{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-11-9-707","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 11-9-707","heading":"Amendment of pre-effective date financing statement.","body":"(a) “Pre-effective date financing statement.” In this Code section, “pre-effective date financing statement” means a financing statement filed before July 1, 2001.\n(b) Applicable law. On or after July 1, 2001, 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. 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.\n(c) Method of amending: general rule. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) of this Code 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 on or after July 1, 2001, only if:\n(1) The pre-effective date financing statement and an amendment are filed in the office specified in Code Section 11-9-501;\n(2) An amendment is filed in the office specified in Code Section 11-9-501 concurrently with, or after the filing in that office of, an initial financing statement that satisfies subsection (c) of Code Section 11-9-706; or\n(3) An initial financing statement that provides the information as amended and satisfies subsection (c) of Code Section 11-9-706 is filed in the office specified in Code Section 11-9-501.\n(d) Method of amending: continuation. 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 Code Section 11-9-705 or Code Section 11-9-706.\n(e) Method of amending: additional termination rule. 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 on and after July 1, 2001, 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 Code Section 11-9-706 has been filed in the office specified by the law of the jurisdiction governing perfection as provided in Part 3 of this article as the office in which to file a financing statement.","path":["TITLE 11 Commercial Code","Article 9 Secured Transactions","PART 7 2001 Transition"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.11.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"abb0810f0a8c1af1a13941a33bfbc3b6723efa86be5c0634aae507fa191a2c42","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-11-9-706","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-11-9-708"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}