KRS 355.9-611: Notification before disposition of collateral.

(1) In this section, "notification date" means the earlier of the date on which:

(a) A secured party sends to the debtor and any secondary obligor a signed

notification of disposition; or

(b) The debtor and any secondary obligor waive the right to notification.

(2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, a secured party that

disposes of collateral under KRS 355.9 -610 shall send to the persons specified in

subsection (3) of this section a reasonable signed notification of disposition.

(3) To comply with subsection (2) of this section, the secured party shall send a signed

notification of disposition to:

(a) The debtor;

(b) Any secondary obligor; and

(c) If the collateral is other than consumer goods:

1. Any other person from which the secu red party has received, before the

notification date, a signed notification of a claim of an interest in the

collateral;

2. Any other secured party or lienholder that, ten (10) days before the

notification date, held a security interest in or other lien on the collateral

perfected by the filing of a financing statement that:

a. Identified the collateral;

b. Was indexed under the debtor's name as of that date; and

c. Was filed in the office in which to file a financing statement

against the debtor covering the collateral as of that date; and

3. Any other secured party that, ten (10) days before the notification date,

held a security interest in the collateral perfected by compliance with a

statute, regulation, or treaty described in KRS 355.9-311(1).

(4) Subsection (2) of this section does not apply if the collateral is perishable or

threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a

recognized market.

(5) A secured party complies with the requirement for notification prescribed by

subsection (3)(c)2. of this section if:

(a) Not later than twenty (20) days or earlier than thirty (30) days before the

notification date, the secured party requests, in a commercially reasonable

manner, information concerning financing statements indexed under the

debtor's name in the office indicated in subsection (3)(c)2. of this section; and

(b) Before the notification date, the secured party:

1. Did not receive a response to the request for information; or

2. Received a response to the request for information and sent a signed

notification of disposition to each secured party or other lienholder

named in that response whose fina ncing statement covered the

collateral.