(a) Initial financing statement in lieu of continuation statement. — The filing of an initial financing statement in the office specified in Section 9-501 continues the effectiveness of a financing statement filed before this Act takes effect if: (1) the filing of an initial financing statement in that office would be effective to perfect a security interest under this Act; (2) the pre-effective-date financing statement was filed in an office in another State or another office in this State; and (3) the initial financing statement satisfies subsection (c). (b) Period of continued effectiveness. — The filing of an initial financing statement under subsection (a) continues the effectiveness of the pre-effective-date financing statement: (1) if the initial financing statement is filed before this Act takes effect, for the period provided in former Section 9-403 with respect to a financing statement; and (2) if the initial financing statement is filed after this Act takes effect, for the period provided in Section 9-515 with respect to an initial financing statement. (c) Requirements for initial financing statement under subsection (a). — To be effective for purposes of subsection (a), an initial financing statement must: (1) satisfy the requirements of Part 5 for an initial financing statement; (2) identify the pre-effective-date financing statement by indicating the office in which the pre-effective-date financing statement was filed and providing the dates of filing and file numbers, if any, of the initial pre-effective-date financing statement and of the most recent continuation statement filed with respect to that financing statement; provided, that if the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection prior to the effective date of this act [June 28, 2005] required the filing of the pre-effective-date financing statement in both a central filing office and a local filing office, then an identification of the filing in the central filing office suffices for purposes of this subsection (c)(2) of this section; and (3) indicate that the pre-effective-date financing statement remains effective.
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