Iowa Code § 554.9605: Unknown debtor or secondary obligor.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title XIII - COMMERCE (Ch. 505 - 554I)
- Chapter 554 - UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE
- Article 9 - SECURED TRANSACTIONS
- Part 6 - DEFAULT
- Subpart A - DEFAULT AND ENFORCEMENT OF SECURITY INTEREST
1. Except as provided in subsection 2, a secured party does not owe a duty based on its status as secured party:
a. to a person that is a debtor or obligor, unless the secured party knows:
(1) that the person is a debtor or obligor;
(2) the identity of the person; and
(3) how to communicate with the person; or
b. to a secured party or lienholder that has filed a financing statement against a person, unless the secured party knows:
(1) that the person is a debtor; and
(2) the identity of the person.
2. A secured party owes a duty based on its status as a secured party to a person if, at the time the secured party obtains control of collateral that is a controllable account, controllable electronic record, or controllable payment intangible, or at the time the security interest attaches to the collateral, whichever is later:
a. the person is a debtor or obligor; and
b. the secured party knows that the information in subsection 1, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1), (2), or (3) relating to the person is not provided by the collateral, a record attached to or logically associated with the collateral, or the system in which the collateral is recorded.
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