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KRS 355.9-502: Contents of financing statement -- Record of mortgage as financing

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    statement -- Time of filing financing statement.

    (1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, a financing statement is sufficient only if it:

    (a) Provides the name of the debtor;

    (b) Provides the name of the secured party or a representative of the secured

    party; and

    (c) Indicates the collateral covered by the financing statement.

    (2) Except as otherwise provided in KRS 355.9 -501(2), to be sufficient, a financing

    statement that covers as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, or which is filed as

    a fixture filing and covers goods that are or are to become fixtures, must satisfy

    subsection (1) of this section and also:

    (a) Indicate that it covers this type of collateral;

    (b) Indicate that it is to be filed in the real property records;

    (c) Provide a description of the real property to which the collateral is related; and

    (d) If the debtor does not have an interest of record in the real property, provide

    the name of a record owner.

    (3) A record of a mortgage is effective, from the date of recording, as a financing

    statement filed as a fixture filing or as a financing statement covering as -extracted

    collateral or timber to be cut only if:

    (a) The record indicates the goods or accounts that it covers;

    (b) The goods are or are to become fixtures related to the real property described

    in the record or the collateral is related to the real property described in the

    record and is as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut;

    (c) The record satisfies the requirements for a financing statement in this section:

    1. The record need not indicate that it is to be filed in the real property

    records; and

    2. The record sufficiently provides the name of a debtor who is an

    individual if it provides the individual name of the debtor or the surname

    and first personal name of the debtor, even if the debtor is an individual

    to whom KRS 355.9-503(1)(d) applies; and

    (d) The record is recorded.

    (4) A financing statement may be filed before a security agreement is made or a

    security interest otherwise attaches.

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