North Dakota Code § 41-09-36

(9-316) Effect of change in governing law
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1. A security interest perfected pursuant to the law of the jurisdiction designated in 
subsection 1 of section 41 -09-21, subsection 3 of section 41 -09-25, subsection 4 of 
section 41-09-26.1, or subsection 2 of section 41 -09-26.2 remains perfected until the 
earliest of:
a. The time perfection would have ceased under the law of that jurisdiction;
b. The expiration of four months after a change of the debtor's location to another 
jurisdiction; or
c. The expiration of one year after a transfer of collateral to a person that thereby 
becomes a debtor and is located in another jurisdiction.
2. If a security interest described in subsection 1 becomes perfected under the law of the 
other jurisdiction before the earliest time or event described in that subsection, it 
remains perfected thereafter. If the security interest does not become perfected under 
the law of the other jurisdiction before the earliest time or event, it becomes 
unperfected and is deemed never to have been perfected as against a purchaser of 
the collateral for value.
3. A possessory security interest in collateral, other than goods covered by a certificate of 
title and as-extracted collateral consisting of goods, remains continuously perfected if:
a. The collateral is located in one jurisdiction and subject to a security interest 
perfected under the law of that jurisdiction;
b. Thereafter the collateral is brought into another jurisdiction; and
c. Upon entry into the other jurisdiction, the security interest is perfected under the 
law of the other jurisdiction.
4. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 5, a security interest in goods covered by 
a certificate of title which is perfected by any method under the law of another 
jurisdiction when the goods become covered by a certificate of title from this state 
remains perfected until the security interest would have become unperfected under the 
law of the other jurisdiction had the goods not become so covered.
5. A security interest described in subsection 4 becomes unperfected as against a 
purchaser of the goods for value and is deemed never to have been perfected as 
against a purchaser of the goods for value if the applicable requirements for perfection 
under subsection 2 of section 41-09-31 or section 41-09-33 are not satisfied before the 
earlier of:
a. The time the security interest would have become unperfected under the law of 
the other jurisdiction had the goods not become covered by a certificate of title 
from this state; or
b. The expiration of four months after the goods had become so covered.
6. A security interest in chattel paper, controllable accounts, controllable electronic 
records, controllable payment intangibles, deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, 
letter-of-credit rights, or investment property which is perfected under the law of the 
chattel paper's jurisdiction, the controllable electronic record's jurisdiction, the bank's 
jurisdiction, the issuer's jurisdiction, a nominated person's jurisdiction, the securities 
intermediary's jurisdiction, or the commodity intermediary's jurisdiction, as applicable, 
remains perfected until the earlier of:
a. The time the security interest would have become unperfected under the law of 
that jurisdiction; or
b. The expiration of four months after a change of the applicable jurisdiction to 
another jurisdiction.
7. If a security interest described in subsection 6 becomes perfected under the law of the 
other jurisdiction before the earlier of the time or the end of the period described in that 
subsection, it remains perfected thereafter. If the security interest does not become 
perfected under the law of the other jurisdiction before the earlier of that time or the 
end of that period, it becomes unperfected and is deemed never to have been 
perfected as against a purchaser of the collateral for value.
8. The following rules apply to collateral to which a security interest attaches within four 
months after the debtor changes its location to another jurisdiction:

a. A financing statement filed before the change pursuant to the law of the 
jurisdiction designated in subsection 1 of section 41 -09-21 or subsection 3 of 
section 41-09-25 is effective to perfect a security interest in the collateral if the 
financing statement would have been effective to perfect a security interest in the 
collateral if the debtor had not changed its location.
b. If a security interest that is perfected by a financing statement that is effective 
under subdivision a becomes perfected under the law of the other jurisdiction 
before the earlier of the time the financing statement would have become 
ineffective under the law of the jurisdiction designated in subsection 1 of section 
41-09-21 or subsection 3 of section 41 -09-25 or the expiration of the four -month 
period, it remains perfected thereafter. If the security interest does not become 
perfected under the law of the other jurisdiction before the earlier time or event, it 
becomes unperfected and is deemed never to have been perfected as against a 
purchaser of the collateral for value.
9. If a financing statement naming an original debtor is filed pursuant to the law of the 
jurisdiction designated in subsection 1 of section 41 -09-21 or subsection 3 of section 
41-09-25 and the new debtor is located in another jurisdiction, the following rules 
apply:
a. The financing statement is effective to perfect a security interest in collateral in 
which the new debtor has or acquires rights before or within four months after the 
new debtor becomes bound under subsection 4 of section 41 -09-13, if the 
financing statement would have been effective to perfect a security interest in the 
collateral if the collateral had been acquired by the original debtor.
b. A security interest that is perfected by the financing statement and which 
becomes perfected under the law of the other jurisdiction before the earlier of the 
expiration of the four -month period or the time the financing statement would 
have become ineffective under the law of the jurisdiction designated in 
subsection 1 of section 41 -09-21 or subsection 3 of section 41 -09-25 remains 
perfected thereafter. A security interest that is perfected by the financing 
statement but which does not become perfected under the law of the other 
jurisdiction before the earlier time or event becomes unperfected and is deemed 
never to have been perfected as against a purchaser of the collateral for value.

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