{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-9-512","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 25-9-512","heading":"Amendment of financing statement.","body":"(a)\tAmendment of information in financing statement. - Subject to G.S. 25-9-509, a person may add or delete collateral covered by, continue or terminate the effectiveness of, or, subject to subsection (e) of this section, otherwise amend the information provided in, a financing statement by filing an amendment that:\n(1)\tIdentifies, by its file number, the initial financing statement to which the amendment relates; and\n(2)\tIf the amendment relates to an initial financing statement filed in a filing office described in G.S. 25-9-501(a)(1), provides the name of the debtor and the information specified in G.S. 25-9-502(b).\n(b)\tPeriod of effectiveness not affected. - Except as otherwise provided in G.S. 25-9-515, the filing of an amendment does not extend the period of effectiveness of the financing statement.\n(c)\tEffectiveness of amendment adding collateral. - 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(d)\tEffectiveness of amendment adding debtor. - 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(e)\tCertain amendments ineffective. - An amendment is ineffective to the extent it:\n(1)\tPurports to delete all debtors and fails to provide the name of a debtor to be covered by the financing statement; or\n(2)\tPurports to delete all secured parties of record and fails to provide the name of a new secured party of record. (1899, cc. 17, 247; 1901, cc. 329, 704; 1903, c. 489; 1905, cc. 226, 319; Rev., s. 2055; 1907, c. 843; 1909, c. 532; P.L. 1913, c. 49; C.S., s. 2490; 1925, c. 285, s. 1; 1931, c. 196; 1933, c. 101, s. 6; 1945, c. 182, s. 2; c. 196, s. 2; 1951, c. 926, s. 1; 1955, c. 386, s. 1; 1957, c. 564; 1961, c. 574; 1965, c. 700, s. 1; 1969, c. 1115, s. 1; 1975, c. 862, s. 7; 1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1116, s. 43; 1989, c. 523, s. 7; 2000-169, s. 1.)","path":["Chapter 25. Uniform Commercial Code.","Article 9. Secured Transactions.","Part 5. Filing."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_25/GS_25-9-512.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:58:47Z","sha256":"37dfd5032f2d89d7cedf7bfc7ff3897ec8a18cd1e09db46e62a47b27b93b1f72","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-9-511","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-25-9-513"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}