Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 9.310 · Subchapter C. PERFECTION AND PRIORITY
WHEN FILING REQUIRED TO PERFECT SECURITY INTEREST OR AGRICULTURAL LIEN; SECURITY INTERESTS AND AGRICULTURAL LIENS TO WHICH FILING PROVISIONS DO NOT APPLY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection (b) and Section 9.312(b), a financing statement must be filed to perfect all security interests and agricultural liens.
(b) The filing of a financing statement is not necessary to perfect a security interest:
(1) that is perfected under Section 9.308(d), (e), (f), or (g);
(2) that is perfected under Section 9.309 when it attaches;
(3) in property subject to a statute, regulation, or treaty described in Section 9.311(a);
(4) in goods in possession of a bailee that is perfected under Section 9.312(d)(1) or (2);
(5) in certificated securities, documents, goods, or instruments which is perfected without filing, control or possession under Section 9.312(e), (f), or (g);
(6) in collateral in the secured party's possession under Section 9.313;
(7) in a certificated security that is perfected by delivery of the security certificate to the secured party under Section 9.313;
(8) in deposit accounts, electronic chattel paper, electronic documents, investment property, virtual currencies, or letter-of-credit rights that is perfected by control under Section 9.314;
(9) in proceeds that is perfected under Section 9.315; or
(10) that is perfected under Section 9.316.
(c) If a secured party assigns a perfected security interest or agricultural lien, a filing under this Chapter is not required to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the original debtor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 414, Sec. 1.01, eff. July 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 122 (S.B. 1593), Sec. 24, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 284 (H.B. 3794), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 739 (H.B. 4474), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.
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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.
Business & Commerce Code
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 9.308WHEN SECURITY INTEREST OR AGRICULTURAL LIEN IS PERFECTED; CONTINUITY OF PERFECTION.Printed as Section 9.308(d)
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 9.309SECURITY INTEREST PERFECTED UPON ATTACHMENT.Printed as Section 9.309
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 9.311PERFECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN PROPERTY SUBJECT TO CERTAIN STATUTES, REGULATIONS, AND TREATIES.Printed as Section 9.311(a)
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 9.312PERFECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN CHATTEL PAPER, DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS, DOCUMENTS, AND GOODS COVERED BY DOCUMENTS, INSTRUMENTS, INVESTMENT PROPERTY, VIRTUAL CURRENCIES, LETTER-OF-CREDIT RIGHTS, AND MONEY; PERFECTION BY PERMISSIVE FILING; TEMPORARY PERFECTION WITHOUT FILING OR TRANSFER OF POSSESSION.Printed as Section 9.312(b) | Section 9.312(d)(1) | Section 9.312(e)
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 9.313WHEN POSSESSION BY OR DELIVERY TO SECURED PARTY PERFECTS SECURITY INTEREST WITHOUT FILING.Printed as Section 9.313
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 9.314PERFECTION BY CONTROL.Printed as Section 9.314
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 9.315SECURED PARTY'S RIGHTS ON DISPOSITION OF COLLATERAL AND IN PROCEEDS.Printed as Section 9.315
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 9.316EFFECT OF CHANGE IN GOVERNING LAW.Printed as Section 9.316
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 9.310. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Business & Commerce Code
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 9.102DEFINITIONS AND INDEX OF DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 9.310(c)
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 9.308WHEN SECURITY INTEREST OR AGRICULTURAL LIEN IS PERFECTED; CONTINUITY OF PERFECTION.Printed as Section 9.310 | Sections 9.310 through 9.316
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 9.311PERFECTION OF SECURITY INTERESTS IN PROPERTY SUBJECT TO CERTAIN STATUTES, REGULATIONS, AND TREATIES.Printed as Section 9.310(a)
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