Okla. Stat. tit. 12A, § 12A-1-9-515
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Duration and effectiveness of financing statement;
Official statutory text
effect of lapsed financing statement.
DURATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF FINANCING STATEMENT;
EFFECT OF LAPSED FINANCING STATEMENT
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12A. Uniform Commercial Code Page 116
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b), (e), (f),
and (g) of this section, a filed financing statement is effective
for a period of five (5) years after the date of filing.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (e), (f), and
(g) of this section, an initial financing statement filed in
connection with a public-finance transaction or manufactured-home
transaction is effective for a period of thirty (30) years after the
date of filing if it indicates that it is filed in connection with a
public-finance transaction or manufactured-home transaction.
(c) The effectiveness of a filed financing statement lapses on
the expiration of the period of its effectiveness unless before the
lapse a continuation statement is filed pursuant to subsection (d)
of this section. Upon lapse, a financing statement ceases to be
effective and any security interest or agricultural lien that was
perfected by the financing statement becomes unperfected, unless the
security interest is perfected otherwise. If the security interest
or agricultural lien becomes unperfected upon lapse, it is deemed
never to have been perfected as against a purchaser of the
collateral for value.
(d) A continuation statement may be filed only within six (6)
months before the expiration of the five-year period specified in
subsection (a) of this section or the thirty-year period specified
in subsection (b) of this section, whichever is applicable.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in Section 1-9-510 of this
title, upon timely filing of a continuation statement, the
effectiveness of the initial financing statement continues for a
period of five (5) years commencing on the day on which the
financing statement would have become ineffective in the absence of
the filing. Upon the expiration of the five-year period, the
financing statement lapses in the same manner as provided in
subsection (c) of this section, unless, before the lapse, another
continuation statement is filed pursuant to subsection (d) of this
section. Succeeding continuation statements may be filed in the
same manner to continue the effectiveness of the initial financing
statement.
(f) If a debtor is a transmitting utility and a filed financing
statement so indicates, the financing statement is effective until a
termination statement is filed.
(g) A record of a mortgage that is effective as a financing
statement filed as a fixture filing under subsection (c) of Section
1-9-502 of this title remains effective as a financing statement
filed as a fixture filing until the mortgage is released or
satisfied of record or its effectiveness otherwise terminates as to
the real property.
DURATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF FINANCING STATEMENT;
EFFECT OF LAPSED FINANCING STATEMENT
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 12A. Uniform Commercial Code Page 116
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b), (e), (f),
and (g) of this section, a filed financing statement is effective
for a period of five (5) years after the date of filing.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (e), (f), and
(g) of this section, an initial financing statement filed in
connection with a public-finance transaction or manufactured-home
transaction is effective for a period of thirty (30) years after the
date of filing if it indicates that it is filed in connection with a
public-finance transaction or manufactured-home transaction.
(c) The effectiveness of a filed financing statement lapses on
the expiration of the period of its effectiveness unless before the
lapse a continuation statement is filed pursuant to subsection (d)
of this section. Upon lapse, a financing statement ceases to be
effective and any security interest or agricultural lien that was
perfected by the financing statement becomes unperfected, unless the
security interest is perfected otherwise. If the security interest
or agricultural lien becomes unperfected upon lapse, it is deemed
never to have been perfected as against a purchaser of the
collateral for value.
(d) A continuation statement may be filed only within six (6)
months before the expiration of the five-year period specified in
subsection (a) of this section or the thirty-year period specified
in subsection (b) of this section, whichever is applicable.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in Section 1-9-510 of this
title, upon timely filing of a continuation statement, the
effectiveness of the initial financing statement continues for a
period of five (5) years commencing on the day on which the
financing statement would have become ineffective in the absence of
the filing. Upon the expiration of the five-year period, the
financing statement lapses in the same manner as provided in
subsection (c) of this section, unless, before the lapse, another
continuation statement is filed pursuant to subsection (d) of this
section. Succeeding continuation statements may be filed in the
same manner to continue the effectiveness of the initial financing
statement.
(f) If a debtor is a transmitting utility and a filed financing
statement so indicates, the financing statement is effective until a
termination statement is filed.
(g) A record of a mortgage that is effective as a financing
statement filed as a fixture filing under subsection (c) of Section
1-9-502 of this title remains effective as a financing statement
filed as a fixture filing until the mortgage is released or
satisfied of record or its effectiveness otherwise terminates as to
the real property.
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