{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-106-9-310","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 106, § 9-310","heading":"When Filing Required to Perfect Security Interest or Agricultural Lien; Security Interests and Agricultural Liens to Which Filing Provisions Do Not Apply","body":"Section 9–310. (a) General rule: perfection by filing. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) and Section 9–312(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 9–308(d), (e), (f), or (g);\n(2) that is perfected under Section 9–309 when it attaches;\n(3) in property subject to a statute, regulation, or treaty described in Section 9–311(a);\n(4) in goods in possession of a bailee which is perfected under Section 9–312(d)(1) or (2);\n(5) in certificated securities, documents, goods, or instruments which is perfected without filing, control or possession under Section 9–312(e), (f), or (g);\n(6) in collateral in the secured party's possession under Section 9–313;\n(7) in a certificated security which is perfected by delivery of the security certificate to the secured party under Section 9–313;\n(8) in deposit accounts, electronic chattel paper, electronic documents, investment property, or letter-of-credit rights which is perfected by control under Section 9–314;\n(9) in proceeds which is perfected under Section 9–315; or\n(10) that is perfected under Section 9–316.\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":["Part I","Title XV","Chapter 106","Article 9"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXV/Chapter106/Section9-310","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:30Z","sha256":"4353fb026455fa65f96e1ae40d48c20d3ffabc4b16b9dd64db9b634ece5d943b","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-106-9-309","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-106-9-311"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}