Oklahoma Code § 12A-1-9-312

Title 12A. Uniform Commercial Code: Perfection of security interests in chattel paper,
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controllable accounts, controllable electronic records, controllable
payment intangibles, deposit accounts, documents, goods covered by
documents, instruments, investment property, letter-of-credit
rights, and money; perfection by permissive filing; temporary
perfection without filing or transfer of possession.
PERFECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN CHATTEL PAPER, CONTROLLABLE
ACCOUNTS, CONTROLLABLE ELECTRONIC RECORDS, CONTROLLABLE PAYMENT
INTANGIBLES, DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS, DOCUMENTS, GOODS COVERED BY
DOCUMENTS, INSTRUMENTS, INVESTMENT PROPERTY, LETTER-OF-CREDIT
RIGHTS, AND MONEY; PERFECTION BY PERMISSIVE FILING; TEMPORARY
PERFECTION WITHOUT FILING OR TRANSFER OF POSSESSION
(a)  A security interest in chattel paper, controllable
accounts, controllable electronic records, controllable payment
intangibles, instruments, investment property, or negotiable
documents may be perfected by filing.
(b)  Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d) of
Section 1-9-315 of this title for proceeds:
(1)  a security interest in a deposit account may be perfected
only by control under Section 1-9-314 of this title;
(2)  and except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of
Section 1-9-308 of this title, a security interest in a letter-of-

credit right may be perfected only by control under Section 1-9-314
of this title; and
(3)  a security interest in money may be perfected only by the
secured party's taking possession under Section 1-9-313 of this
title.
(c)  While goods are in the possession of a bailee that has
issued a negotiable document covering the goods:
(1)  a security interest in the goods may be perfected by
perfecting a security interest in the document; and
(2)  a security interest perfected in the document has priority
over any security interest that becomes perfected in the goods by
another method during that time.
(d)  While goods are in the possession of a bailee that has
issued a nonnegotiable document covering the goods, a security
interest in the goods may be perfected by:
(1)  issuance of a document in the name of the secured party;
(2)  the bailee's receipt of notification of the secured party's
interest; or
(3)  filing as to the goods.
(e)  A security interest in certificated securities, negotiable
documents, or instruments is perfected without filing or the taking
of possession or control for a period of twenty (20) days from the
time it attaches to the extent that it arises for new value given
under a signed security agreement.
(f)  A perfected security interest in a negotiable document or
goods in possession of a bailee, other than one that has issued a
negotiable document for the goods, remains perfected for twenty (20)
days without filing if the secured party makes available to the
debtor the goods or documents representing the goods for the purpose
of:
(1)  ultimate sale or exchange; or
(2)  loading, unloading, storing, shipping, transshipping,
manufacturing, processing, or otherwise dealing with them in a
manner preliminary to their sale or exchange.
(g)  A perfected security interest in a certificated security or
instrument remains perfected for twenty (20) days without filing if
the secured party delivers the security certificate or instrument to
the debtor for the purpose of:
(1)  ultimate sale or exchange; or
(2)  presentation, collection, enforcement, renewal, or
registration of transfer.
(h)  After the twenty-day period specified in subsection (e),
(f), or (g) of this section expires, perfection depends upon
compliance with this article.

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