{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-509","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:9-509","heading":"Persons entitled to file a record.","body":"(a)\nA person may file an initial financing statement, amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing statement, or amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if:\n(1)\nThe debtor authorizes the filing in a signed record or pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of this section; or\n(2)\nThe person holds an agricultural lien that has become effective at the time of filing and the financing statement covers only collateral in which the person holds an agricultural lien.\n\n(b)\nBy signing or becoming bound as debtor by a security agreement, a debtor or new debtor authorizes the filing of an initial financing statement, and an amendment, covering:\n(1)\nThe collateral described in the security agreement; and\n(2)\nProperty that becomes collateral under § 28:9-315(a)(2), whether or not the security agreement expressly covers proceeds.\n\n(c)\nBy acquiring collateral in which a security interest or agricultural lien continues under § 28:9-315(a)(1), a debtor authorizes the filing of an initial financing statement, and an amendment, covering the collateral and property that becomes collateral under § 28:9-315(a)(2).\n\n(d)\nA person may file an amendment other than an amendment that adds collateral covered by a financing statement or an amendment that adds a debtor to a financing statement only if:\n(1)\nThe secured party of record authorizes the filing; or\n(2)\nThe amendment is a termination statement for a financing statement as to which the secured party of record has failed to file or send a termination statement as required by § 28:9-513(a) or (c), the debtor authorizes the filing, and the termination statement indicates that the debtor authorized it to be filed.\n\n(e)\nIf there is more than one secured party of record for a financing statement, each secured party of record may authorize the filing of an amendment under subsection (d).","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Subtitle I. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 9. Secured Transactions.","Part V. Filing.","Subpart 1. Filing Office; Contents and Effectiveness of Financing Statement."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28:9-509","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"8d5f1f13af2f2daa19f615f0bc6c6c6bc847108526ee299aa9cea884ae01207d","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-508","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-510"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}