{"data":{"id":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-679.605","jurisdiction":"us-fl","citation":"Fla. Stat. § 679.605","heading":"Unknown debtor or secondary obligor.","body":"(1) Except as provided in subsection (2), a secured party does not owe a duty based on its status as secured party:\n(a) To a person who is a debtor or obligor, unless the secured party knows:\n1. That the person is a debtor or obligor;\n2. The identity of the person; and\n3. How to communicate with the person; or\n(b) To a secured party or lienholder that has filed a financing statement against a person, unless the secured party knows:\n1. That the person is a debtor; and\n2. The identity of the person.\n(2) A secured party owes a duty based on its status as a secured party to a person if, at the time the secured party obtains control of collateral that is a controllable account, controllable electronic record, or controllable payment intangible or at the time the security interest attaches to the collateral, whichever is later:\n(a) The person is a debtor or obligor; and\n(b) The secured party knows that the information relating to the person in subparagraph (1)(a)1., subparagraph (1)(a)2., or subparagraph (1)(a)3. is not provided by the collateral, a record attached to or logically associated with the collateral, or the system in which the collateral is recorded.\nHistory.—s. 7, ch. 2001-198; s. 107, ch. 2025-92.","path":["CHAPTER 679 UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE: SECURED TRANSACTIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute\u0026URL=0600-0699/0679/0679.html","current_through":"2026 Florida Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:11:57Z","sha256":"9a6c11020db74242bc620aeaf091431203b4317dbb0abb45a38a9b6e2e765bad","source_id":"us-fl","stale":false,"prev":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-679.604","next":"us-fl/fla.-stat.-679.606"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}