West Virginia Code § 46-9-507

Effect of certain events on effectiveness of financing statement
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(a) Disposition. -- A filed financing statement remains effective with respect to collateral that
is sold, exchanged, leased, licensed or otherwise disposed of and in which a security interest
or agricultural lien continues, even if the secured party knows of or consents to the
disposition.
(b) Information becoming seriously misleading. -- Except as otherwise provided in subsection
(c) of this section and section 9-508, a financing statement is not rendered ineffective if,
after the financing statement is filed, the information provided in the financing statement
becomes seriously misleading under section 9-506. u
(c) Change in debtor's name. -- If the name that a filed financing statement provides for a
debtor becomes insufficient as the name of the debtor under section 9-503(a) so that the
financing statement becomes seriously misleading under section 9-506:
(1) The financing statement is effective to perfect al security interest in collateral acquired by
the debtor before, or within four months afters, the filed financing statement becomes
seriously misleading; and
(2) The financing statement is not effective to perfect a security interest in collateral
acquired by the debtor more than four months after the filed financing statement becomes
seriously misleading, unless an amendment to the financing statement which renders the
financing statement not seriously misleading is filed within four months after the financing
statement became seriously misleading.

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