{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-611","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 28:9-611","heading":"Notification before disposition of collateral.","body":"(a)\nIn this section, “notification date” means the earlier of the date on which:\n(1)\nA secured party sends to the debtor and any secondary obligor a signed notification of disposition; or\n(2)\nThe debtor and any secondary obligor waive the right to notification.\n\n(b)\nExcept as otherwise provided in subsection (d), a secured party that disposes of collateral under § 28:9-610 shall send to the persons specified in subsection (c) a reasonable signed notification of disposition.\n\n(c)\nTo comply with subsection (b), the secured party shall send a signed notification of disposition to:\n(1)\nThe debtor;\n(2)\nAny secondary obligor; and\n(3)\nIf the collateral is other than consumer goods:\n(A)\nAny other person from which the secured party has received, before the notification date, a signed notification of a claim of an interest in the collateral;\n(B)\nAny other secured party or lienholder that, 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:\n(i)\nIdentified the collateral;\n(ii)\nWas indexed under the debtor’s name as of that date; and\n(iii)\nWas filed in the office in which to file a financing statement against the debtor covering the collateral as of that date; and\n(C)\nAny other secured party that, 10 days before the notification date, held a security interest in the collateral perfected by compliance with a statute, regulation, or treaty described in § 28:9-311(a).\n\n(d)\nSubsection (b) 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.\n\n(e)\nA secured party complies with the requirement for notification prescribed by subsection (c)(3)(B) if:\n(1)\nNot later than 20 days or earlier than 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 (c)(3)(B); and\n(2)\nBefore the notification date, the secured party:\n(A)\nDid not receive a response to the request for information; or\n(B)\nReceived 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 financing statement covered the collateral.","path":["Title 28. Commercial Instruments and Transactions. [Enacted title]","Subtitle I. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 9. Secured Transactions.","Part VI. Default.","Subpart 1. Default and Enforcement of Security Interest."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/28:9-611","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"64bbaf87173211a8ed542ab532a1a6a6bf772f518427e1dd5ce8d45f242d71cd","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-610","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-28-9-612"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}