Utah Code § 70A-9a-317

Interests that take priority over or take free of security interest or agricultural
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lien.
(1) A security interest or agricultural lien is subordinate to the rights of:
(a) a person entitled to priority under Section 70A-9a-322; and
(b) except as otherwise provided in Subsection (5), a person that becomes a lien creditor before
the earlier of the time:
(i) the security interest or agricultural lien is perfected; or
(ii) one of the conditions specified in Subsection 70A-9a-203(2)(c) is met and a financing
statement covering the collateral is filed.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (5), a buyer, other than a secured party, of goods,
instruments, tangible documents, or a certificated security takes free of a security interest
or agricultural lien if the buyer gives value and receives delivery of the collateral without
knowledge of the security interest or agricultural lien and before it is perfected.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (5), a lessee of goods takes free of a security
interest or agricultural lien if the lessee gives value and receives delivery of the collateral
without knowledge of the security interest or agricultural lien and before it is perfected.
(4) Subject to Subsections (6) through (9), a licensee of a general intangible or a buyer, other
than a secured party, of collateral other than electronic money, goods, instruments, tangible
documents, or a certificated security takes free of a security interest if the licensee or buyer
gives value without knowledge of the security interest and before it is perfected.
(5) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 70A-9a-320 and 70A-9a-321, if a person files a
financing statement with respect to a purchase-money security interest before or within 20
days after the debtor receives delivery of the collateral, the security interest takes priority over
the rights of a buyer, lessee, or lien creditor which arise between the time the security interest
attaches and the time of filing.

(6) A buyer, other than a secured party, of chattel paper takes free of a security interest if, without
knowledge of the security interest and before it is perfected, the buyer gives value and:
(a) receives delivery of each authoritative tangible copy of the record evidencing the chattel
paper; and
(b) if each authoritative electronic copy of the record evidencing the chattel paper can be
subjected to control under Section 70A-9a-105, obtains control of each authoritative electronic
copy.
(7) A buyer of an electronic document takes free of a security interest if, without knowledge of
the security interest and before it is perfected, the buyer gives value and, if each authoritative
electronic copy of the document can be subjected to control under Section 70A-12-105, obtains
control of each authoritative electronic copy.
(8) A buyer of a controllable electronic record takes free of a security interest if, without knowledge
of the security interest and before it is perfected, the buyer gives value and obtains control of
the controllable electronic record.
(9) A buyer, other than a secured party, of a controllable account or a controllable payment
intangible takes free of a security interest if, without knowledge of the security interest and
before it is perfected, the buyer gives value and obtains control of the controllable account or
controllable payment intangible.

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