Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 9.514
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§ 9.514. ASSIGNMENT OF POWERS OF SECURED PARTY OF RECORD.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (c), an initial financing statement may reflect an assignment of all of the secured party's power to authorize an amendment to the financing statement by providing the name and mailing address of the assignee as the name and address of the secured party.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (c), a secured party of record may assign of record all or a part of its power to authorize an amendment to a financing statement by filing in the filing office an amendment of the financing statement that:
(1) identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which it relates;
(2) provides the name of the assignor; and
(3) provides the name and mailing address of the assignee.
(c) An assignment of record of a security interest in a fixture covered by a record of a mortgage that is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing under Section 9.502(c) may be made only by an assignment of record of the mortgage in the manner provided by law of this state other than this chapter.
(d) A secured party of record may assign of record all of the secured party's rights under more than one financing statement filed with the Secretary of State by filing a master assignment setting forth the name of the secured party of record and file number of each financing statement and the name and mailing address of the assignee. The secured party must also provide filing information in computer-readable form prescribed by the Secretary of State.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (c), a secured party of record may assign of record all or a part of its power to authorize an amendment to a financing statement by filing in the filing office an amendment of the financing statement that:
(1) identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which it relates;
(2) provides the name of the assignor; and
(3) provides the name and mailing address of the assignee.
(c) An assignment of record of a security interest in a fixture covered by a record of a mortgage that is effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing under Section 9.502(c) may be made only by an assignment of record of the mortgage in the manner provided by law of this state other than this chapter.
(d) A secured party of record may assign of record all of the secured party's rights under more than one financing statement filed with the Secretary of State by filing a master assignment setting forth the name of the secured party of record and file number of each financing statement and the name and mailing address of the assignee. The secured party must also provide filing information in computer-readable form prescribed by the Secretary of State.
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