{"data":{"id":"us-me/11-m.r.s.-9-1605","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"11 M.R.S. §9-1605","heading":"Unknown debtor or secondary obligor","body":"Except as provided in this section, a secured party does not owe a duty based on its status as secured party:\n(1).   To a person that is a debtor or obligor unless the secured party knows:\n(a).  That the person is a debtor or obligor;\n(b).  The identity of the person; and\n(c).  How to communicate with the person; or\n(2).   To a secured party or lienholder that has filed a financing statement against a person unless the secured party knows:\n(a).  That the person is a debtor; and\n(b).  The identity of the person.\nA 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, the person is a debtor or obligor and the secured party knows that the information in subsection (1), paragraph (a), (b) or (c) relating to the person 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.","path":["TITLE 11: UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE","PART 6: DEFAULT"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/11/title11sec9-1605.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:25Z","sha256":"e876af6c8611cd57831a3d1ea84285db42bed10e5be7cbc13758cf5818882a42","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/11-m.r.s.-9-1604","next":"us-me/11-m.r.s.-9-1606"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}