{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-9-309","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-9-309","heading":"Security interest perfected upon attachment.","body":"The following security interests are perfected when they attach:\n(1)\tA purchase-money security interest in consumer goods, except as otherwise provided in G.S. 25-9-311(b) with respect to consumer goods that are subject to a statute or treaty described in G.S. 25-9-311(a);\n(2)\tAn assignment of accounts or payment intangibles which does not by itself or in conjunction with other assignments to the same assignee transfer a significant part of the assignor's outstanding accounts or payment intangibles;\n(3)\tA sale of a payment intangible;\n(4)\tA sale of a promissory note;\n(5)\tA security interest created by the assignment of a health-care-insurance receivable to the provider of the health-care goods or services;\n(6)\tA security interest arising under G.S. 25-2-401, 25-2-505, 25-2-711(c), or 25-2A-508(e), until the debtor obtains possession of the collateral;\n(7)\tA security interest of a collecting bank arising under G.S. 25-4-208;\n(8)\tA security interest of an issuer or nominated person arising under G.S. 25-5-118;\n(9)\tA security interest arising in the delivery of a financial asset under G.S. 25-9-206(c);\n(10)\tA security interest in investment property created by a broker or securities intermediary;\n(11)\tA security interest in a commodity contract or a commodity account created by a commodity intermediary;\n(12)\tAn assignment for the benefit of all creditors of the transferor and subsequent transfers by the assignee thereunder; and\n(13)\tA security interest created by an assignment of a beneficial interest in a decedent's estate. (1997-181, s. 5; 2000-169, s. 1; 2025-25, s. 112.)","path":["Chapter 25. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 9. Secured Transactions.","Part 3. Perfection and Priority."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_25/GS_25-9-309.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:58:47Z","sha256":"44bf38855ecd2f660d85dae886c483c63e7962e2f8a196c9c406da52c21db839","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-9-308","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-9-310"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}