{"data":{"id":"us-al/ala.-code-7-9a-310","jurisdiction":"us-al","citation":"Ala. Code § 7-9A-310","heading":"When Filing Required to Perfect Security Interest or Agricultural Lien; Security Interests and Agricultural Liens to Which Filing Provisions Do Not Apply.","body":"(a) General rule: Perfection by filing. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) and Section 7-9A-312(b), a financing statement must be filed to perfect all security interests and agricultural liens.\n(b) Exceptions: Filing not necessary. The filing of a financing statement is not necessary to perfect a security interest:\n(1) that is perfected under Section 7-9A-308(d), (e), (f), or (g);\n(2) that is perfected under Section 7-9A-309 when it attaches;\n(3) in property subject to a statute, regulation, or treaty described in Section 7-9A-311(a);\n(4) in goods in possession of a bailee which is perfected under Section 7-9A-312(d)(1) or (2);\n(5) in certificated securities, documents, goods, or instruments which is perfected without filing, control, or possession under Section 7-9A-312(e), (f), or (g);\n(6) in collateral in the secured party’s possession under Section 7-9A-313;\n(7) in a certificated security which is perfected by delivery of the security certificate to the secured party under Section 7-9A-313;\n(8) in controllable accounts, controllable electronic records, controllable payment intangibles, deposit accounts, electronic documents, investment property, or letter-of-credit rights which is perfected by control under Section 7-9A-314;\n(8A) in chattel paper which is perfected by possession and control under Section 7-9A-314A;\n(9) in proceeds which is perfected under Section 7-9A-315; or\n(10) that is perfected under Section 7-9A-316.\n(c) Assignment of perfected security interest. If a secured party assigns a perfected security interest or agricultural lien, a filing under this article is not required to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the original debtor.","path":["Title 7 Commercial Code.","Article 9A Secured Transactions.","Part 3 Perfection and Priority.","Division 2 Perfection."],"source_url":"https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=7-9A-310","current_through":"Act 2026-611","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T14:01:52Z","sha256":"6cba64f014458dcee715d36845421a43a08fac85f7b414bfff6d5edcf6295e03","source_id":"us-al","stale":false,"prev":"us-al/ala.-code-7-9a-309","next":"us-al/ala.-code-7-9a-311"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}