§ 679.515, Fla. Stat. · Part V. FILING
Duration and effectiveness of financing statement; effect of lapsed financing statement.
Text — 2026 Florida Statutes
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2), (5), (6), and (7), a filed financing statement is effective for a period of 5 years after the date of filing.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (5), (6), and (7), an initial financing statement filed in connection with a manufactured-home transaction is effective for a period of 30 years after the date of filing if it indicates that it is filed in connection with a manufactured-home transaction.
(3) The effectiveness of a filed financing statement lapses on the expiration of the period of its effectiveness unless, before the lapse, a continuation statement is filed pursuant to subsection (4). Upon lapse, a financing statement ceases to be effective and any security interest or agricultural lien that was perfected by the financing statement becomes unperfected, unless the security interest is perfected without filing. If the security interest or agricultural lien becomes unperfected upon lapse, it is deemed never to have been perfected as against a purchaser of the collateral for value.
(4) A continuation statement may be filed only within 6 months before the expiration of the 5-year period specified in subsection (1) or the 30-year period specified in subsection (2), whichever is applicable.
(5) Except as otherwise provided in s. 679.510, upon timely filing of a continuation statement, the effectiveness of the initial financing statement continues for a period of 5 years commencing on the day on which the financing statement would have become ineffective in the absence of the filing. Upon the expiration of the 5-year period, the financing statement lapses in the same manner as provided in subsection (3), unless, before the lapse, another continuation statement is filed pursuant to subsection (4). Succeeding continuation statements may be filed in the same manner to continue the effectiveness of the initial financing statement.
(6) If a debtor is a transmitting utility and a filed initial financing statement so indicates, the financing statement is effective until a termination statement is filed.
(7) A record of a mortgage satisfying the requirements of chapter 697 that is effective as a fixture filing under s. 679.5021(3) remains effective as a financing statement filed as a fixture filing until the mortgage is released or satisfied of record or its effectiveness otherwise terminates as to the real property.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 6, ch. 2001-198; s. 13, ch. 2012-59.
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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
- § 679.5021, Fla. Stat.Contents of financing statement; record of mortgage as financing statement; time of filing financing statement.Printed as s. 679.5021(3)
- § 679.510, Fla. Stat.Effectiveness of filed record.Printed as s. 679.510
- Fla. Stat. ch. 697INSTRUMENTS DEEMED MORTGAGES AND THE NATURE OF A MORTGAGEPrinted as chapter 697
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The Florida Statutes
- § 671.304, Fla. Stat.Laws not repealed; precedence where code provisions in conflict with other laws; certain statutory remedies retained.Printed as s. 679.515(6)
- § 679.3151, Fla. Stat.Secured party’s rights on disposition of collateral and in proceeds.Printed as s. 679.515
- § 679.510, Fla. Stat.Effectiveness of filed record.Printed as s. 679.515(4)
- § 679.512, Fla. Stat.Amendment of financing statement.Printed as s. 679.515
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