{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-400.9-704","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 400.9-704","heading":"Security interest unperfected before effective date.","body":"A security interest that is enforceable immediately before July 1, 2001, but which would be subordinate to the rights of a person that becomes a lien creditor at that time:\n(1) Remains an enforceable security interest for one year after July 1, 2001;\n(2) Remains enforceable thereafter if the security interest becomes enforceable under section 400.9-203 on July 1, 2001, or within one year thereafter; and\n(3) Becomes perfected:\n(A) Without further action, on July 1, 2001, if the applicable requirements for perfection under this act are satisfied before or at that time; or\n(B) When the applicable requirements for perfection are satisfied if the requirements are satisfied after that time.","path":["Title XXVI - TRADE AND COMMERCE","Chapter 400 - Uniform Commercial Code"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=400.9-704","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:28Z","sha256":"b65845b3149c4ea0659b296206568a0f003fb9bcb4f82619d0c204d41084fc0f","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-400.9-703","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-400.9-705"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}