Iowa Code § 554.9309: Security interest perfected upon attachment.

The following security interests are perfected when they attach:

1. a purchase-money security interest in consumer goods, except as otherwise provided in section 554.9311, subsection 2, with respect to consumer goods that are subject to a statute or treaty described in section 554.9311, subsection 1;

2. an assignment of accounts or payment intangibles which does not by itself or in conjunction with other assignments to the same assignee transfer a significant part of the assignor’s outstanding accounts or payment intangibles;

3. a sale of a payment intangible;

4. a sale of a promissory note;

5. a security interest created by the assignment of a health care insurance receivable to the provider of the health care goods or services;

6. a security interest arising under section 554.2401, 554.2505, 554.2711, subsection 3, or section 554.13508, subsection 5, until the debtor obtains possession of the collateral;

7. a security interest of a collecting bank arising under section 554.4210;

8. a security interest of an issuer or nominated person arising under section 554.5118;

9. a security interest arising in the delivery of a financial asset under section 554.9206, subsection 3;

10. a security interest in investment property created by a broker or securities intermediary;

11. a security interest in a commodity contract or a commodity account created by a commodity intermediary;

12. an assignment for the benefit of all creditors of the transferor and subsequent transfers by the assignee thereunder; and

13. a security interest created by an assignment of a beneficial interest in a decedent’s estate.