(1) WHEN PRIORITY BASED ON TIME OF ADVANCE. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (3), for purposes of determining the priority of a perfected security interest under s. 409.322 (1) (a) , perfection of the security interest dates from the time an advance is made to the extent that the security interest secures an advance that: (a) Is made while the security interest is perfected only: 1. Under s. 409.309 when it attaches; or 2. Temporarily under s. 409.312 (5), (6), or (7); and (b) Is not made pursuant to a commitment entered into before or while the security interest is perfected by a method other than under s. 409.309 or 409.312 (5), (6), or (7). (2) LIEN CREDITOR. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (3), a security interest is subordinate to the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor to the extent that the security interest secures an advance made more than 45 days after the person becomes a lien creditor unless the advance is made: (a) Without knowledge of the lien; or (b) Pursuant to a commitment entered into without knowledge of the lien. (3) BUYER OF RECEIVABLES. Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a security interest held by a secured party that is a buyer of accounts, chattel paper, payment intangibles, or promissory notes or a consignor. (4) BUYER OF GOODS. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (5), a buyer of goods other than a buyer in ordinary course of business takes free of a security interest to the extent that it secures advances made after the earlier of: (a) The time the secured party acquires knowledge of the buyer’s purchase; or (b) Forty-five days after the purchase. (5) ADVANCES MADE PURSUANT TO COMMITMENT: PRIORITY OF BUYER OF GOODS. Subsection (4) does not apply if the advance is made pursuant to a commitment entered into without knowledge of the buyer’s purchase and before the expiration of the 45-day period. (6) LESSEE OF GOODS. Except as otherwise provided in sub. (7), a lessee of goods, other than a lessee in ordinary course of business, takes the leasehold interest free of a security interest to the extent that it secures advances made after the earlier of: (a) The time the secured party acquires knowledge of the lease; or (b) Forty-five days after the lease contract becomes enforceable. (7) ADVANCES MADE PURSUANT TO COMMITMENT: PRIORITY OF LESSEE OF GOODS. Subsection (6) does not apply if the advance is made pursuant to a commitment entered into without knowledge of the lease and before the expiration of the 45-day period.
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