{"data":{"id":"us-mt/30-9a-512","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"30-9A-512","heading":"Amendment of financing statement.","body":"(1) Subject to 30-9A-509, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or subject to subsection (5), otherwise amend the information provided in, a financing statement by filing an amendment that:\n(a) identifies, by its file number, the debtor, the creditor, and the initial financing statement to which the amendment relates; and\n(b) if the amendment relates to an initial financing statement filed or recorded in a filing office described in 30-9A-501(1)(b), provides the date that the initial financing statement was filed or recorded and the information specified in 30-9A-502(2).\n(2) Except as otherwise provided in 30-9A-515, the filing of an amendment does not extend the period of effectiveness of the financing statement.\n(3) A financing statement that is amended by an amendment that adds collateral is effective as to the added collateral only from the date of the filing of the amendment.\n(4) A financing statement that is amended by an amendment that adds a debtor is effective as to the added debtor only from the date of the filing of the amendment.\n(5) An amendment is ineffective to the extent it:\n(a) purports to delete all debtors and fails to provide the name of a debtor to be covered by the financing statement; or\n(b) purports to delete all secured parties of record and fails to provide the name of a new secured party of record.","path":["TITLE 30. TRADE AND COMMERCE","CHAPTER 9A. UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE SECURED TRANSACTIONS","Part 5. Filing"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0300/chapter_009A/part_0050/section_0120/0300-009A-0050-0120.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:51:15Z","sha256":"693b99a2b3b7c8f5b2ff3e850e2cb9d59547f94d90cf1d24192abd577a45c9eb","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/30-9a-511","next":"us-mt/30-9a-513"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}