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District of Columbia · Through 2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)

D.C. Code § 28:9-338: Priority of security interest or agricultural lien perfected by filed financing statement providing certain incorrect information.

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Where this section sits in the code
  1. Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]
  2. Subtitle I. Uniform Commercial Code.
  3. Article 9. Secured Transactions.
  4. Part III. Perfection and Priority.
  5. Subpart 3. Priority.

If a security interest or agricultural lien is perfected by a filed financing statement providing information described in § 28:9-516(b)(5) which is incorrect at the time the financing statement is filed:

(1)

The security interest or agricultural lien is subordinate to a conflicting perfected security interest in the collateral to the extent that the holder of the conflicting security interest gives value in reasonable reliance upon the incorrect information; and

(2)

A purchaser, other than a secured party, of the collateral takes free of the security interest or agricultural lien to the extent that, in reasonable reliance upon the incorrect information, the purchaser gives value and, in the case of tangible chattel paper, tangible documents, goods, instruments, or a security certificate, receives delivery of the collateral.

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