§ 679.331, Fla. Stat. · Part III. PERFECTION AND PRIORITY
Priority of rights of purchasers of controllable accounts, controllable electronic records, controllable payment intangibles, documents, instruments, and securities under other articles; priority of interests in financial assets and security entitlements and protection against assertion of claim under chapters 669 and 678.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) This chapter does not limit the rights of a holder in due course of a negotiable instrument, a holder to which a negotiable document of title has been duly negotiated, or a protected purchaser of a security, or a qualifying purchase of a controllable account, controllable electronic record, or controllable payment intangible. These holders or purchasers take priority over an earlier security interest, even if perfected, to the extent provided in chapters 669, 673, 677, and 678.
(2) This chapter does not limit the rights of or impose liability on a person to the extent that the person is protected against the assertion of an adverse claim under chapter 669 or chapter 678.
(3) Filing under this chapter does not constitute notice of a claim or defense to the holders, purchasers, or persons described in subsections (1) and (2).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 3, ch. 2001-198; s. 97, ch. 2025-92.
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The Florida Statutes
- Fla. Stat. ch. 669UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: CONTROLLABLE ELECTRONICRECORDS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONSPrinted as chapter 669; chapters 669, 673, 677
- Fla. Stat. ch. 673UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTSPrinted as chapters 669, 673, 677
- Fla. Stat. ch. 677UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: DOCUMENTS OF TITLEPrinted as chapters 669, 673, 677
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