District Of Columbia Code § 28:9-512

Amendment of financing statement.
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Subject to § 28:9-509 , a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or, subject to subsection (e), otherwise amend the information provided in, a financing statement by filing an amendment that: Identifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which the amendment relates; and If the amendment relates to an initial financing statement filed or recorded in a filing office described in § 28:9-501(a)(1) , provides the information specified in § 28:9-502(b) .
Except as otherwise provided in § 28:9-515 , the filing of an amendment does not extend the period of effectiveness of the financing statement.
A financing statement that is amended by an amendment that adds collateral is effective as to the added collateral only from the date of the filing of the amendment.
A financing statement that is amended by an amendment that adds a debtor is effective as to the added debtor only from the date of the filing of the amendment.
An amendment is ineffective to the extent it: Purports to delete all debtors and fails to provide the name of a debtor to be covered by the financing statement; or Purports to delete all secured parties of record and fails to provide the name of a new secured party of record.

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