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Okla. Stat. tit. 12A, § 12A-1-9-707: Persons entitled to file initial financing statement

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  2. Title 12A

PERSONS ENTITLED TO FILE INITIAL FINANCING STATEMENT

(a) In this section, "pre-effective-date financing statement"

means a financing statement filed before this act takes effect.

(b) After this act takes effect, a person may add or delete

collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of,

or otherwise amend the information provided in, a pre-effective-date

financing statement only in accordance with the law of the

jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in Part 3 of this

article of this title. However, the effectiveness of a pre-

effective-date financing statement also may be terminated in

accordance with the law of the jurisdiction in which the financing

statement is filed.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this

section, if the law of this state governs perfection of a security

interest, the information in a pre-effective-date financing

statement may be amended after this act takes effect only if:

(1) the pre-effective-date financing statement and an amendment

are filed in the office specified in Section 1-9-501 of this title;

(2) an amendment is filed in the office specified in Section 1-

9-501 of this title concurrently with, or after the filing in that

office of, an initial financing statement that satisfies subsection

(c) of Section 1-9-706 of this title; or

(3) an initial financing statement that provides the

information as amended and satisfies subsection (c) of Section 1-9-

706 of this title is filed in the office specified in Section 1-9-

501 of this title.

(d) If the law of this state governs perfection of a security

interest, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date financing

statement may be continued only under subsections (d) and (f) of

Section 1-9-705 or Section 1-9-706 of this title.

(e) Whether or not the law of this state governs perfection of

a security interest, the effectiveness of a pre-effective-date

financing statement filed in this state may be terminated after this

act takes effect by filing a termination statement in the office in

which the pre-effective-date financing statement is filed, unless an

initial financing statement that satisfies subsection (c) of Section

1-9-706 of this title has been filed in the office specified by the

law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in Part 3

of this article of this title as the office in which to file a

financing statement.

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