Com. Code, § 9509 · Chapter 5. Filing
Com. Code, § 9509
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) A person may file an initial financing statement, an amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing statement, or an amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if either of the following conditions is satisfied:
(1) The debtor authorizes the filing in a signed record or pursuant to subdivision (b) or (c).
(2) The person holds an agricultural lien that has become effective at the time of filing and the financing statement covers only collateral in which the person holds an agricultural lien.
(b) By signing or becoming bound as debtor by a security agreement, a debtor or new debtor authorizes the filing of an initial financing statement, and an amendment, covering both of the following:
(1) The collateral described in the security agreement.
(2) Property that becomes collateral under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 9315, whether or not the security agreement expressly covers proceeds.
(c) By acquiring collateral in which a security interest or agricultural lien continues under paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 9315, a debtor authorizes the filing of an initial financing statement, and an amendment, covering the collateral and property that becomes collateral under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 9315.
(d) A person may file an amendment other than an amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing statement or an amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if either of the following conditions is satisfied:
(1) The secured party of record authorizes the filing.
(2) The amendment is a termination statement for a financing statement as to which the secured party of record has failed to file or send a termination statement as required by subdivision (a) or (c) of Section 9513, the debtor authorizes the filing, and the termination statement indicates that the debtor authorized it to be filed.
(e) If there is more than one secured party of record for a financing statement, each secured party of record may authorize the filing of an amendment under subdivision (d).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 210, Sec. 59. (SB 95) Effective January 1, 2024.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=COM§ionNum=9509.
- Text hash
- sha256 4565674316090b4561a364baa2f14562d9fa28a084bd99cbe42500e1f6122fe3
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Com. Code, § 9509. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.