§ 679.322, Fla. Stat. · Part III. PERFECTION AND PRIORITY
Priorities among conflicting security interests in and agricultural liens on same collateral.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, priority among conflicting security interests and agricultural liens in the same collateral is determined according to the following rules:
(a) Conflicting perfected security interests and agricultural liens rank according to priority in time of filing or perfection. Priority dates from the earlier of the time a filing covering the collateral is first made or the security interest or agricultural lien is first perfected, if there is no period thereafter during which is neither filing nor perfection.
(b) A perfected security interest or agricultural lien has priority over a conflicting unperfected security interest or agricultural lien.
(c) The first security interest or agricultural lien to attach or become effective has priority if conflicting security interests and agricultural liens are unperfected.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a):
(a) The time of filing or perfection as to a security interest in collateral is also the time of filing or perfection as to a security interest in proceeds; and
(b) The time of filing or perfection as to a security interest in collateral supported by a supporting obligation is also the time of filing or perfection as to a security interest in the supporting obligation.
(3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (6), a security interest in collateral which qualifies for priority over a conflicting security interest under s. 679.327, s. 679.328, s. 679.329, s. 679.330, or s. 679.331 also has priority over a conflicting security interest in:
(a) Any supporting obligation for the collateral; and
(b) Proceeds of the collateral if:
1. The security interest in proceeds is perfected;
2. The proceeds are cash proceeds or of the same type as the collateral; and
3. In the case of proceeds that are proceeds of proceeds, all intervening proceeds are cash proceeds, proceeds of the same type as the collateral, or an account relating to the collateral.
(4) Subject to subsection (5) and except as otherwise provided in subsection (6), if a security interest in chattel paper, deposit accounts, negotiable documents, instruments, investment property, or letter-of-credit rights is perfected by a method other than filing, conflicting perfected security interests in proceeds of the collateral rank according to priority in time of filing.
(5) Subsection (4) applies only if the proceeds of the collateral are not cash proceeds, chattel paper, negotiable documents, instruments, investment property, or letter-of-credit rights.
(6) Subsections (1) through (5) are subject to:
(a) Subsection (7) and the other provisions of this part;
(b) Section 674.2101 with respect to a security interest of a collecting bank;
(c) Section 675.118 with respect to a security interest of an issuer or nominated person; and
(d) Section 679.1101 with respect to a security interest arising under chapter 672 or chapter 680.
(7) A perfected agricultural lien on collateral has priority over a conflicting security interest in or agricultural lien on the same collateral if the statute creating the agricultural lien so provides.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 3, ch. 2001-198.
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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.
The Florida Statutes
- Fla. Stat. ch. 672UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: SALESPrinted as chapter 672
- § 679.327, Fla. Stat.Priority of security interests in deposit account.Printed as s. 679.327
- § 679.328, Fla. Stat.Priority of security interests in investment property.Printed as s. 679.328
- § 679.329, Fla. Stat.Priority of security interests in letter-of-credit right.Printed as s. 679.329
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Provisions in this library whose text cites § 679.322, Fla. Stat.. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
The Florida Statutes
- § 679.1091, Fla. Stat.Scope.Printed as ss. 679.3151 and 679.322
- § 679.3171, Fla. Stat.Interests that take priority over or take free of security interest or agricultural lien.Printed as s. 679.322
- § 679.323, Fla. Stat.Future advances.Printed as s. 679.322(1)(a)
- § 679.324, Fla. Stat.Priority of purchase-money security interests.Printed as s. 679.322(1)
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