.
(b) To comply with subsection (a) of this section, a secured
party shall cause the secured party of record to file the
termination statement:
(1) within one (1) month after there is no obligation secured
by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no
commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise
give value; or
(2) if earlier, within twenty (20) days after the secured party
receives a signed demand from a debtor.
(c) In cases not governed by subsection (a) of this section,
within twenty (20) days after a secured party receives a signed
demand from a debtor, the secured party shall cause the secured
party of record for a financing statement to send to the debtor a
termination statement for the financing statement or file the
termination statement in the filing office if:
(1) except in the case of a financing statement covering
accounts or chattel paper that has been sold or goods that are the
subject of a consignment, there is no obligation secured by the
collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to
make an advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise give value;
(2) the financing statement covers accounts or chattel paper
that has been sold but as to which the account debtor or other
person obligated has discharged its obligation;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12A. Uniform Commercial Code Page 115
(3) the financing statement covers goods that were the subject
of a consignment to the debtor but are not in the debtor's
possession; or
(4) the debtor did not authorize the filing of the initial
financing statement.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in Section 1-9-510 of this
title, upon the filing of a termination statement with the filing
office, the financing statement to which the termination statement
relates ceases to be effective. Except as otherwise provided in
Section 1-9-510 of this title, for purposes of subsection (g) of
Section 1-9-519, subsection (a) of Section 1-9-522, and subsection
(c) of Section 1-9-523 of this title, the filing with the filing
office of a termination statement relating to a financing statement
that indicates that the debtor is a transmitting utility also causes
the effectiveness of the financing statement to lapse.
(a) A secured party shall cause the secured party of record for
a financing statement to file a termination statement for the
financing statement if the financing statement covers consumer goods
and:
(1) there is no obligation secured by the collateral covered by
the financing statement and no commitment to make an advance, incur
an obligation, or otherwise give value; or
(2) the debtor did not authorize the filing of the initial
financing statement.
(b) To comply with subsection (a) of this section, a secured
party shall cause the secured party of record to file the
termination statement:
(1) within one (1) month after there is no obligation secured
by the collateral covered by the financing statement and no
commitment to make an advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise
give value; or
(2) if earlier, within twenty (20) days after the secured party
receives a signed demand from a debtor.
(c) In cases not governed by subsection (a) of this section,
within twenty (20) days after a secured party receives a signed
demand from a debtor, the secured party shall cause the secured
party of record for a financing statement to send to the debtor a
termination statement for the financing statement or file the
termination statement in the filing office if:
(1) except in the case of a financing statement covering
accounts or chattel paper that has been sold or goods that are the
subject of a consignment, there is no obligation secured by the
collateral covered by the financing statement and no commitment to
make an advance, incur an obligation, or otherwise give value;
(2) the financing statement covers accounts or chattel paper
that has been sold but as to which the account debtor or other
person obligated has discharged its obligation;
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12A. Uniform Commercial Code Page 115
(3) the financing statement covers goods that were the subject
of a consignment to the debtor but are not in the debtor's
possession; or
(4) the debtor did not authorize the filing of the initial
financing statement.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in Section 1-9-510 of this
title, upon the filing of a termination statement with the filing
office, the financing statement to which the termination statement
relates ceases to be effective. Except as otherwise provided in
Section 1-9-510 of this title, for purposes of subsection (g) of
Section 1-9-519, subsection (a) of Section 1-9-522, and subsection
(c) of Section 1-9-523 of this title, the filing with the filing
office of a termination statement relating to a financing statement
that indicates that the debtor is a transmitting utility also causes
the effectiveness of the financing statement to lapse.
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